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Plaintiff-Friendly Competition Decisions From Canada

Canada’s competition class-action jurisprudence has been tilting in plaintiffs’ favor in recent years. Canadian courts have been recognizing low thresholds […]

Insurance Considerations When Negotiating Commercial Contracts

Insurance implications are routinely overlooked in commercial contracts. Contracts to receive or perform services, to supply or receive goods or […]

Nuts & Bolts Of Representations And Warranties Insurance

Representations and warranties insurance (RWI) is highly customized insurance for risk in M&A transactions. This article provides a brief primer […]

Does USPTO’s Orphan Works Report Double Down On Problem?

The USPTO is taken to task by TechDirt editor Mike Masnick for its recent report on so-called orphan works – […]

Activists Have Changed, Their Targets Should Too

Depending on the source, there are between 100 and 400 activist investor funds, with between $100 billion and $400 billion […]

Departments With Comprehensive Management Programs Thrive

According to benchmarking surveys taken over the past five years, law departments with comprehensive management programs are the most cost […]

The Long Reach Of Europe’s Right To Be Forgotten

The so-called “right to be forgotten” (RTBF) has been the subject of much debate and attention since the publication of […]

Client Feedback Vital For Law Departments

Internal client feedback is an effective tool for maximizing the satisfaction of internal clients. In one example, the legal department […]

Does The Legal Industry Need A Serious Makeover?

Problems in the profession will not be solved by , better technology, or lower prices, Jenny Odegard writes for Lawyerist. […]

Threat Of iLawyer Overblown

Visions of artificial intelligence overtaking human lawyers are not very realistic, Richard Tromans writes in Bloomberg BNA. Instead, legal technology […]