Need to Do More with Less? Focus on CRM Success
March 01, 2024
In this era of more with less, marketers desperately need tools to fill in the gaps between more and less. One potential tool should be the firm's customer relationship management software.
Leading Legal Department Trends for 2024
March 01, 2024
Recent research based on interviews with chief legal officers around the globe found that the increased scope and scale of risk now facing corporations is driving change in how legal teams set their strategies, leverage technology and manage operations.
The Role of the SEC In Cryptocurrency Regulation and Enforcement
March 01, 2024
The SEC's cryptocurrency-related actions reached a new high in 2023, jumping more than 50% when compared to 2022. We expect the SEC's enforcement efforts in this area to continue at a high pace in 2024, even though whether or not cryptocurrency should be classified as a security or something else remains uncertain.
Landlord & Tenant Law
March 01, 2024
Illegality Defense Raises Questions of Fact
Good Guy Guaranty Not Released
Exchange of Texts Does Not Constitute Settlement Agreement
Landlord's Fraudulent Conveyance Claim Against Parking Lot Chain Avoids Dismissal
New Jersey Passes Privacy Law
March 01, 2024
The New Jersey law follows states, such as California, Texas, and Connecticut, who have enacted privacy laws, including broad laws addressing consumer data privacy, children's privacy laws, consumer health data privacy laws, and data broker laws.
Content-Licensing Payment Dispute Turns On Existence of Fiduciary Relationship
March 01, 2024
A recent New York federal court decision in a dispute between a broker that sublicenses program content and a broadcaster that sublicensed content from the broker considered the interaction of contract language and extra-contractual elements of the parties' relationship to determine whether a fiduciary relationship existed.
Are Recent Regulations Dooming Franchising?
March 01, 2024
In 2024, franchising may need to overcome and work around the recent government regulation that goes to the very heart of the franchising relationship and the way franchise businesses operate,
Third Circuit: Bankruptcy Code Mandates Appointment of Examiner In Chapter 11 Cases
March 01, 2024
The Third Circuit recently held in 'In re FTX Trading' that the plain text of Section 1104(c)(2) mandates the appointment of an examiner under the specified conditions set forth. As a result, the FTX decision will carry significant implications for large and medium-sized bankruptcy cases.
Generative AI and Law Firm Pricing
March 01, 2024
Generative AI, combined with client education, could signal the slow death knell of the billable hour.
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