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Alphabet case echoes 50 years of antitrust overreach. New technologies, not antitrust actions, have tended to humble tech giants of the past. There ’s no reason to believe that won’t be the case today as regulators target a new set of successful companies. Emerging Issues.
Contract Law News & Analysis - Legal Dive
Oct 28, 2024 · Parties can contract around transfer of attorney-client privilege. The default in Delaware is for privilege to transfer to the surviving company post-merger but parties can agree to keep it within the target company, the state’s Superior Court …
How a tech GC views AI-enabled efficiencies and regulation
2 days ago · Only 15% of companies have ROI metrics for GenAI: KPMG. A legal tech executive explains how AI will fully change the way lawyers work. How to expand a small legal department’s capability. Transforming legal into a strategic business partner. Legal AI sees wide adoption but most teams unprepared for talent impact: survey.
A look at 7 Supreme Court cases Big Business will be watching
Sep 25, 2024 · The court’s term begins Oct. 7 with a docket that involves corporate securities, labor, RICO and environmental questions. After a three-month break, the Supreme Court opens its new term in early October. The Washington Legal Foundation presented an overview webinar on Wednesday to discuss cases of significance to business.
AI: Promise and precautions on the legal tech frontier
Nov 2, 2023 · AI has generated global buzz, but hype obscures its nuanced potential in the legal field. As I explored in my recent book The Legal Tech Ecosystem, AI represents not a revolution but rather part of an integrated framework that could expand use of technology by legal teams if thoughtfully leveraged.In-house legal teams that want to realize its promise must prepare for it …
‘Active times’ for employment law as courts wade through new rules
Sep 18, 2024 · Weeks later, 18 states sued to block the guidance arguing that the EEOC exceeded its authority in expanding the Civil Rights Act. Beyond the federal level, state legislators have been active with new employment laws to address issues such as age discrimination, pay inequities, freelance workers, and wage discrimination based upon gender.
Boosting D&O protection with entity investigation coverage
Sep 26, 2024 · The cost of entity investigation coverage has decreased sharply in the last six months, giving general counsel a newly affordable option for supplementing their directors and officers insurance, says Jennifer Sharkey, national managing director at insurance brokerage Gallagher. “The market is competitive,” Sharkey told Legal Dive September 24.
Court advisory committee OKs look at third-party funding disclosure
Oct 30, 2024 · When the U.S. Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules agreed earlier this month to create a subcommittee to look at litigation funding disclosure, it marked a big departure from the advisory board’s hands-off approach. “It probably deserves a careful look, if for no other reason than we don't know what we don't know," U.S. District Judge David Proctor said October 10 after the ...
9 of the year’s biggest in-house legal stories - Legal Dive
Dec 2, 2022 · Ann Kappler, executive vice president and general counsel at Prudential Financial Courtesy of Prudential Financial. General counsel and chief legal officers are trying to add value while lowering costs at their organizations. It’s not easy, particularly in this uncertain economic environment, but in-house leaders are finding ways to do it.
Legal Technology News & Analysis - Legal Dive
Oct 22, 2024 · Legal AI sees wide adoption but most teams unprepared for talent impact: survey. In-house counsel expect process efficiencies and cost savings but a majority say their companies aren’t ready for the change effects, ACC survey finds. By Justin Bachman • Oct. 7, 2024.