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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
The Slack Explosion: Convenient Yet Complicated, Part 2
Elizabeth Pollock-King
Best Practices to Simplify Future E-discovery
Part Two of a Two-Part Series
Just as the legal industry had to scramble to figure out how to handle email and other electronic documents a couple decades ago, e-discovery practices must once again shift to account for the realities of business being conducted via chat and the massive amounts of new types of data that chat platforms generate.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
The Importance of ISO Certification for Law Firms
Sue Pellegrino
ISO certification is not just a critical way to ensure your firm’s security; it’s increasingly important for any firm that wants to maintain a competitive advantage in today’s legal market.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Metaverse Raises Privacy and Cybersecurity Concerns
Oriana Alexander, Wail Jihadi and Bryan Parker
The Metaverse will be the next version of the Internet that provides an immersive virtual experience. For now, the extent to which Metaverse technology will be integrated into our physical world remains unknown. This raises new concerns about data privacy, cybersecurity, new cybercrimes and constitutional issues.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
E-Commerce Sellers Should Be Preemptive to Mitigate Effects of Account Suspensions for IP Infringement
Jonathan Bick
E-commerce channel providers’ suspension of sellers’ accounts associated with alleged intellectual property infringement is fast, and suspension remediation is time-consuming and costly. Consequently, e-commerce sellers should contemplate pre-emptive legal and business arrangements to ameliorate potential e-commerce account suspensions consequences.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Cybersecurity Concerns Grow In Russia’s War
James Carstensen
After a raft of debilitating Western sanctions on Russia and the exodus of global firms from Moscow, Russia-originating cyber attacks are a growing concern among law firms, as the war delivers the loudest reminder yet to both firms and their clients that they must be prepared.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Moving from Unstructured to Structured Data
Jeff Cox
Data is everywhere. From the Zoom calls you’re on, to the emails you send, the documents you work on, and the legal system you interact with, unstructured data is inherent in everything law firms and legal departments do. To make the most of this growing gold mine of data, law firms and legal departments must invest in better structuring of their data.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Ninth Circuit Allows Data Scraping from LinkedIn
Marianna Wharry
The Ninth Circuit reaffirmed data analytics company hiQ Labs Inc.’s ability to scrape publicly available data from LinkedIn’s platform despite the social media company’s claim that the data collected violated federal hacking laws.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
California Consumer Privacy Law Cases Climbing, and Not Just In California
Jessica Mach
Plaintiffs filed 145 lawsuits last year to enforce provisions under the CCPA, a 60% increase from 2020. Lawsuits alleging violations of the California law were also filed across the country, pending at one point in 33 courts across 20 states.
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The Intellectual Property Strategist
Protecting Clients In the Virtual World
Cameron B. Pick
The “metaverse” in conjunction with Web 3.0 can be thought of as an immersive virtual reality world or worlds, where users can play games, socialize,…
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
You Won’t Know It When You See It: The Challenges of Fabricated Evidence in the Digital Age
John G. Browning and Jonathan Bailie
How significant is the threat of fabricated digital evidence that can alter the outcome of a case? In today’s wired workplace, it’s considerable.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
The Slack Explosion: Convenient Yet Complicated
Elizabeth Pollock-King
Part One of a Two-Part Series
The informality of chat culture not only makes chat data harder to search, it also results in huge volumes of a new kind of data that must be processed in unique ways before it can be reviewed.
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Entertainment Law & Finance
Attorneys Forecast Legal Challenges In NFTs
Cedra Mayfield
As nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, continue to grow in popularity through cryptocurrency purchase, sale and trade online, opportunities for entertainment attorneys in the emerging industry also are booming. For this article, attorneys shared how they’re grabbing hold of NFT-related work and the challenges they foresee.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Opportunities, Risks and Strategies In the Metaverse
Brandon Leahy and Chloe Delehanty
While it is still unknown how the metaverse will take shape lawyers advising brands should familiarize themselves with the opportunities it presents, the risks involved, and strategies to consider for enhancing and protecting a client’s brand.
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Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy
Investing In Real Estate In the Metaverse: What You Need to Know
Melea VanOstrand
For law firms, real estate companies and corporations, buying property in the metaverse so early on could go one of two ways: giving them a crucial advantage in an increasingly digital economy, or becoming a decision they’ll regret if the concept fails to take off.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
The Legal Difficulties of Blockchain Domain Names
Jonathan Bick
Blockchain domain names, a new set of domain names, are ripe for cryptocurrency legal abuse and generally not susceptible to traditional legal amelioration. A combination of legal, business and technological approaches is best used to address blockchain domain name legal difficulties.
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Business Crimes Bulletin
First Dark Web Insider Trading Case Shows Government Active In Policing Tech
Ian McGinley
In a first of its kind prosecution, the Southern District of New York brought an insider trading case against defendant for selling inside information on the Dark Web. The SEC also brought a civil regulatory action against the defendant for the same conduct. In a rare move, however, SDNY and SEC charged this same conduct under different insider trading statutes. This difference underscores the legal complexities involved when the origin of inside information in the digital world is unknown.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Keep Terms of Service and Privacy Notices Separate
Shawn Helms, David Saunders and David Sorenson
This article examines why terms of service and privacy notices should work in conjunction with one another, but also why it is not advisable to incorporate privacy notices into online terms of service.
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Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy
Landlords Turn the Tech to Keep Up With Sustainability Requirements
Paul Bergeron
Government policies are pushing landlords to meet new sustainability requirements, heaping pressure on investors to back up their efforts to go green. In response, more owners are relying on AI and other technologies to help them meet the challenge and avoid steep financial penalties.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
SEC Proposed Rules Include Disclosure of Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Strategy
Greg Andrews
Cybersecurity compliance, already an anxiety-inducing topic for many in-house counsel, is about to get even trickier. The SEC rolled out a host of proposed new cybersecurity rules for public companies.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Legal Tech: Are Websites A Forgotten Source of Evidence?
Glenn Barden
It’s fascinating how quickly the industry has shifted from the days when e-discovery teams would spend weeks digitalizing and coding vellum, microfiche and paper documents to where we are today with dynamic and varied processes to deal with a plethora of electronic sources. Among these are websites, which can provide deep insights in discovery, but have been largely forgotten as a source of evidence.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Examining the Differences Between Data Privacy and Data Security
Melissa Griffins Paulk
As businesses develop data protection frameworks to ensure compliance, it is important for companies to design a data protection program that contemplates data privacy and data security individually, to achieve the most comprehensive data protection program.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Taming the Data Privacy Chaos in Contract Management
Gretchen Bakhshai
How contract management practitioners can remain in compliance with rapid changes in data privacy regulations.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Cyber-Insecurity: Will the Looming Regulatory Crackdown on Cybersecurity Practices Help Protect Financial Institutions from Attack?
Lori Van Auken and Adam Jamieson
A slew of new regulations targeting the cybersecurity practices of financial institutions will come into effect during 2022. But will they have any real bearing on protecting financial firms from attack?
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Driving Innovation in a Dynamically Changing Legal Market
Ari Kaplan
A series of interviews with large law firm partners around the world to better understand how they are leveraging technology to drive innovation and transformation in their practices.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Diversity & Technology: Training Your AI to Be More Inclusive
Aaron Lee
AI is maturing and creating countless new opportunities to help people live better lives at home and work. As the technology evolves, it is essential that it does so inclusively, equally recognizing and serving all individuals who make up the world’s population.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Legal Tech: The Risks and Rewards of Interweaving Legal Technologies
Haydn Jones
The trend of legal technology companies working in concert to either overcome a mutual competitor, offer a stronger solution to existing clients, or a combination of the two is a strategic approach that is beginning to become a signature of the space.
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Marketing The Law Firm
10 Ways to Optimize Your Virtual Presentation or Webinar
Julie Savarino
Even when the pandemic subsides, working from home will be remain a constant (at least part of the time) for many lawyers, clients, referral sources, and many others. So, we should continue to work on optimizing our virtual presentation and webinar skills.
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The Intellectual Property Strategist
Brands In the Metaverse: Opportunities, Risks and Strategies
Brandon Leahy and Chloe Delehanty
While it is still unknown how the metaverse will take shape, lawyers advising brands should familiarize themselves with the opportunities it presents, the risks involved, and strategies to consider for enhancing and protecting a client’s brand.
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The Intellectual Property Strategist
Building AI and Machine Learning Technologies: Data Licensing Tips and Traps
Anna Remis
Data is the fuel for software development, and developers use historical data from existing products to train algorithms and build AI models. Companies may be well aware of privacy and regulatory restrictions on data use, but often do not consider the potential impact of data use restrictions on intellectual property ownership and use rights.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Innovation In a Hyper-Competitive Market
Ari Kaplan
The results of interviewing 30 chief talent officers along with directors and managers of recruiting reveal the impact of the pandemic on entry-level and lateral hiring, the appetite for leveraging technology to address the rapid acceleration in on-campus interviewing and lateral recruitment, and the increased focus on innovation to fuel law firm success.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Building AI and Machine Learning Technologies: Data Licensing Tips and Traps
Anna Remis
Data is the fuel for software development, and developers use historical data from existing products to train algorithms and build AI and machine learning models. Companies are well aware of privacy and regulatory restrictions on data use, but often do not consider the potential impact of data use restrictions on intellectual property ownership and use rights.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Cybersecurity and Legal Tech In 2022: Predictions from the Field: Part Two
Zach Warren and Steve Salkin
Predictions from experts continue, with a look at what 2022 might hold in next generation technology, legal operations and contract review.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
The Top 10 2022 Job Market Predictions in Legal Technology
Jared Coseglia
In 2022 hiring will remain the top obstacle to business fulfillment across the e-discovery, data privacy, and cybersecurity landscapes. Here's how to stay a cut above the competition — whether you are an employer or a job seeker.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Landscape of Standalone Cybersecurity Policies Has Changed Due to Increased Risk and Scrutiny
Walter Andrews, Andrea DeField and Sima Kazmir
Because the market is rapidly changing, policyholders should not expect that they’ll be offered the same coverage at renewal. Policyholders should start their renewal process earlier going into this year’s renewal so they have time to analyze new pricing, as well as new endorsements that may limit coverage and consider alternative forms, insurers, and policies to maximize coverage.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Inside Cryptocurrency Pump-and-Dump Schemes
Jonathan Bick
Since the inception of cryptocurrency as a widely traded asset, there has been increasing opportunity to make money through market manipulation, specifically through classic pump-and-dump and related fraudulent schemes, and more specifically CPDs.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Legal Tech: Effective Preservation Measures In Litigation Readiness
Philip Favro
Basic ESI preservation steps, including litigation holds, relevant source checklists, and follow up steps with custodians may not be enough in some instances. Given the frequency of data loss from custodial and non-custodial sources, companies should also consider incorporating remediation strategies into their approach to preservation to better ensure defensibility.
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Marketing The Law Firm
SEO for Law Firms: Will It Help You Win More Clients?
Spencer X. Smith
Search engine optimization (SEO) is a great way to help drive traffic to your website, but is also a very misunderstood term. This article helps clarify what SEO for law firms really is, and if it will help with your business development activities.
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Accounting And Financial Planning For Law Firms
Data Analysis Is Cementing Important Role In Law Firms Talent Evaluation
Patrick Smith
As more law firms embrace the power of mining data to inform talent-related decisions, some have predicted that Big Law hiring could become like modern Major League Baseball: A data-centric endeavor that trusts the numbers, and those who know how to interpret them, over all else.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
More than Just a Purchase, a Partnership: Tips for Success with Cloud-based Practice Management In 2022
Tomas Suros
While functionality and features are important, there are a number of additional considerations when evaluating a practice management solution. Will your platform provider serve as a partner that will offer expert guidance and be invested in your ongoing success?
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Predicting What 2022 Holds for Cybersecurity
Emil Sayegh
Predictions aside, complacency is not an option if you plan to survive and thrive in 2022. Rest assured, the future of cybersecurity is bright, but it will come with its own set of challenges. We look forward into the future because the sooner we can start adapting strategy, policies, and technologies, the better off everyone will be in the long run.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Biometric Privacy: A Year In Review (2021) and The Year Ahead (2022)
Lauren Caisman and Christian Auty
The year started with Portland, Oregon’s ban on the use of facial recognition technology by private entities in places of “public” accommodation. It concluded with the rendering of important appellate decisions on the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. In the middle, was the continued flurry of litigation, class action settlements, and legislative activity.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Cybersecurity and Legal Tech In 2022: Predictions from the Field
Zach Warren
It’s still a dangerous cyber world as we enter 2022, but one that today’s attorneys and legal technologists are prepared to tackle. Here’s what they predict for cybersecurity, remote work, privacy and e-discovery in the new year.
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Entertainment Law & Finance
Miramax’s NFT Suit Over Pulp Fiction
Scott Graham
The Miramax film and tv studio, and its lawyers at Proskauer Rose, shook up both the IP and blockchain communities recently when Miramax sued to block film director Quentin Tarantino from selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of memorabilia from his 1994 blockbuster movie Pulp Fiction.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
Cybersecurity and Corporate Privacy Enforcement Is Focus of Feds
David Saunders and Julian L. André
It started as a hushed rumor in the beltway, then became a known fact by those going to join the administration. And now we all know: The Biden administration has brought with it a renewed focus on data privacy and cybersecurity.
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Cybersecurity Law & Strategy
‘Never Trust, Always Verify’: Zero Trust Security
Rebecca L. Warren
Recognizing the ever-increasing cyber threats to businesses, government entities, and individuals, the White House announced that Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies must migrate toward Zero Trust Cybersecurity Architecture by September 2024. Under Zero Trust, trust is the ultimate vulnerability of any system and, therefore, trust has to be eliminated from a business’ cybersecurity approach.
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Business Crimes Bulletin
Potential Criminal and Civil Penalties of Digital Asset Exchanges
Nola B. Heller and Samson Enzer
This article discusses the potential criminal and civil penalties that companies can face if their employees engage in insider trading in digital assets, and suggests several measures that exchanges can take to reduce their exposure from such risks.
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The Intellectual Property Strategist
Ninth Circuit Finally Resolves Pre-1972 Sound Recordings Royalties Issue
Robert W. Clarida and Robert J. Bernstein
The Ninth Circuit ruling in Flo & Eddie may turn out to be last stop on the long and winding road the owners of pre-1972 recordings have traveled in their efforts to obtain compensation for public performances through platforms like Sirius.
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The Intellectual Property Strategist
NFTs and Virtual Patent Marking
Willem Klein
Patent marking is an important step in the patent lifecycle as it is generally required to seek damages from infringers prior to the date the suit is filed. While virtual marking has somewhat reduced the overhead of marking, it suffers from the same problems all Internet-based evidence runs into in court: websites are ephemeral and have intermittent accessibility, as well as poor public logging of when information existed where, and for how long. NFTs on a digital blockchain could potentially overcome these hurdles, while still providing the benefits of virtual marking via websites.
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Accounting And Financial Planning For Law Firms
Legal Ops Tech: Tips for Success with Cloud-based Practice Management In 2022
Tomas Suros
While functionality and features are important, there are a number of additional considerations when evaluating a practice management solution. Will your platform provider serve as a partner that will offer expert guidance and be invested in your ongoing success?
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Marketing The Law Firm
Digital Marketing Surged During the Pandemic, But Are Law Firms Managing Content Effectively?
Patrick Smith
When 2020, and its accompanying pandemic, ushered in a resurgence in legal digital marketing and social media use, it was expected given the circumstances. But not all firms are managing that content effectively.
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