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Attorneys Can Have Their (Hybrid) Cake and Eat It, Too

AshLea Allberry

Lawyers, especially young lawyers, want to work from home. But there are downsides, such as a decrease in networking and personal relationships. How can technology help balance these out so that attorneys and law firms can have their cake and eat it too.

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Online Harassment In the Workplace

Jonathan Bick

As businesses expand their use of augmented reality games for the purpose of meeting and recruitment, internet harassment has become more prominent, particularly workplace sexual harassment.

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A New Stage for Online Copyright Infringement Disputes

Robert E. Browne & Michael D. Hobbs

Copyright holders would be well advised to familiarize themselves with the Copyright Claims Board for resolving copyright infringement claims and to consider its benefits and potential downsides in bringing or defending copyright infringement actions.

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Cyber Insurance Costs Are on the Rise, But Law Firms Can't Afford to Forgo It Image

Cyber Insurance Costs Are on the Rise, But Law Firms Can't Afford to Forgo It

Rhys Dipshan

While law firms are feeling first-hand the impact of a cyber insurance market struggling to stabilize, the full extent of all the changes have yet to fully hit home.

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Legal Tech: Twitter's Future and E-discovery

Cassandre Coyer

Whether Twitter's doomsday is coming is still uncertain. But the threat of loss of years' worth of companies' data could be the impetus behind testing collection tools and reevaluating e-discovery processes.

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Incident Response Plans and Tabletop Exercises May Be A Waste of Time

Larry Gagnon

Developing and delivering an IRP or TTE to improve the effectiveness of your incident response approach, in isolation, does not work. If your incident response preparation activity does not include some fundamental tactical actions, when the time comes and your house is on fire, your breach response will fail to meet your expectations.

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Hot Button Enforcement Issues In the New Canadian Consumer Privacy Protection Act

John Beardwood & Shan Arora

Part Four In a Series The conclusion of the series on Canada's recently introduced Consumer Privacy Protection Act looks at hot button enforcement issues in the Act.

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The Great Resignation and Its Impact on Legal Department Contract Workflows & KM Image

The Great Resignation and Its Impact on Legal Department Contract Workflows & KM

Shanil R. Vitarana

Like other organizations, including law firms, in-house legal departments have not been spared from the "great resignation." Lawyers and professionals across all industries are actively seeking new opportunities for a host of reasons including better pay, better culture and better balance. When they leave, they take with them not just their talent but the institutional knowledge they've accumulated, while their former team members are left to piece things together.

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Arm Yourself Against Crypto Regulatory Uncertainty

Kristin L. Burnett

The promise that the crypto and digital assets markets bring comes bundled with uncertainty — especially on the regulatory front. Until jurisdictions adopt unified and consistent frameworks that account for the unique facets and features of cryptocurrencies, institutional investors and other market participants must keep abreast of ever-changing, dynamic laws to avoid sanctions and fines.

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Courts Strictly Construing Cyber Insurance Policies, Finding Coverage Is Narrow Image

Courts Strictly Construing Cyber Insurance Policies, Finding Coverage Is Narrow

Ella Shenhav & Eric S. Adams

In several recent cases, companies with cyber insurance discovered that provisions in these policies led their insurers to limit coverage. Courts have been strictly construing cyber policies, and have found that the coverage provided is narrow. These decisions hinged upon whether an event constituted a covered "direct" loss and whether intervening actions precluded coverage, like an employee responding to fraudulent communications.

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