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Corporate Counsel

How to Take Ownership of Your Company's IP

For most companies, IP is their most valuable asset. When IP is created, the employee or consultant who created it freely (usually) assigns it to their employer or client. But sometimes, something goes wrong. Relationships can sour. The employee or consultant can leave. Or, the person might even pass away. If any of these things happen when there is no written assignment of the IP to the company, things can get messy.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

A New Era of Influence: A Swift Take on Branding, Computer-Generated Influencers and Deepfakes

A-list celebrities like Taylor Swift are not the only ones leveraging their influence to promote and sell products and services. Streamers, vloggers, and other creatives are using their platforms to influence today's consumer trends. However, a steep rise in the use of GenAI and computer-generated influencers brings with it new marketing risks and considerations for celebrities, influencers, and businesses alike.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Are You Doing 'Deep Fake' Marketing? Consider Using a Scorecard

How can in-house counsel swiftly and competently assess legal risk for newly minted AI-driven campaigns? The answer lies in striking a balance of acceptable levels of legal risk, as defined within your organization, that conform with applicable industry standards, and guided by broader ethical considerations specific to your use case. With this in mind, we have provided a scorecard to weigh the likelihood and severity associated with any deep fake marketing campaign.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Habeas Law and the Sex Shaming of Brenda Andrew

Brenda Andrew's was convicted in Oklahoma of her estranged husband's murder in a trial in which the prosecutor dangled her throng underwear before the jury and otherwise "sex shamed" her. She has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her case. Do the constraints of federal habeas law (AEDPA) make that unlikely?
8 minute read

International Edition

18-Hour Days—Let's Stop Ignoring Human Biology

We must recognise that by encouraging lawyers to reach out, we are asking them to be vulnerable.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Citi Results Indicate Law Firm Industry Rebound in 2024

Citi's Q1 Flash Survey Report indicates a strong start and a positive year ahead.
5 minute read

The Recorder

FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Most Noncompetes, but Immediate Legal Challenges Ensue

Employers do not need to not rush to immediately implement changes. Instead, they should allow time for the above litigation to play out over the next few months to see, among other things, if the courts invalidate the final rule or stay it pending the outcome of the litigation and inevitable appeals.
6 minute read

International Edition

Mega-Deals and AML, How To Stay Compliant

In light of the SRA's AML 'crackdown', Shieldpay's CEO Andrew Hawkins talks about the challenge posed by compliance for law firms and the risk breaches can bring in terms of financial sanctions and reputational damage.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Calif. Employers On Tight Deadline to Comply With New Workplace Violence Prevention Law

By July 1, all covered employers must adopt and implement a workplace violence prevention plan, or WVPP, and train their employees on the WVPP be in order to be compliance with the law.
7 minute read

Law.com

Eighth Circuit addresses Constitutional Rights of Transgender Inmate in Lawsuit Against Prison Officials

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently held that individual defendants in a Section 1983 lawsuit brought by a transgender inmate were entitled to qualified immunity on some, but not all, of the inmate's claims.
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