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Startup Nation at War: Israel's Legal Tech Companies 'Have to Keep Going'

Israel is currently home to many companies and individuals working in legal tech. Legaltech News recently checked in with some of them to discuss how they continue to innovate in times of war.
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The American Lawyer

An Am Law CDO's Take: The Impact of the Middle East Crisis on DEI in U.S. Firms

Right now, compassion is lacking. Rather, pain, trauma, and fear are the primary drivers—internally and externally. When those are the drivers, we are in fight-or-flight mode. This causes us to put up walls and prevent productive discourse.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

Latham Goes Global for Witness Testimony in Case for 'Fully Distributed' Freelance Platform Client

Latham partner Kevin McDonough and associate Megan Behrman led an effort to gather testimony in a civil case in Nevada state court from witnesses in Portugal, Spain, South Africa, and Canada for freelance platform Toptal, whose employees have been remote since the company's founding.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Muslim Bar Groups Say Law Firms Are Creating 'Hostile' Workplace Through Single-Sided Approach

The latest letter is another example of the fissures developing within law firm communities.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Hamas Is Guilty of 'Genocidal Lynching'

Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks on Israel were "acts of unalloyed hatred of Jews"—the inhumane acts of anti-Semitic terrorists reminiscent of the Einsatsgruppen, Nazi mobile killing units which marched behind the Wehrmacht in World War II to conduct the murder and rape of over a million unarmed civilians, mostly Jews.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Kirkland Lures White & Case, Latham Partners for New Saudi Arabia Office

Adding rising stars from rivals in Riyadh, Kirkland says its new office will be led by an existing corporate partner from Chicago.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Greenberg Traurig Gets UAE Law License as Big Law Continues Middle East Expansion

This summer saw Am Law 100 firms gaining law licenses, opening offices and making partnerships in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Dechert Faces Sanctions, Contempt Motions for Discovery 'Obstruction' in Hacking Case

"For approximately seven months before the court's July 25 order, neither defendants nor Dechert had produced a single relevant, custodial document. Following the court's order, their stonewalling has continued," lawyers for plaintiff and entrepreneur Farhad Azima said in a court filing this week.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Malabo Convention Seeks To Harmonize Africa's Data Privacy Approach. Will It Work?

The Malabo Convention comes at a time where the harmonization of Africa's approach to data protection has to contend with over 30 different country-specific data privacy laws, and counting.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Am Law 100 Firm Clients Allege Luxury Real Estate Investment Scam by Social Media Star

"Where you have a traditional fraud, almost like a Ponzi scheme recruiting additional victims, he gets to play an international character on social media and he plays a role," said David Haft, a partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith.
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