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Where Will The Needle Land? COVID-19 Contact Tracing v. Protecting Personal Privacy 
June 01, 2020
Governments and businesses alike are considering how to leverage new technologies to make contact tracing efforts more effective by digitally monitoring our social interactions and physical locations. But such innovative contact tracing methods raise a host of privacy concerns, forcing a reckoning with how we balance privacy and public health.
Federal Appeals Courts Weight in On Accruals for Copyright Infringement vs. Ownership Claims
June 01, 2020
The U.S. Copyright Act states that a civil copyright action must be filed within three years of its accrual. How this applies to copyright infringement and to copyright ownership claims, including in the same case, isn't always clear. But two recent federal appeals courts decisions have provided guidance on the differences in accrual for each of these copyright claims.
Recent Decisions Clarify Scope of Illinois Biometric Privacy Law
June 01, 2020
For users of biometric information subject to BIPA's rigorous requirements, the last two years have brought mostly bad news, most notably a smattering of unfavorable decisions on the question of whether plaintiffs must suffer an injury in order to avail themselves of BIPA. Against this backdrop, however, courts have issued decisions on other aspects of BIPA
Davis Wright Forms Entertainment Industry Reopening Advisory Group
June 01, 2020
As millions of Americans turned to television and movies for diversion and comfort amid the coronavirus pandemic and resulting business shutdowns, the companies that create that content were left scratching their heads about how to resume business safely when they are allowed. Davis Wright Tremaine launched a new group in hopes of providing the answers.
Legal Analytics and the Evolving Practice of Law
June 01, 2020
While we may use analytics differently in our respective companies, one thing is certain: Legal analytics is the future and it's time to jump on board.
How Cultivating Existing Client Relationships Can Boost Business Development
June 01, 2020
Advances in CRM software can help connect lawyers across the firm, allowing them to compete as one firm and build on the successful results they have already delivered for clients.
Eliminating Willfulness as a Prerequisite to Recovering an Infringer's Damages in Dilution Cases
June 01, 2020
Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc. The Supreme Court, settling a circuit split, held that, although highly important, willfulness is not a prerequisite for a trademark infringement plaintiff to obtain a profits award.
Soccer Federation Litigators Discuss Recent Ruling in Equal Pay Case
June 01, 2020
Latham & Watkins partners Michele Johnson and Jamie Wine turned the tide for the U.S. Soccer Federation in a high-profile — and highly sensitive — wage discrimination lawsuit by the U.S. Senior Women's National Team. In this Q&A, Johnson and Wine discuss their perspective on the case
Landlord's Action Does Not Give Rise to Deceptive Practice Liability
June 01, 2020
Jeffrey Turkel's lead article in last month's issue focused on the Regina Metropolitan case, in which the Court of Appeals invalidated a number of…
Jump-Starting Business Development After Living in a Socially Distant World
June 01, 2020
How do we go back to conducting productive business without seeming callous to the harsh realities many people are experiencing?

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