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Patomak Global Partners

A New Chapter for Shareholder Proposals: Best Practices for Navigating the 2026 Proxy Season

In November 2025, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance announced that, for the 2025–2026 proxy season, it will no longer issue substantive “no-action” letters for Rule 14a-8...more

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Risk, Reputation, and Readiness: How Automation is Quietly Fortifying Legal Resilience

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For many corporate legal teams, the job is no longer about case management alone. Today, the stakes are higher: one overlooked deadline, one inconsistent response, and it’s not just legal penalties at risk—an entire...more

Patomak Global Partners

CFTC Chair Outlines Priorities for Prediction Markets and Digital Asset Market Structure

On January 29, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Michael Selig made his first public remarks at the CFTC-SEC harmonization event. Among other things, Chairman Selig laid out the agency’s priorities, which included...more

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Market Reaction or Overreaction? Anthropic’s Legal Plugin and the Facts So Far

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The legal technology sector experienced a jarring trading session on February 3, 2026, when the announcement of a single software product triggered sharp declines across stocks belonging to some of the industry’s most...more

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[Webcast Transcript] eDiscovery Lessons for 2026: Spotlighting the Top ESI Cases and Trends from 2025

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The legal profession faces an unprecedented challenge in 2026: how to apply decades-old discovery rules to AI systems, ephemeral communications platforms, and automatically generated content that can run into the billions of...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Claude Legal AI? What's Next in the Evolution of Legal AI and Where Managed Innovation Fits

The speed of AI innovation is breathtaking. In just the past few weeks, tools like Anthropic’s Claude AI legal plug-in have surged into the spotlight, reshaping how professionals think about research, drafting, and decision...more

Hsu Untied (by Richard Hsu)

Hsu Untied interview with Justin Carley, CLO of the Las Vegas Raiders

An interview with Justin Carley, CLO of the Las Vegas Raiders by Richard Hsu...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Inside the Mind of Negotiators: Tips From a Mediator

Anytime I have tried to negotiate anything, be it the purchase of a car or house or a truce with my wife or kids, I always wished I could read the other person’s mind. Wouldn’t it be great if we knew from the get-go how much...more

Integreon

Upskilling and Partnering Ease the Way to Successful AI Implementation

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This year’s Law Department Operations survey reports that close to 80% of legal department operations teams are responsible for technology selection and deployment as part of their overall charter....more

Patomak Global Partners

Resolution Planning Faces Regulatory Uncertainty

Situation Overview: A U.S. bank regulator signaled potential relaxation of resolution planning requirements for banks, while the Financial Stability Board (FSB) reiterated its support and focus on enhancing resolution...more

9Sail

What You Need to Know About ChatGPT Ads for Law Firms

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ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022, quickly changing how people search for and consume information. Since then, legal marketers have been exploring how to use the platform to gain efficiency, see around blind spots,...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

The ABCs and XYZs of Mediation

Many of us learned our alphabet in elementary school, if not before. That same alphabet can apply to mediations. As a longtime mediator and former judge, I’d like to introduce you to the ABCs — and XYZs — or mediation. Read...more

Beacon Insights by JD Supra

Popular Reads on JD Supra

A look at some of the most widely read news, analysis, and commentary published on JD Supra throughout January, 2026....more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Contract Corner: Fast Fixes for Streamlining Your Contracts

Legal departments and contract teams are now often under pressure to move faster, provide value, and streamline processes all while contracts increase in length and complexity to address changes in technology (e.g.,...more

Osano

Q&A From Our 2026 Privacy Laws Webinar

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Miss the most recent webinar from the Osano team? Did your question not come up during discussion? Don't worry: We've collated, condensed, and thematically grouped the questions from 2026 Privacy Laws: New Laws, Amendments,...more

Cimplifi

Taming Modern Data Challenges: Structured Data

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Discovery of structured data for litigation and investigations isn’t new, however, the proliferation of enterprise-wide database solutions and the storage of unstructured data formats in structured container files has...more

Hone Maxwell

The Future of Global Law & Business: Why Cross-Border Clients Need One Trusted Advisor

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Global legal, tax, and business clients don’t lack access to experts — they lack the time, knowledge, and bandwidth to figure out which experts they need, who to trust, and how to manage them all. A single trusted advisor...more

Best Era

Private Equity: PI Lawyers Are the Canary. Big Law Is the Coal Mine.

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Personal injury lawyers in Louisiana just became the canary in your coal mine. Last week, Dudley DeBosier finalized a private equity deal using a Managed Service Organization structure....more

9Sail

Why Ignoring AI Search Visibility in 2026 Is Your Firm’s Most Expensive Mistake

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The rules of digital visibility have fundamentally changed, and most law firms are still following the old playbook. AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Copilot now handle a ton of queries monthly....more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Illumination Zone: Episode 222 | Elizabeth Guthrie of Nextpoint sits down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson

Elizabeth Guthrie, Content Manager for EDRM Trusted Partner Nextpoint, sits down with EDRM’s Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Elizabeth recounts her journey from Northwestern University to eDiscovery. Elizabeth...more

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[Webinar] From Collection to Court: Defensible Web Capture for Modern E-Discovery - February 19th, 10:00 am PST

Web evidence is everywhere - social posts, dynamic webpages, customer portals, maps, and more. In this webinar, Page Vault demonstrates how law firms can capture online content in a way that supports defensibility and...more

Purpose Legal

From Curiosity to Confidence: What Real AI Adoption Looks Like in Legal Work

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Most legal teams do not struggle to try AI. They struggle to operationalize success. Early last year, a long-time client made an offhand comment that stuck with me: “I know generative AI. I’m just hoping to retire...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Talk it Through: Mediation as an Option for Termination Cases

No matter how carefully they’re handled, letting someone go can stir up a mix of emotions: anger, disappointment, embarrassment, and fear. It’s not just the employee, however, who feels the weight of the situation. For...more

BakerHostetler

State Enforcement in a Changing Antitrust Landscape: Reflections on Matthew J. Platkin’s Remarks at the ABA Antitrust Section’s...

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On January 29, 2026, the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section hosted “Diverse Perspectives: Antitrust in a Changing World.” The event brought together global competition enforcers, practitioners, economists and...more

Poston Communications

Content: When AI Writes the Content, What Makes a Law Firm Website Stand Out?

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Law firm websites have always been credibility signals. But the rules of differentiation are changing. When artificial intelligence makes legal information easy for anyone to generate and access, your website can no longer...more

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