Outside Counsel

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 […]

In Celebrity Law Firm Ransom Attack, Hackers Up The Ante, Threaten Trump

New York’s Grubman, Shire, Meiselas & Sacks has been hit with a crippling ransom attack by the hacker group REvil, […]

Employees Balking At “Tattleware”

Working remotely during the pandemic is said to be such a success that it may become the post-Covid19 norm, but […]

“Mistakes Will Be Made”: Two Med Mal Firms Pledge No Lawsuits Over Covid Errors

Two Texas law firms with a medical malpractice specialty have pledged not to sue over efforts by healthcare providers in […]

Daily Updates

Sign up for our free daily newsletter for the latest news and business legal developments.

Scroll to Top