Will Bartlett* As an employer looking to hire top talent within the legal field, much of your focus is on the credentials of your prospective employees- but are you additionally questioning the processes you have set in place to protect the information of those you’re profiling for a job? Cybercriminals will target law firms in
Source: Pixabay Invasion of Privacy – A Marital Misconduct Jenny Harrison* Ethically, it is illegal to break into someone’s personal devices as it violates their privacy. Spying means that you are snooping into someone’s tech device and reading all the data and conversation without their consent. When it’s a stranger spying on you, the rules
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Settlement Provides Funding for Retrofits in Common Areas and Individual Units, and Compensation for Persons Harmed by Lack of Accessibility Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has settled its federal Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) lawsuit against BEDFORD DEVELOPMENT LLC, CARNEGIE CONSTRUCTION
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Michael Best is pleased to announce that Drew Whiting has joined the firm’s Corporate Practice Group as senior counsel in Chicago. Whiting was previously a member of Stahl Cowen Crowley Addis LLC. At Michael Best, Whiting will focus his practice advising growth stage companies, venture capital firms, angel investors, investment syndicates, private equity funds and
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John Bowie* Willkie Farr & Gallagher has placed its co-chairman, Gordon Caplan on a leave of absence following the US college fraud scheme that has lead to the arrests of dozens of people and embroiled actors Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlan. The scandal involves bribes used to get the children of wealthy individuals, including CEOs,
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‘Disruption’ is what new-tech is largely about and it’s the same with law-tech. As AI and other tech developments continue to challenge the old-style legal market, one of the largest ‘players’ in the legal world is actively seeking disrupters in the legal market to help. Slaughter and May are seeking any “exciting new product” that
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Slaugher & May – A team of our data privacy experts have collaborated with leading Wall Street firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore to produce a highly topical guide to the compatibility of blockchain solutions with the GDPR. The report was commissioned by the Center for Global Enterprise, a research institution devoted to the study of the
Davis Polk – Davis Polk partner Avi Gesser co-authored an article with associate Matthew Kelly and law clerk Samantha Pfotenhauer that was published in the New York Law Journal on March 1, 2019. The article explores three important aspects of in-house counsel’s duties related to cybersecurity incident preparation and response: providing advice regarding the company’s legal and regulatory
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Game of Thrones, or “GoT” for the millions who know and love the cult show, has n it would seem, but what is a leading attorney like Matthew Syrkin, a partner and chair of the Hughes Hubbard Media Group, doing behind the scenes. A unique deal, that’s what. In fact, the sort of deal that
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Kevin Snyder* Ridesharing has seen a rise in popularity in cities across the US, in recent years. For many people, ordering an Uber or Lyft ride from an app is a natural thing to do. According to research, this especially applies to younger people. It’s their allegiance to ridesharing apps that is pushing usage figures
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