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Enforcement Update: U.S. Courts Demonstrate Reluctance to Extend Application of Chinese Data Security and Privacy Laws In Civil Discovery Image

Enforcement Update: U.S. Courts Demonstrate Reluctance to Extend Application of Chinese Data Security and Privacy Laws In Civil Discovery

Jeff Pade & Lindsey Dieselman

Two recent Chinese laws — the Data Security Law (DSL) and the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) — include provisions aimed at restricting the cross-border transfer of China-based data foreign enforcement and judicial authorities. U.S. courts have not yet addressed whether these data protection and privacy laws could bar the production of documents in civil contexts involving governmental litigants or in criminal proceedings.

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Mitigating Risks at Professional Service Firms Using Artificial Intelligence Image

Mitigating Risks at Professional Service Firms Using Artificial Intelligence

Brian P. Piatek

Truly malicious internal threats can often be treated much like external threats using the tools and backups already in place. But how does a firm proactively identify the softer threats — which may be just as dangerous as the malicious threats and can cripple a firm just as effectively?

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The Anatomy of a Supply Chain Cyberattack

Brian Schmitt & Abeer Abu Judeh

Mitigating Its Risks and the Call for Standardization of Software Development Security Protocols This article details the anatomy of a supply chain cyberattack, explores the existing state of supply chain protective contractual terms, and proposes actionable steps with a collective approach to guide legal professionals through their precarious endeavors.

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We Must Never Let our Cyber Guard Down Image

We Must Never Let our Cyber Guard Down

Emil Sayegh

When cyber defenses work, there is a human tendency to become complacent. If you fall into this perception trap, you will quickly find yourself in survival mode — scrambling to restore and recover, and in a position where the best explanation was that the attack was somehow "unexpected." The global cyberthreat is also still very real.

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Crypto Asset Legal Difficulties

Jonathan Bick  

Exploring crypto assets is akin to visiting the Land of Oz. Outwardly, both seem dazzling, foreign and off-color. However, by removing the technological blinders, equivalent to the emerald glasses worn by the citizens of the Emerald City, attorneys will likely understand that they know all they need to integrate crypto assets into their practice.

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Under Shared Responsibility Cloud Model, Data Owners Retain Control of Access and Data Image

Under Shared Responsibility Cloud Model, Data Owners Retain Control of Access and Data

Catherine Castaldo, Therese Craparo & Christine Gartland

From a legal perspective, the cloud introduces a unique shared responsibility model that many businesses are only now coming to appreciate; specifically, although the cloud provider may house the data and provide functionality for access and data security controls, the legal obligations remain the responsibility of the business procuring these services.

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Legal Tech: E-Discovery Case Spotlight: Custody and Control of Text Messages and Adverse Jury Instructions on Spoliation Image

Legal Tech: E-Discovery Case Spotlight: Custody and Control of Text Messages and Adverse Jury Instructions on Spoliation

Philip Favro

New e-discovery cases continue to proliferate, spotlighting key trends regarding the handling of ESI in litigation.

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Supreme Court Again Addresses Municipal Sign Regulations Image

Supreme Court Again Addresses Municipal Sign Regulations

Steven M. Silverberg

In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court applied strict scrutiny to a sign regulation as it related to directional signs placed by a local congregation that held services at different locations each week. In April 2022, the Court took another look at the issue of strict scrutiny relating to "off-premises" signs in City of Austin, Texas v. Reagan National Advertising.

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Real Property Law

NYRE Staff

Deed from Intestate Distribtees Effective Without Involvement of Estate Administrator Notice of Pendency Is Not an Election of Remedies That Bars Issuance of Preliminary Injunction Junior Mortgagee Obtained Good Title Despite Defects In Judgment of Foreclosure Limitation on Easement Width Upheld Forged Power of Attorney Voids Documents on Which Mortgagee Relied

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Landlord & Tenant Law

NYRE Staff

Habitability and Harassment Claims Survive Motion to Dismiss COVID-19 Does Not Trigger Frustration of Purpose or Impossibility Defenses Tenant Entitled to Actual Damages for Landlord Breach, But Not to Suspension Payment Renovations Qualified Apartment for High-Rent Vacancy Decontrol COVID-19 Does Not Excuse Failure to Pay Rent

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