Landlord & Tenant Law
January 01, 2022
Nonpayment Proceeding Not Available for Use and Occupancy
Questions of Fact About Whether Landlord Accepted Surrender
Improper Withholding of Consent Does Not Excuse Guarantor
Loft Board's Rejection of Abandonment Petition Upheld
COVID Pandemic Allows CMOs to Use Tech to Drive Firm Growth
January 01, 2022
Perhaps it was not surprising that when the pandemic hit last year, chief marketing officers and their teams were among the first included in layoffs and budget cuts. But over the last several months, a new narrative has emerged: Law firms have turned bullish toward investments in marketing and technology.
Highlight Client Service Skills In the New Year
January 01, 2022
Attorneys need their clients to see them as a trusted advisor and partner in their legal solutions. If the lawyer takes time at the beginning of the relationship to establish expectations, then future conflicts can be avoided or resolved more quickly.
Potential Criminal and Civil Penalties of Digital Asset Exchanges
January 01, 2022
This article discusses the potential criminal and civil penalties that companies can face if their employees engage in insider trading in digital assets, and suggests several measures that exchanges can take to reduce their exposure from such risks.
NFTs and Virtual Patent Marking
January 01, 2022
Patent marking is an important step in the patent lifecycle as it is generally required to seek damages from infringers prior to the date the suit is filed. While virtual marking has somewhat reduced the overhead of marking, it suffers from the same problems all Internet-based evidence runs into in court: websites are ephemeral and have intermittent accessibility, as well as poor public logging of when information existed where, and for how long. NFTs on a digital blockchain could potentially overcome these hurdles, while still providing the benefits of virtual marking via websites.
Feds Jumping Into Corporate Privacy and Cybersecurity Enforcement
January 01, 2022
The past 12 months have seen a steady drumbeat of action by federal law enforcement and regulatory agencies of which in-house counsel should take note. Whether new guidance, regulation, investigations, or enforcement activity, the message is clear: The federal government is paying close attention to how companies are handling and protecting their data — especially consumer and sensitive data.
Protecting a Website's Legal Identity
January 01, 2022
Protecting an internet site's legal identity begins with the settled proposition that domain names are a form of personal property. The classification of a domain name as property allows the owner to register the domain name with the United States Trademark Office. Additionally, a domain name owner may state a claim for conversion against an entity that unlawfully interferes with the domain name property.
Making the Office a Destination: The Rise of Hospitality In Law Firms
January 01, 2022
The law firm office cannot remain unchanged, therefore, as if frozen in time set to some date prior to the onset of pandemic, when all the terms and meaning have all changed. In fact, the office must now provide benefits or an experience the lawyers and staff cannot get at home.
