Corporate

Expert Analysis

• The Best Documents In Your Case May Be From 3rd Parties

  

  Cases are built on evidence and evidence comes from discovery. But discovery is largely a voluntary process. Serving a document subpoena on a third party can be an efficient and creative way to fill in the gaps that may exist in the productions of opposing parties, says Wyatt Dowling of Yetter Coleman LLP.

• Planning A Legal Career With A Future Relocation In Mind

  

  Lawyers move to New York City to work on some of the most sophisticated work the legal market has to offer. This exposure and experience is an amazing asset and many of the skills developed will make associates very marketable in the event they consider relocating to another market. However, this isn’t always the case, says Jacqueline Bokser LeFebvre of Major Lindsey & Africa.

• The Elephant In The Room: Advancing Women To Partnership

  

  Despite more focus and investment, the numbers continue to show little progress in advancing women to the top tiers of firm leadership. Considering the irreversible nature of the transformation of the market for top talent, it is time to start experimenting and innovating from the core, rather than from the periphery, say Anusia Gillespie and Scott Westfahl of Harvard Law School.

• How Midsize Law Firms Can Minimize Cybersecurity Threats

  

  It can be challenging for midsize law firms to develop an enterprise cybersecurity program that mitigates the eminent threat of data breach and meets the regulatory and compliance requirements of the firm and its clients. This challenge becomes daunting when considering the steady rise in client audits, say K. Stefan Chin of Peckar & Abramson PC and John Sweeney of Logicforce.

• 9th Circ. Price Advertising Decision Threatens Retailers

  

  The Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Linda Rubenstein v. Neiman Marcus comes amid a wave of lawsuits targeting retailers for deceptive pricing. Though unpublished and without precedential effect, the decision will embolden plaintiffs to file similar class actions against retailers and could make it more difficult for them to succeed on motions to dismiss, say Rick Shackelford and Colin Fraser of Greenberg Traurig LLP.

• Heller Sequels And 2nd Amendment, Still Undecided: Part 1

  

  In the first installment of this three-part series, attorney Robert W. Ludwig takes a deep dive into the controversial history of Second Amendment jurisprudence.

• Clayton Speech Signals New Tone At The Top

  

  In his first public speech as U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, Jay Clayton pretty explicitly told us where we’re going to see changes, say Thomas Zaccaro and Nicolas Morgan, former SEC trial counsel now with Paul Hastings LLP.

• Shareholder Proposal Trends In 2017 Proxy Season: Part 2

  

  In the concluding part of this series, attorneys with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP look at the key topics covered by shareholder proposals this year, the potential for reform of the shareholder proposal rule, and the top takeaways from the 2017 proxy season.

• Using Music In Your Work: Copyright Tips For Companies

  

  Music has the power to elevate the mundane and help make dry business topics more exciting and engaging. But when employees are unaware of the copyright implications of using music in presentations, web content, videos and other branded materials, businesses face the risk of copyright lawsuits and fines, says attorney Joy Butler.

• Shareholder Proposal Trends In 2017 Proxy Season: Part 1

  

  In the first installment of this two-part series covering proposals submitted to public companies for 2017 shareholder meetings, attorneys with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP dive into some shareholder proposal statistics and voting results.