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Legal Perspectives is an editorial feature of JD Supra Law News where expert JD Supra contributors provide insight and analysis into timely legal topics. Legal Perspectives is designed to be a roundtable where readers are given the most accurate, interesting and diverse commentary from leading experts in the field. less -

[Legal Perspective] When Is It NOT Okay to Delete Your Social Media Account?

A Walk with a Friend: Networking Beyond the Conference Room

Jaburg Wilk on 4/2/2025

In the high-stakes world of business, happily not all professional interactions are confined to conference rooms or phone calls. Sometimes, the most transformative conversations happen during something as seemingly casual as...more

The ABCs of AIA Contracts: Legal Considerations

DarrowEverett LLP on 12/9/2024

Whether you love them, hate them or this is your first-time hearing of them, the AIA form document set, created by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), are the most widely used forms in the construction industry today....more

Do this to prevent opposing counsel from using your thought leadership against your clients

Copo Strategies + Law Firm Editorial Service on 9/11/2024

There’s a ridiculously simple technique attorneys can employ to prevent opposing counsel from using their thought leadership in court papers against their clients. It’s not unusual for attorneys in certain legal practices...more

A Groundbreaking Perspective: Judge Newsom’s Vision for AI in Judicial Decision-Making

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model on 6/10/2024

Judges and lawyers received a significant gift last week when 11th Circuit Judge Kevin C. Newsom penned a concurring opinion in a seemingly mundane insurance case involving a backyard in-ground trampoline. The concurring...more

Eleventh Circuit Judge Admits to Using ChatGPT to Help Decide a Case and Urges Other Judges and Lawyers to Follow Suit

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model on 6/7/2024

The Eleventh Circuit published a ground breaking Concurring Opinion on May 28, 2024 by Judge Kevin C. Newsom on the use of generative AI to help decide contract interpretation issues. Snell v. United Specialty Ins. Co., 2024...more

Why is Legal Translation Important?

U.S. Legal Support on 6/5/2024

In today’s globalized landscape, legal translation is often necessary for everything from courtroom proceedings to contract negotiations. However, legal translation goes beyond just changing words from one language to...more

Types of Legal Translation: A Detailed Guide

U.S. Legal Support on 5/31/2024

Few document services reach stakes as significant as legal translation does. As a field that necessarily hyper-focuses on specific word choice, meanings, precedents, and more, dotting i’s and crossing t’s rarely matters as...more

Translating Legal Documents: Best Practices

U.S. Legal Support on 5/21/2024

The American legal system might officially operate in English, but it serves a multilingual and multicultural public. Every year more than 135,000 court proceedings require interpreting into more than 10 languages....more

Success in Litigation: Key Traits and Strategies

Mandelbaum Barrett PC on 1/9/2024

If you’re contemplating a career in litigation or seeking to enhance your skills as a legal practitioner, this video titled “What Makes a Good Litigator?” by Steve Adler, Co-Chair of the Healthcare Litigation, Litigation, and...more

No One is Reading Your Attorney Bio: (Five Tips to Fix That)

Legal Internet Solutions Inc. on 9/1/2023

If you only do one thing to improve your attorney bio: fix the first sentence. Why? Because yours is long and boring. What makes an effective attorney bio? Someone reads it. Even better: someone reads it and decides to...more

Perspective Matters

Jaburg Wilk on 6/27/2023

I firmly believe that perspective matters significantly in the world of business. Perspective is the lens through which we view and interpret issues, in my case, legal issues. This can greatly influence the outcomes and...more

Biden Administration Updates Roadmap for AI Research and Development

Perkins Coie on 6/8/2023

The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) recently bolstered the Biden administration’s continued focus on responsible artificial intelligence (AI) development by announcing an update to the National Artificial...more

[Webinar] Executive Director Legal Pitfalls – The Defense Attorney Perspective - January 26th, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm PT

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 12/13/2022

As an assisted living Executive Director (ED), you are charged with minimizing risk and preventing legal liability. But in practical terms, do you understand the legal framework that affects your day-to-day decisions? Join...more

Benefits of Hiring Outside General Counsel: Part 2 – Broader Perspective

Flaster Greenberg PC on 10/19/2022

As explained in the first part of this series, there are many benefits for businesses if you hire outside general counsel. Part one took a closer look at the efficiencies. In part two, we explore the benefits of having an...more

Benefits of Hiring Outside General Counsel: Part 1 - Efficiencies

Flaster Greenberg PC on 9/26/2022

Businesses often reach a point in their growth cycle when they start to consider the necessity for legal counsel. As the organization grows, the company starts to encounter more and more legal issues. For instance, the...more

The Unique Game of Baseball Arbitration

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/14/2022

Here’s one venue where it plays out differently—win or lose: Every February, the salaries of certain Major League Baseball (MLB) players are decided by three-member arbitration panels. The defining characteristic is that the...more

What Small Businesses Want and Need From Lawyers

Firesign | Enlightened Legal Marketing on 5/27/2021

Much of the legal industry buzz is devoted to large corporate clients with robust legal departments – but this disproportionate share of voice does not reflect the state of American business, nor the state of many law firms’...more

ABA Weighs in on Lawyer Responses to Negative Online Reviews

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 2/1/2021

In an ethics opinion issued on January 13, 2021, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has provided guidance to practitioners on responding to negative online reviews...more

The Automotive Industry's Shifting Technological Landscape

JD Supra Perspectives on 5/24/2019

While the automotive space as a whole has experienced constant growth over the past decade, deeper data from the automotive space indicates an industry on the cusp of major upheaval....more

Q&A With Tom Fox On His New Book, 'The Complete Compliance Handbook'

JD Supra Perspectives on 5/20/2018

Compliance Evangelist Tom Fox's new book it out - here's what learned about it from the author himself....more

COMMON GROUND - A guide to better relationships between corporate legal departments and outside counsel

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 5/10/2018

Within the legal ecosystem, two diametrically opposed paradigms for success contend. On one side are corporate law firms, where rising billable hours and billing rates drive revenue. On the other side are corporate legal...more

Law Firms: The Future is NOW

JD Supra Perspectives on 6/22/2017

What makes you a restaurant, instead of a steakhouse?...more

Startup Real Estate Tip: The 'Good Guy' Guaranty - Slow Down a Second

JD Supra Perspectives on 6/21/2017

If you are contemplating agreeing to execute a good guy guaranty, you must both be in control and be totally immune from being fired. Otherwise...more

Ransomware Attacks: Why They're Growing, Who They Target, and What You Can Do

JD Supra Perspectives on 5/17/2017

In the world of cyber-espionage, ransomware is playing a huge and growing role....more

How to Assemble a Board of Directors for a Startup

JD Supra Perspectives on 4/13/2017

A successful startup will likely see the structure and composition of its board of directors change significantly over time....more

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