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Data Mapping: Leave No Data Behind
Why Data Mapping Is a Critical Exercise for Corporate Legal Departments Data mapping is the process of figuring out what information a company gathers, where it is kept and how it moves across the company. This article examines the importance of data mapping for corporate legal departments and how it fits into a larger strategy.
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Protect Your Firm from the Coming Cyber Storm
The rise of security breaches has us all acutely aware of the importance of keeping firm and client information as safe as possible. Law firms of all sizes continue to be hot targets for cybercriminals looking for sensitive financial, personal and business data about clients and cases. Experts predict that 2023 will see more cybersecurity threats than ever before.
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How Companies Can Benefit from 3D Printing
3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is raising the bar for companies across a variety of industries in terms of convenience, capabilities, and lowering cost. To maintain a competitive edge, companies must keep pace with the developments occurring within their respective fields and should consider pursuing patent protection when appropriate to capitalize upon their own innovative contributions.
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Legal Tech: 10 Things I Hate About Your QC Plan
It is essential to have a quality control plan to ensure the accuracy and completeness of your review are consistent with the certification requirements of Rule 26(g) of the FRCP. To help make this process smoother, we've compiled a list of 10 common mistakes in poorly designed QC plans along with practical tips for developing your QC plan so you can avoid these pitfalls.
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Legal Tech: EDRM Is Getting a Facelift: Version 2.0 Is Coming
With proliferating data sources from collaboration apps, cloud technology and innovations like generative AI, along with evolving international data transfer regimes, e-discovery is in a rapid evolution. And the EDRM model is currently in the process of being updated to reflect that.
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Podcast: Crypto's Down, But It's Far From Dead
Listen in on a post-webinar chat on "The Crypto Landscape: Post-FTX," with Blockchain Legal LLP partner Aaron Krowne and counsel Ali Derie, along with veteran entertainment industry lawyer Eric S. Goldman, about cryptocurrency's rocky recent past (and present) as well as its still-promising, if uncertain, future.
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Help! My Clients Want My Firm to Start Using ChatGPT!
Part One of a Two-Part Article Corporate legal departments are increasingly receiving requests from business clients to use ChatGPT or similar AI-powered tools in their operations. These requests can be urgent, with business clients demanding enablement from legal. This article is in two parts: Part One briefly details what "generative AI" tools like ChatGPT are and provides an overview of key legal considerations, including by looking forward to upcoming AI-specific legislation in the EU and the U.S.
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Yes, You Are My Data's Keeper
Federal Court Decision Among the First to Allow a Data Breach Liability Claim to Proceed Under Common Law Bailment Theory Data breach lawsuits have often struggled to match up the unique realities of data breaches with traditional theories of legal liability. A recent decision from the Southern District of Indiana, however, cut through these issues by allowing a class action claim to proceed on a theory of liability often proposed by commentators as a solution to the data breach liability conundrum but until recently almost uniformly rejected by courts: the common law theory of bailment.
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AI Regulation in the U.S.: What's Coming, and What Companies Need to Do In 2023
Part Two of a Two-Part Article In Part One, the authors addressed the industries most affected by AI, and began the discussion on U.S. federal and state regulations to expect in 2023. Part Two, continues the discussion on potential federal AI regulation and what companies can do to prepare.
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Legal Operations Success In 2023
Strategies for Navigating an Uncertain Economy, Leveraging CLM Technology to Streamline Processes, and Embracing Change During a recent discussion with a select group of leaders in legal operations in highly-regulated organizations, several key themes emerged that are likely to drive new initiatives in 2023.
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