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When Artificial Intelligence Can Play Havoc With Manipulated Video Images

Briefings / February 19, 2018

Pillsbury – Recent developments in deep learning artificial intelligence have enabled almost anyone to superimpose facial features—including an entirely different face—into a preexisting video with relatively minimal effort. Until very recently, editing facial features in a video has been incredibly difficult. Even movie studios with access to professional video editing tools have struggled with the

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The factors that can trigger supply chain disruption and litigation in the life sciences industry

Hogan Lovells – Change is coming to the life sciences industry. Price pressure, new market entrants, the emergence of personalized medicine, and even climate change are adding complexity to traditional manufacturing processes and supply chain operations. In this hoganlovells.com interview, Dr. Tanja Eisenblätter, co-head of our international litigation practice and dedicated life sciences industry litigator,

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Looking For a UK Law Job? It Pays To Be Posh

Career Advice, Headlining, Law Firms, UK Law / February 18, 2018

It pays to be posh if you’re looking for a top UK law job. A private education will secure you a better paid law job in the UK, a new survey has shown. A ‘conscious or unconscious bias’ exists in favour of those students who studied at private schools compared to state-schooled students, the survey

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5 Legal Services Lawyers Should Start Offering Online

Press Releases, Sponsored Post / February 18, 2018

The legal industry has been around for an extremely long time, but firms will have to change in the future as increased competition and technology increasingly affects the profitability and success of legal businesses. While many lawyers are reluctant to make changes, there is increasingly a need to focus on new or alternative business avenues

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Five Morrison & Foerster Lawyers Win Client Choice Awards

Press Releases / February 17, 2018

Lokke Moerel, Anna T. Pinedo, Jackie Liu, Maria Jayne Steeples, and Gary Mitchel Smith Five Morrison & Foerster lawyers have received 2018 Client Choice awards: Berlin senior of counsel Lokke Moerel for IT & Internet; New York partner Anna Pinedo for Derivatives; San Francisco partner Jackie Liu for Corporate; Singapore of counsel Maria Steeples for

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Man Indicted for Cyber Attack on LA County Superior Court

Press Releases / February 17, 2018

LOS ANGELES – A federal Grand Jury has indicted Oriyomi Sadiq Aloba, 32, of Houston, Texas, on multiple counts of unauthorized impairment of a protected computer, unauthorized access to obtain information and aggravated identity theft for a multi-stage phishing attack on the Los Angeles County Superior Court (LASC) computer system. According to the indictment, over

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Slaughter and May advised on SoftBank Vision Fund’s investments in Ping An Good Doctor and Ping An Healthcare Technology

Press Releases / February 17, 2018

Slaughter and May advised SB Investment Advisers (UK) Limited (SBIA), an investment adviser to SoftBank Vision Fund, on SoftBank Vision Fund’s investment in two technology companies in the Ping An group – Ping An Healthcare and Technology Company Limited (Ping An Good Doctor) and Ping An Medical and Healthcare Management Co., Ltd. (Ping An Healthcare

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Sweet 16 Hacks to Building Your Law Firm’s Facebook Group Fast (And Avoid Facebook’s Page Downgrade)

Law Marketing / February 17, 2018

John Bowie* Recent changes by Facebook make their Groups rather than Facebook Pages a more attractive option for users, including law firms, seeking to increase their brand or general awareness. The fact is that Facebook’s recent algorithm changes have meant that Facebook pages are not generating the same level of engagement as their groups, showing

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How A Question Mark Saved James Wood’s Twitter Liability

Briefings, Briefings / February 16, 2018

Kelley Drye & Warren – A federal judge in the Southern District of Ohio recently dismissed a case against actor James Woods over a tweet he posted during the 2016 presidential campaign. Woods, the outspoken conservative actor best known for his roles in Casino, Once Upon A Time In America, and Ghosts of Mississippi (for

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Linkaters Partner Gets Three Years’ Jail After Oktoberfest Sexual Assault

Headlining, Law Firms / February 16, 2018

In a #Metoo news round, we’ve been keen to avoid being caught up in any excessive paranoia over sexual harassment and sexual assault in law firms, but somehow it’s all about us. First there is the claim we reported about Baker + McKenzie’s apparent gagging of a solicitor accusing a partner of sexual assault, then

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