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New York Law Journal

AFAs Will Grow as Firms Increase Gen AI Usage, New Survey Finds

"When we first saw AFAs hit the market, it was totally client-driven. With this new shift, it could be law firm-driven, because their profitability is at stake," said Barnes & Thornburg's Cassie Vertovec, one of the authors of the study.
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New York Law Journal

Caring for the Closely Held Business: Zeroing Out Profits

"Adopting a decision structure which allows for consideration of an independent voice and credible comparability studies should go a long way to building the necessary record," writes Jeffrey A. Galant.
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

How a Team at Steptoe Helped Unravel the 'Dinosaur Bones' Case

When four people were charged with shipping $1 million in dinosaur bones allegedly stolen from public lands in Utah to China, the New York Post and USA Today picked up the story. Prosecutors dropped all charges last week.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Navigating AI in Legal Practice: A Road Map for In-House Counsel

Deploying Gen AI in these use cases need not raise the prospect of a threat to legal jobs, two contributors explained in a recent webinar. Instead, it's a means to improve efficiencies and to allow lawyers to focus their energies on priorities rather than routine matters.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Negotiating Media Interview Terms: Where to Draw the Line

"Building trust and credibility is paramount to fostering good relationships with reporters," write Jesse Dungan and Ivette Delgado of Infinite Global.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'This Is a Huge Miss!': More Companies Requiring JDs for Legal Ops Roles, a Trend Vets of the Field Call Nonsensical

"This is a way to gatekeep and to feel safe without actually being safe," said Akshay Verma, a former Meta legal ops chief whose recent LinkedIn post calling the requirement needlessly exclusionary attracted dozens of comments of support.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Revenge Porn—How to Protect Your Right to Privacy

"Although legal remedies exist at both the federal and state levels, victims often face significant challenges when they seek justice," write Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida's Cosmetic Surgery Scene is Booming and With It Doctors' Accountability

Florida's cosmetic surgery scene is booming. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Florida is the leading nation in cosmetic…
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

As Associates Watch for Summer Bonuses, Timing Expectations Pushed Back

"If it doesn't happen this week, that doesn't mean that it won't happen at all," noted one Big Law associate recruiter.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

As Student Workers Unionize in Droves, NLRB Tries to Prevent Colleges' Privacy Concerns From Slowing Momentum

A college's duty to furnish student information to a union "runs headlong" into its duty to preserve confidentiality of student information under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, according to Joshua Nadreau, a regional managing partner at Fisher & Phillips.
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