Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 445: Best Practices for Getting Accommodations in Law School
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 442: Quick Tips -- How to Get the Most Out of Your Summer Legal Job
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 253: Bar Exam Best Practices - Creating Good Habits
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 440: Making Good Career Decisions in Law School (w/Sadie Jones)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 249: Quick Tips -- How to Prepare for the NextGen Bar Exam While Still in Law School
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 436: Improving Executive Functioning Skills as a Law Student
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 234: Rebounding from a Bar Exam Failure
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 413: Preparing for the Bar Exam with Themis and UWorld
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 402: Quick Tips -- The MPRE
An Unwanted Spotlight: DOJ Announces Hospice Fraud Is Top Priority
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 205: Quick Tips -- Fighting Perfectionism During Bar Prep
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 198: The NextGen Bar Exam (w/Doretta McGinnis)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 369: Using Spaced Repetition for Your Law School and Bar Exam Studies (w/Gabriel Teninbaum)
ABA Sound Advice: Five Tips for Successful Local Counsel Engagements
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 190: Listen and Learn -- Exceptions to Confidentiality (Professional Responsibility)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 179: Listen and Learn -- Professional Responsibility: Competence
Nota Bene Episode 103: The Diversity and Inclusion Imperative: Codifying Equality into the Lawyer’s Professional Code with David Douglass
5 Key Takeaways | What’s Hot in Financial Technology: Latest and Greatest Developments and Fintech Trends
CorpCast Episode 3: Preview of Business Divorce CLE at 2015 ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting
Jobs, Funding For Courts On Agenda For New ABA President
The number of lawyers sanctioned for citing fake cases or quotes created by Generative Artificial Intelligence tools continues to grow. Earlier this summer, U.S. District Judge Thomas Cullen ordered counsel to show cause as...more
Over the past 15+ years covered by the ABA studies, materiality scrapes have morphed from being a somewhat uncommon provision, seen in about 14% of transactions in 2005, to something near-ubiquitous in M&A purchase...more
In M&A transactions, unknown target liabilities are typically addressed in different ways throughout the M&A purchase agreement. A no undisclosed liabilities representation is one of the principal representations in an M&A...more
Representation and warranty insurance (“RWI”) is an increasingly important feature of private company M&A transactions. Every other year since 2005 the ABA has released its Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Point...more
Merger and acquisition (M&A) purchase agreements generally include indemnification provisions, pursuant to which any given party (indemnitor) agrees to defend, hold harmless, and indemnify the other party or parties...more
In M&A purchase agreements, the parties may stipulate certain non-judicial means for dealing with claims under the agreement (e.g., arbitration or mediation). These ADR provisions will govern how disputes between the parties...more
September 2024 AFRs and 7520 Rate - The September 2024 Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 4.8%, a decrease from the August 2024 rate of 5.2%. The September...more
In M&A transactions, the definitive purchase agreement—e.g., asset purchase agreement, stock purchase agreement, or merger agreement—typically contains representations and warranties that the seller makes with respect to the...more
In M&A transactions, the definitive purchase agreement, whether asset purchase agreement, stock purchase agreement, or merger agreement, typically contains representations and warranties and related indemnification covenants....more
In all types of business transactions, the parties rely heavily on their own counsel to negotiate business and legal points, and to draft the transaction documentation to reflect the agreed-upon terms. In addition to relying...more
In M&A transactions, the definitive purchase agreement (whether asset purchase agreement, stock purchase agreement, or merger agreement) typically contains representations, warranties, and covenants, along with related...more
In merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions, the definitive purchase agreement whether asset purchase agreement, stock purchase agreement, or merger agreement typically contains representations and warranties made by the...more
Testing the Waters: The Implications of Loper Bright on EPA’s New PFAS - Regulations - In the past year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) finalized several significant rules to regulate per- and...more
AI has the potential to transform the criminal justice system through its ability to process vast datasets, recognize patterns, and predict outcomes. However, this potential comes with a profound responsibility: ensuring that...more
Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more
As the “AI Revolution” continues to gain momentum, questions concerning professional ethics have arisen across almost all professions. For legal services providers in particular, this disruptive technology poses both risks...more
It is becoming increasingly difficult to practice law without some knowledge of climate change as well as the law related to climate change. Irma Russell, Matt Bogoshian, and I recently published an article making the case...more
Following in the footsteps of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the state bars of California, Florida, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, the American Bar Association has weighed in on attorneys' ethical use of...more
In March 2024, at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) Lisa Monaco announced that the Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) intended to...more
On July 29, 2024, the American Bar Association issued ABA Formal Opinion 512 titled “Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools.” The opinion addresses the ethical considerations lawyers are required to consider when using...more
Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more
Burdensome. Time-consuming. A drain on resources. This has characterized traditional privilege logging process. In May 2024, The Sedona Conference Working Group 1 introduced its Commentary on Privilege Logs, offering tools...more
Be cautious, be curious, be vigilant, and be brave. Those were the words of the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Artificial Intelligence. It is good advice. GenAI is here and lawyers need to understand its...more
In a recently published ABA ethics opinion, the American Bar Association takes the position that a lawyer “must consider” whether they have a duty to disclose GAI use to their client, and concludes that lawyers “may tell...more
Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know. This week’s post covers the period of July 29 to Aug. 4. Here’s...more