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The Top 7 Marketing Trends Legal Marketers Need to Watch In 2025 Image

The Top 7 Marketing Trends Legal Marketers Need to Watch In 2025

Patricia Nagy

As we move into 2025, legal marketers face a rapidly evolving landscape where technology, data, and client expectations intersect — and it’s just the right time of year for making lists! Here are the top 7 trends we are seeing as shaping the future of legal marketing in the coming year.

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No Guarantee NY's Guaranty Law Survives Constitutional Scrutiny Image

No Guarantee NY's Guaranty Law Survives Constitutional Scrutiny

Claude G. Szyfer & Daria D. Anichkova

After nearly four years of litigation, the Second Circuit held recently that a small commercial landlord lacked standing to seek declaratory relief against the City of New York challenging the Guaranty Law under the Contracts Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

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High Court May Limit the Reach of the Wire Fraud Statute

Harry Sandick & Caitlyn Wigler

On Dec. 9, 2024, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Kousisis v. United States, a case that will again review the reach of the federal mail and wire fraud statutes. At issue this time is the so-called “fraudulent inducement” theory of property fraud — namely, whether deception to induce a commercial exchange can constitute mail or wire fraud, even if the infliction of economic harm on the alleged victim was not the object of the scheme.

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'Melendez/Bochner': No Guarantee the Guaranty Law Survives Constitutional Scrutiny Image

'Melendez/Bochner': No Guarantee the Guaranty Law Survives Constitutional Scrutiny

Claude G. Szyfer & Daria D. Anichkova

After nearly four years of litigation, the Second Circuit held recently that a small commercial landlord lacked standing to seek declaratory relief against the City of New York challenging the Guaranty Law under the Contracts Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

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Fifth Circuit Rejects Majority 'Independent Economic Value' Test for Infringement Damages Image

Fifth Circuit Rejects Majority 'Independent Economic Value' Test for Infringement Damages

Stan Soocher

Most of the federal circuit courts that have addressed what qualifies either as a "compilation" or as a single creative work apply an "independent economic value" analysis that looks at the market worth of the single creation as of the time when an infringement occurs. But in a recent ruling of first impression, the Fifth Circuit rejected the "independent economic value" test in determining which individual sound recordings are eligible for their own statutory awards and which are part of compilation.

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The Power of Your Inner Circle: Turning Friends and Social Contacts Into Business Allies

Yuliya LaRoe

Practical strategies to explore doing business with friends and social contacts in a way that respects relationships and maximizes opportunities.

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Authentic Communications Today Increase Success for Value-Driven Clients

Leander Dolphin & Kent Nevins

As the relationship between in-house and outside counsel continues to evolve, lawyers must continue to foster a client-first mindset, offer business-focused solutions, and embrace technology that helps deliver work faster and more efficiently.

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Court Rules Mere Conduit Defense Not Suitable for a Motion to Dismiss

Daniel A. Lowenthal

At the motion to dismiss stage, courts usually won't consider affirmative defenses. This issue arose recently in a preferential transfer case, where a defendant sought to dismiss a complaint by arguing it was a mere conduit, not an initial transferee.

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Individual Liability of Condominium Sponsor's Principals

Stewart E. Sterk

When are the principals of a condominium sponsor individually liable for harms suffered by purchasers? In Board of Managers of 570 Broome Condominium, the First Department declined to dismiss a condominium board's fraud and breach of fiduciary claims against individual defendants.

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Compliance and Third-Party Risk Management

Chris Zohlen & Johnathan Prewitt

To gauge the level of risk and uncover potential gaps, compliance and privacy leaders should collaborate to consider how often they are monitoring third parties, what intelligence they are gathering with and about their partners and vendors, and whether their risk management practices have been diminished due to cost and resource constraints.

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