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What’s Ahead for Privacy & Data Security in 2018?

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Wilson Sonsini – 2018 promises to be an interesting year in the world of privacy and cybersecurity. In this article, we highlight a few of the most notable developments we expect this year, including major developments in Europe, changes and pending cases at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), notable U.S. Supreme Court cases scheduled to […]

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No Early Return to Form For NZ Equity Capital Markets – Chapman Tripp ECM Report

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Chapman Tripp – 13 February 2018 More vibrant equity capital markets may be on the horizon for New Zealand – but not this year, Chapman Tripp says. The firm today released its annual Equity Capital Markets – trends and insights report, which tips 2018 to be a transitional year to healthier capital markets from 2019

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Will Facebook’s News Feed Change Affect Legal Immunity For User Content?

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Proskauer Rose – Facebook recently announced that it would make changes to its news feed to prioritize content that users share and discuss and material from “reputable publishers.” These changes are part of what Mark Zuckerberg says is a refocusing of Facebook from “helping [users] find relevant content to helping [users] have more meaningful social

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Using “Speed Dating” In Your Next Law Firm Retreat

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Wicker Group – Throughout my many years working with law firms, I have found that interactive games can be a welcome addition to any firm retreat. In particular, games that help lawyers learn more about their colleagues are often more effective than traditional practice group panel presentations. As firms grow and change, it is important

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Securing the Law Firm: Dark Web Footprint Analysis of 500 UK Legal Firms

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RepKnight – Legal firms have access to some of the most sensitive data imaginable about their clients – whether corporate or private. And just like any other company, they hold personal information about their employees, such as home address, contact details, bank account numbers and pension information. But just how secure is the average law

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Mayer Brown launches timely global mobility and migration blog

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1 February 2018 – Mayer Brown announced today that its innovative Global Mobility & Migration team, which is an essential component of the firm’s Employment & Benefits practice, has launched a blog, “The Mobile Workforce.” The blog is designed to provide businesses with up-to-date changes pertaining to global migration developments and trends. Mayer Brown partners

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Rights Offerings Prove Popular with Debtors and Distressed Investors

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Skadden Arps – The past few years have brought a number of large rights offerings in bankruptcies in the energy, healthcare, and retail sectors. Between January 1, 2015, and December 1, 2017, more than $5.5 billion was raised through rights offerings or private placements in more than two dozen large bankruptcy cases. In 2017 alone,

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Responsible Deployment of AI in Business

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Slaughter & May – Superhuman Resources Slaughter and May and ASI Data Science, the high-growth British Technology firm, have published Superhuman Resources, a joint white paper on the responsible deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in business. We believe that AI could become the most transformative workplace technology of the 21st Century, with the associated need

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How Will Trump’s Solar Panel Trade Barrier Affect the Solar Industry?

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Harris Beach PLC –   With President Trump’s recent announcement of import tariffs on solar panels, the domestic solar energy industry now faces an additional challenge – how to continue to generate cost-competitive power in order to continue recent gains and achieve even greater energy market penetration. In recent years, U.S. solar developers have begun

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