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Eye on Development, Deloitte Enters Into Strategic Alliance With Relativity

The new partnership will see Deloitte and Relativity working closely together to accelerate innovation on Relativity's e-discovery platform.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Protecting Company Information From Disloyal Employees

In the era of telecommuting and daily cyberbreaches, companies face an ever-increasing challenge protecting their data from improper disclosures. Although many companies have invested in technology that protects them (to a certain extent) from outside intruders, these technological advancements do very little to stop the insider threat—disloyal and disgruntled employees.
13 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Sexual Harassment Settlements With Nondisclosure Agreement No Longer Deductible

The new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act adds a provision to the tax code which disallows a deduction for amounts paid to settle a sexual harassment or abuse claim if that settlement includes a nondisclosure agreement. Section 162(q) to the Internal Revenue Code now disallows a deduction for any payment “related to sexual harassment or abuse if such settlement or payment is subject to a nondisclosure agreement.”
5 minute read

Legaltech News

How GDPR Will Shake Foundations of Corporate Marketing

Executives discuss the ways in which companies' marketing efforts must change under the General Data Protection Regulation.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Harvard Law School Students Create Evisort to Improve Contract Review

Evisort's algorithms analyze language in contracts, and can classify and categorize the content.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Voluntary Self-Disclosure of Sanctions Violations: How It Works in the US (Part 2)

In the first part of this article, we examined the counterintuitive nature of self-reporting sanctions violations, the penalties that sanctions violators face in the United Kingdom and the United States, and the U.K.'s self-disclosure framework. In part two, we analyze how the self-reporting regime functions in the United States.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

With 'Legal Design Thinking,' ALT Eyes New Type of Legal Tech Conference

The Association of Legal Technologists' first ever conference will include interactive sessions where attendees get hands-on experience designing new legal technology platforms and processes.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Thanks to the IoT, This Isn't 2006's E-Discovery

FTI's Jake Frazier and Relativity's David Horrigan break down why internet of things discovery is different, preservation issues and more ahead of a Legalweek panel.
7 minute read

International Edition

Singapore Mulls Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements

Singapore is the latest country to consider using DPAs, joining Australia, Canada and France, which are also considering the agreements. The United States and U.K. already use these tools.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Direct Listings: Will the Spotify Listing Prove a Game Changer?

Corporate Securities columnist John C. Coffee Jr. writes: Spotify is proceeding with the first “Underwriter-less” IPO that the New York Stock Exchange has seen in modern times. Will it attract other “unicorns”?
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