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Avoiding Trade Secret Losses During Corporate Collaboration
May 01, 2020
Effective corporate collaborations — whether close customer relationships, supplier partnerships or formal joint ventures — demand that sensitive information be shared. Without proper agreements and well-defined boundaries, however, those corporate collaborations can lead to loss of trade secret protection and entangle the parties in litigation.
COVID-19: As Coronavirus Ravages the Economy, Bankruptcy Attorneys Prepare for the Flood
May 01, 2020
Law firms have always counted on bankruptcy as a countercyclical practice in hard times. Now, those that prepared when the economy was booming may be about to get their reward.
5 Lease and Finance Options To Help Conserve — or Even Create — Capital
May 01, 2020
Five options available that leasing and financing can help law firms not only to deploy their business continuity requirements in the short term, but also improving liquidity now and better position the firm for their future.
How to Survive (and Even Thrive) During and After the COVID-19 Lockdown
May 01, 2020
The ability to adapt, be nimble and pivot as necessary is crucial to surviving and thriving in ever-changing economic climates. Communicating in the age of social distancing requires a new way of thinking and being — not just in the virtual workplace with our peers but also how we communicate and partner with our clients.
Federal Crackdown on Hoarding and Gouging During COVID-19 Crisis
May 01, 2020
Storage and Hauling Companies Take Note Imagine that it's Spring 2020 and you run a warehousing company and you discover that your warehouse contains containers of goods that could help combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus — masks, medical gowns, gloves or other personal protective equipment (PPE). Or imagine you own a trucking company and learn that your drivers are delivering pallets of hand sanitizer and disinfectants to a residential address. What, if any, liability might you have if it turns out a customer is hoarding PPE?
Legal Tech: Preparing for Internal Investigations to Mitigate Risk
May 01, 2020
How Advanced E-discovery Tools Can Help Simplify Information Gathering, Unify Disparate Information Systems, Standardize Workflows Across Departments, and Reduce Both Costs and Risk The stakes in internal investigations can turn out to be very high. Companies can often respond effectively if they proactively plan for investigations and leverage technology that can comb through large amounts of data quickly at low cost.
Defending Suits Brought By Copyright Trolls
May 01, 2020
An overview of copyright troll litigation and explores potential litigation strategies for responding to troll cases.
IP News
May 01, 2020
Federal Circuit: Method of Preparation Claim is Patentable Federal Circuit: Same Party Cannot Join IPR Petitions under 35 U.S.C. §315(c)
Adopting COVID-19 Cuts, Law Firms Balance Image and Economics
May 01, 2020
Firms Are Applying Communications Lessons from the Great Recession As They Deliver Bad News During the Coronavirus Pandemic. As firms echo their response to the COVID-19 crisis, they are also showing they learned from the experiences of a decade ago, including the negative effects of delivering cuts unevenly, clumsily or with unnecessary secrecy.
Cutting Off the Stream: How United States v. Silver Affects "Stream of Benefits" or "Retainer" Bribery
May 01, 2020
Although the court stressed that, by vacating certain of former NY State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's counts of conviction, it was clarifying and not altering the "as opportunities arise" theory, it nevertheless emphasized that this theory requires particularity with respect to the "question or matter" that is the subject of the bribe payor and recipient's corrupt agreement.

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