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Media & Communication: 3 Ways to Drive Higher ROI from Press Releases
November 01, 2018
In an age where law firms can quickly disseminate news to target audiences via multiple social media platforms as well as their own websites, is it finally time to put the press release out to pasture? The press release is a valuable PR tool that deserves to live on. Executed correctly, the benefits outweigh the cost.
Robbing a Locked Bank Vault from Home: Legal Issues Raised by Cryptocurrency Frauds
November 01, 2018
The advent of cryptocurrencies has raised a host of legal issues; some of the most immediate ones — such as whether cryptocurrencies are securities — appear to have been resolved, but cryptocurrency theft remains a major concern for traders and investors given that billions of dollars of cryptocurrency are stolen every year.
IP News
November 01, 2018
Obviousness Determination Can Be Different for Apparatus and Method Claims<br>Petitioner “Bears the Burden” On Demonstrating Real Parties in Interest
The NLJ 500: Large Firm Growth Slows Amid Consolidation and Contraction
August 01, 2018
Lawyer Counts Increased By 1%, But Large Firm Growth Was Slowed Due to Consolidation. Just Three of the Top Five Firms on the NLJ 500 Showed Total Lawyer Headcount Growth
This is Not Your Father's Cloud (Part Two)
July 01, 2018
<b><i>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>In Part One of this article last month, we began a discussion designed to demystify the hesitations behind cloud security and analyzed the fast-growing transformation to a range of newer technical approaches with important consequences for legal practice. This month we continue the discussion by tackling the security and legal implications of the mass transformation of enterprise IT to cloud services from leading providers such as AWS and Azure.
Copyright Law in the Age of Twitter
May 01, 2018
<b><i>A Recent Decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Involving Twitter May Have Significant Implications for Online Publications</b></i><p>The exponential growth of social media, and the inevitable conflicts that result, is leading to more and more litigation. In many instances, courts are being asked to apply laws crafted before the Internet era to these modern disputes.
Landlord & Tenant
May 01, 2018
Guarantor May Not Interpose Wrongful Eviction Defense<br>Landlord Bound by Renewal Lease Signed After Judgment of Possession<br>Notice of Nonrewnal Sufficient to Withstand Jurisdictional Challenge<br>Incarcerated Son Not Entitled to Succession Rights<br>Occupant Did Not Establish Succession Rights<br>Court Dismisses Tortious Interference Claim By Holder of First Refusal Right
Meet the Lawyer Working on Inclusion Rider Language
April 01, 2018
At the Oscars in March, Best Actress winner Frances McDormand made “inclusion rider” go viral. But Kalpana Kotagal, a partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers &amp; Toll had already worked for months to write the language for such provisions. Kotagal was developing legal language for contract provisions that Hollywood's elite could use to require studios and other partners to employ diverse workers on set.
Wells Fargo, Ending Its Appeal, Settles Whistleblower's $577K Retaliation Case
March 01, 2018
Wells Fargo &amp; Co. has reached a settlement with a former branch manager who claimed she was fired for blowing the whistle on employees who had been…
Wells Fargo, Ending Its Appeal, Settles Whistleblower's $577K Retaliation Case
March 01, 2018
Wells Fargo &amp; Co. has reached a settlement with a former branch manager who claimed she was fired for blowing the whistle on employees who had been opening accounts without permission, the sales-pressure conduct at issue in a scandal that erupted in 2016.

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  • Restrictive Covenants Meet the Telecommunications Act of 1996
    Congress enacted the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to encourage development of telecommunications technologies, and in particular, to facilitate growth of the wireless telephone industry. The statute's provisions on pre-emption of state and local regulation have been frequently litigated. Last month, however, the Court of Appeals, in <i>Chambers v. Old Stone Hill Road Associates (see infra<i>, p. 7) faced an issue of first impression: Can neighboring landowners invoke private restrictive covenants to prevent construction of a cellular telephone tower? The court upheld the restrictive covenants, recognizing that the federal statute was designed to reduce state and local regulation of cell phone facilities, not to alter rights created by private agreement.
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