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Texas Bar Owners Sue Governor Over Shutdown

A group of Texas bar owners and a trade group, the Texas Bar & Nightclub Alliance, have sued Texas Governor […]

A Giant Canary In The Digital Coal Mine

Virtually all law firms and companies with legal departments, and even most businesses with no in-house lawyers, by now are […]

FLA Insurer Sues Law Firm, Alleging Millions In Fraudulent Claims

Citizens Property Insurance Corp, the state-run insurer of last resort for the climate-ravaged state of Florida, has sued a law […]

Survey: How Covid Is Affecting In-House Legal

Among the findings: Twenty-five percent said their budgets had been reduced. Workloads haven’t, however, in a few areas in particular…

A Ransomware Wake-Up Call For Law Firms

The recent hack of one of the biggest celebrity law firms in the world should be a wake up call […]

Executing Contracts and Deeds From Home

For a simple contract, executed under English law, it’s relatively simple and electronic signatures are usually valid. However, if the other party is overseas…

Hackers Stage A Data Auction After Company Refuses To Pay Ransom

The starting price was $50,000, and on the block were some 22,000 files and three data bases stolen from a Canadian company that had balked….

Emerging Trends In Covid-Related Litigation And Insurance Coverage

Months into the Covid-19 pandemic, patterns of litigation have emerged in five distinct categories of litigation….

How To Pay A Ransom

You have decided your best option under the circumstances is to pay up. But that decision is far from the last…

Covid Litigation Dog Not Barking

An anticipated surge in litigation blaming companies for exposing workers and consumers to the coronavirus at this point shows no […]

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