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National Law Journal

'Uncharted' Waters: Attorneys Debate What Happens to Joe Biden's Campaign Money If He Steps Aside

Legal challenges surrounding President Joe Biden's campaign cash are likely to arise in any scenario were Biden to step aside, according to several political law attorneys and a policy professor.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'This Worries Me Gravely': Regulators Struggle to Set Ground Rules for AI Decision-Making Tools

A debate that broke out this week at a meeting of California Privacy Protection Agency provides a window into the wide range of perspectives on what would be appropriate oversight and what would be overkill.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

With Uncertainty Over President Biden, Lawyers Field Client Questions Over Election

"Beyond just supporting the Republican convention, you're starting to see corporate America really sort of warm up to a potential Trump presidency," a political law attorney said.
4 minute read

Law.com

Inside Track: ESG Movement Hits 'Teenage Years,' Testing Companies' Resolve

"We've ended up with the worst of both worlds," New York University professor Alison Taylor told IR Magazine recently. "Companies treating this as PR and attention directed away from the political process by implying that these companies are solving problems they're not solving."
5 minute read

The Recorder

Law Firms Expand Office Presence in Los Angeles

Demand for experienced labor and employment, intellectual property and financial services lawyers in California is driving firms' push to expand.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Bouquet of Recent Ethics Opinions

The New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics, which provides a valuable service to New York lawyers (and clients) by giving guidance to practitioners on ethical issues, has issued a number of ethics opinions in the past six months, a few of which are discussed in this article.
9 minute read

The Recorder

'Uncharted Territory': Panel Eyes 9th Circuit Appeal Hearings on California Children's Online Privacy Laws

The panel followed a hearing by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on the laws at issue, California's Age-Appropriate Design Code and California Assembly Bill 587, which cover online transparency.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Stricter Lateral Exit Policies Become More Common Across the Legal Industry

Law firms are increasingly using lateral departure deterrence methods, such as punitive non-competes or debits for unpaid bills, legal industry sources say.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Billing Missteps, Disgruntled Rainmakers, Shocking Emails: Behind the Scenes of a Legal Industry Scandal

How a partner uprising over alleged financial mismanagement at an Am Law 100 firm led to one of the industry's largest spinoffs—and fastest collapses.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Reasonable Diligence Under the Discovery Rule

Until the court squarely holds otherwise, plaintiffs seeking the benefit of the discovery rule will bear the burden of showing that no reasonable copyright owner, similarly situated, should have discovered the infringement before plaintiff did in fact discover it.
7 minute read

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