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July 13, 2023 | Law.com

Artificial Intelligence will revolutionize law firm marketing forever. Law firms are now (or should be) leveraging the potential of AI in order to enhance their marketing efforts. By harnessing the capabilities of AI, law firms are able to expand their marketing strategies, boost efficiency, accuracy, and overall client engagement.

By Stuart J. Oberman

5 minute read

July 10, 2023 | Law.com

Regulators increasingly are scrutinizing employee use of personal devices and third-party messaging apps. This article summarizes the DOJ's recent guidance and the SEC's enforcement trends and priorities in this area, and it provides information governance best practices companies can implement now to ensure they are meeting regulators' expectations and recordkeeping rules.

By Jonathan B. New, Patrick T. Campbell, James A. Sherer and Luke E. Record

11 minute read

July 07, 2023 | Law.com

The problem isn't that economies are cyclical, that's a fact of life. The problem here is that Big Law can sometimes have unrealistic reactions to both upturns and downturns. If this happens, it's not in the interests of their own attorneys or their clients. It's inhumane and unhealthy.

By Alexander M. Geisler

4 minute read

June 30, 2023 | Law.com

For legal stakeholders seeking to take their existing legal operations programs to the next level or start new programs from scratch, there are a few all-too-easy traps that can stunt growth, cost political capital and cause headaches. Having a strategic plan, budget and critical executive buy-in is not enough to avoid these four common issues.

By Brian Corbin

8 minute read

June 29, 2023 | Law.com

The lion's share of attention to copyright-infringement claims against Ed Sheeran over his 2016 Grammy-winning Song of the Year "Thinking Out Loud" recently focused on the trial in New York federal court. But in September 2022, a related infringement suit over the same songs' matching chord progression and harmonic rhythm was allowed to proceed.

By Stan Soocher

5 minute read

June 28, 2023 | Law.com

With new employees come new risks; from aspiring insider threats that intend to join a target to extract sensitive information, to insecure processes being exploited due to too much trust being placed in candidates and new hires.

By Luke Tenery and Daron Hartvigsen

11 minute read

June 26, 2023 | Law.com

A patent strategy informed by the unique considerations raised by generative AI will optimize protections for innovations in the field. Patent strategies should reflect the current legal landscape as well as anticipate potential future legal developments.

By James W. Soong

9 minute read

June 23, 2023 | Law.com

Your clients are what they are, clients. The idea that they can be turned into bigger clients by you developing them is a myth. If you need to develop yourself to make your clients bigger — such that they send you more of their business more often — how do you go about it?

By Alex Geisler

3 minute read

June 20, 2023 | Law.com

A new balance must be struck between the new use and the exclusive right of authors to make derivative works, and part of that balance includes a clearer focus on the statutory fair use factors as well as the commercial nature or not of the new work. As a practical matter, how much the decision changes in this "troublesome" area remains to be seen.

By Jonathan Moskin

9 minute read

June 14, 2023 | Law.com

In recent years, the ITC has issued more General Exclusion Orders (GEOs) than in the past. For IP owners facing infringing imported products from numerous elusive sources, a GEO can be a powerful remedy to tackle all infringing products at once.

By Daniel Muino, Brian Busey and Nomin-Erdene Jagdagdorj

12 minute read