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Life in the (Regulated) Fast Lane: Companies Must Navigate Global Privacy Rules on Self-Driving Cars
April 01, 2018
<b><i>The race is on to develop the best technology for autonomous vehicles, but there are also drives to increase regulation around the data these cars and trucks collect.</b></i><p>Clearly, it's an exciting time to be in the autonomous car industry, and the race is on to develop the best tech first. But with an increasingly complex legal landscape, lawyers need to focus on compliance with evolving data privacy regulations.
How Ticket Software Lost Trade Secret Protection
April 01, 2018
Trade secret protection applies only to confidential information. In almost all circumstances, broadcasting to the world the intricate details and applications of a trade secret extinguishes whatever “property right” an entertainment industry holder once possessed. What is a sufficient method of contractually notifying a software user of the trade secret status of certain information is a closer question.
Adding Value with a Client Visit Initiative
April 01, 2018
The increasing competition in the legal industry highlights the importance of differentiation and adding value beyond the work product. Face-to-face interactions with clients are a critical component in differentiation because they provide the opportunity to understand better the nuances of clients' businesses, develop deeper relationships, and drive productive collaboration.
'Media & Communication:' We Wrote This Article to Share with You
April 01, 2018
Develop content with a purpose in mind versus simply creating content for its own sake. Retweets and shares are fine, but they shouldn't be the end goal of a lawyer's effort. Instead, creating content should be about enabling the lawyer to feel comfortable and easily engage with clients.
Cooperatives & Condominiums
April 01, 2018
Questions of Fact Bar Summary Judgment in Condominium's Claim for Improper Alterations<br>Sponsor Did Not Breach Purchase Contract<br>Unit Owners Did Not Have Exclusive Right to Elevator Shaft
Sexual Harassment & the Legal Industry
April 01, 2018
For members of a conservative industry that — literally — wrote the rulebook on sexual harassment, law firms need to be ready for a day of reckoning that seems inescapable.
A Cautionary Tale for Lender Overreaching into Bankruptcy Remoteness
April 01, 2018
<b><i>In re Lexington Hospitality Group, LLC</b></i><p>Bankruptcy remote structures are often used to protect against the impact of default under a credit facility. A common mechanism is organizational documents requiring an outside director or member's vote to authorize a bankruptcy filing. However, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky found that such a requirement implemented at the behest of a lender, among other bankruptcy restrictions, and where there was not true independence frustrated the important federal public policy of favoring fresh starts in bankruptcy.
Corporate Counsel Are Tackling Their Data Risk All at Once: Can They Do It?
April 01, 2018
A new BDO study finds a lack of priorities in data-related spending could, eventually, leave companies overstretched.
<i>Legal Tech:</i> Four Lessons Learned from Exterro's 4th Annual Federal Judges Survey
April 01, 2018
For the fourth time, Exterro has conducted an in-depth survey of federal judges in order to understand better how they see e-discovery law and practice changing.
IP News
April 01, 2018
Claim Preclusion Requires Analysis that Claims in Newly Asserted Patents are Patently Indistinct from Claims in Previously Adjudicated Patents<br>Claim Elements Taught by Prior Art for Purposes of Novelty and Obviousness are not Necessarily 'Well-Understood, Routine, and Conventional' Under §101

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