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New Jersey Law Journal

Using Modern Techniques for an Age-Old Battle: The Scope of E-Discovery

This article discusses two circumstances in which a litigation cyborg can hold an advantage over a human lawyer when arguing discovery's scope.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Playing Both Sides: Facing the Harsh Truth of Law Firm Service Duality

Recently, Hugh A. Simons wrote for American Lawyer an enticing argument advocating elite law firms increase their rates. In one striking comment, Simons suggests elite law firms jettison any and all commodity services.
9 minute read

Law.com

Inside Track: Women Lawyers of Walmart | Cramming for the GDPR | Ripple's New Team

This week, Inside Track takes a look at the female legal leaders of Walmart and examines some new data on gender pay gaps in the legal department. Plus, it's time for GCs to hit the books to learn more about the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Limiting Liability of Lenders: The Lyondell Case

In her Secured Transactions column, Barbara M. Goodstein writes: The changes in law arising from the Great Recession were certainly considerable. But it may come as a surprise to many that as much as 10 years later court decisions continue to emerge from those turbulent times.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Protecting Attorney-Client Privileged Communications Disclosed to Retained Professionals

Evidence columnist Michael J. Hutter writes: In today's increasingly complex legal environment, attorneys may need the assistance of professionals, e.g., scientists, engineers, physicians, accountants, investment bankers and even, public relations specialists to effectively and competently advise their clients. Working with these professionals will often require the disclosure to them of attorney-client privileged information. Does such disclosure result in the loss of privilege protection?
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Safe Harbor After 'Merit Management'

In 'Merit Management Group v. FTI Consulting', the Supreme Court settled a circuit split over whether the Bankruptcy Code §546(e) safe harbor applies when the only covered entity involved in the challenged transaction was an “intermediary,” i.e., was involved in a “component part” of the transaction, but was not the initial transferor or the ultimate transferee
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Anatomy of a Cyber Attack

Lawyers have a duty to educate themselves on at least the basics of cybersecurity. An attorney's obligations in relation to cybersecurity extend beyond his or her core duty to safeguard the data of his or her clients and extends to every aspect of the role of attorney as counselor.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Coming Storm Over the 2020 Census

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties columnist Christopher Dunn writes: While it's too early to predict the cases the Supreme Court might see over the 2020 Census, an examination of three of its most recent decisions provides important insights into what types of disputes might come to the court, who can bring those disputes and when, and what types of constitutional and statutory claims the cases may offer.
11 minute read

Legaltech News

Why State AGs Are Panning Proposed Federal Breach Notification Law

States worry the Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act would restrict their ability to go after enterprises that keep breaches hidden.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Why Becerra and Other State AGs Are Panning Proposed Federal Breach Notification Law

States worry the Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act would restrict their ability to go after enterprises that keep breaches hidden.
6 minute read

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