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Why the DMCA Needs to Be Modernized

Viroopax Mirji & Sunil Gregory

It has been 18 years since the DMCA was signed into law. It was created to balance the security and rights of copyright holders with the growing influence of digital communications. But today it is facing serious criticism about its usefulness from every key stakeholder — creators, distributors and consumers alike.

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i><br>Financial Industry Groups Slam NY's Proposed Cybersecurity Rules Image

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i><br>Financial Industry Groups Slam NY's Proposed Cybersecurity Rules

Joel Stashenko

Major banking and insurance industry groups are attacking New York's proposed regulation requiring member companies to adopt stringent protections against cyberattacks that compromise consumers' confidential information.

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Law Firms, Meet Your New Regulator: Your Clients Image

Law Firms, Meet Your New Regulator: Your Clients

Mark Sangster

While major banks, retailers, hospitals and insurance companies were the brick and mortar of a growing media monument to hubris and cyber overconfidence, law firm breaches went mostly unnoticed. That is, until government agencies and law enforcement grew concerned that the wealth of intellectual property curated by law firms could be used to manipulate financial markets by front running trades.

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Release of Pineland Development Restrictions Invalidated

Stewart E. Sterk

Once Suffolk County pays a landowner to acquire Pineland Development Rights, can the county give some of those rights back to the landowner, without even requiring the landowner to pay for them?

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Government Agencies Take Aim at Employment-Related Agreements

Eve I. Klein, Jonathan A. Segal, Christopher D. Durham & Eric W. Ruden

The SEC's and DOL's scrutiny of severance agreements follow earlier scrutiny by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and other government agencies. These developments provide an urgency for company counsel to bring their employment agreements and policies into compliance.

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Seizure Issues To Consider in Federal Trade Secrets Act

Christopher Cox & Bambo Obaro

Both before and after the passage of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) in May 2016, which created a federal civil cause of action for trade secrets misappropriation, much ink was spilled over the controversial “seizure” provision.

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Talk Is Cheap: The Misuse of 'Speaking' Indictments Image

Talk Is Cheap: The Misuse of 'Speaking' Indictments

Ronald H. Levine

In white collar fraud, public corruption and other high-profile cases, DOJ prosecutors sometimes go well beyond the“notice” principle and draft thick indictments laying out in conclusory language the regulatory schema surrounding the challenged conduct; public policy rationales for the laws and regulation said to be violated; alleged motives of defendants; and the government's inferences from alleged facts (“connecting the dots”) — all under section headings or captions advocating the government's view.

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Distressed Suppliers

James A. Plemmons

Often, purchasers of goods are confronted with financially troubled suppliers and have to decide how best to deal with the supplier in question. There are many pitfalls that you need to avoid. With the complete arsenal of law and information, the customer should be in a position to maneuver through these situations while minimizing risk and cost. The following is information to assist purchasers when confronted with these issues.

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Challenges in Solar Equipment Finance

Jennifer L. Howard & Kenneth P. Weinberg

Growth in solar-generation capacity has not been evenly distributed across the country, however, as some states' policies and laws are solar-friendly, while those in other states pose barriers. One such barrier in many states is the lack of access to financing.<p><b><i>Part One of a Two-Part Article</i></b>

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When a Lessee Files for Bankruptcy

Deirdre M. Richards

A Chapter 11 debtor's motion for an order approving use of Cash Collateral or for Debtor-in-Possession (DIP) Financing usually happens as part of the so-called first-day hearings held within a few days after commencement of the case. The problem for creditors and equipment lessors is that while the debtor may have sent your client a notice of the bankruptcy case, the notice sometimes goes to the payment lock box or to someone who doesn't even know what bankruptcy is, much less that the order being sought is key to your client's future payment.

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