Compliance in the Former Soviet Central Asian Republics
Inside a $175M Deal: Tim McLoughlin & Joshua Hayes Live From RDU Startup Week
Tariffs and Trade Series: What Investors Need to Know
Managing Sanctions Compliance
Understanding Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery: A Business Imperative with Clint Palermo
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels – A Study in Scarlet, Introduction to Compliance Lessons
FCPA Compliance Report: Ellen Hunt on Compliance ROI and on a Due Diligence and the US Sentencing Guidelines
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Podcast - What Are Joint Ventures and When Should They Get Cleared?
The Demystification of Employee Retention Credits for Private Equity Deals — PE Pathways Podcast
OG Talks: Good Energy and Navigating Transactions
M&A Considerations for Serial Acquirers
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - IP and M&A Transactions
Implementing IP Best Practices to Maximize Exit Value
Tech Debt is Common. What does it mean for IPO readiness from a cybersecurity perspective?
Due Diligence in AI: Thinking like your biggest critic
Due Diligence in AI: 3 things you need to survive AI scrutiny
A Third Party's Perspective on Third Party Risk
The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
Regulatory Phishing Podcast - The Impact of Cybersecurity Compliance on Corporate Transactions
Raoger Corp. v. Myers, No. 23-0662 (Tex. Apr. 11, 2025) – one of the Texas Supreme Court’s most recent opinions on the summary judgment standard – highlights the importance of diligent discovery practices and the potentially...more
An incident of the trustee’s duty to be generally prudent, to account (or report) to beneficiaries, and to refrain from breaches of the duty of undivided loyalty, such as engaging in unauthorized self-dealing, is the...more
An Interview with Dr. Maura Grossman by Kate Halloran - What do you recommend that law firms focus on when developing policies around the responsible use of AI? Firms must have a very clear idea of the scope of permissible...more
A recent conversation I had raised a new concern surrounding the use of Generative AI that is worth talking through. Will using Generative AI tools violate obligations surrounding the storage and review of documents...more
I watched a webinar this morning where the presenters addressed ESI Protocols. They were well-informed people sharing sound advice; but it underscored for me why people despise lawyers. A presenter counseled, “Always build...more
The landscape of artificial intelligence has undergone major developments since the release of ChatGPT just over a year ago, with 2023 marking a turning point with increased adoption across various sectors – especially...more
In recent years, discovery in civil cases has been significantly impacted by advancements in technology, particularly with the rise of artificial intelligence and automation. As more firms adopt these technologies to improve...more
Join Warner Norcross + Judd LLP partners Emily Cantor, Scott Carvo, Matt Johnson and Madelaine Lane for a webinar addressing how to gain efficiencies and appropriately utilize outside counsel during document-intensive...more
Corporations make game-changing business decisions every single day. In 2021, over 23,500 merger and acquisition deals closed in the EU alone, with another 23,161 deal closures in the US....more
In Texas, the Discovery Rule defers accrual of a cause of action, and thus delays the running of the statute of limitations, until a party knows or, if exercising reasonable diligence, should have known about the facts that...more
[Editor’s Note: Originally published by Reed Smith, LLP on their Viewpoints blog, October 13, 2022 and republished with permission.] Alex Jones is the face of InfoWars, a website that hosts podcasts, journals, and other media...more
As we witness the surge of the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe, more and more businesses implement their (partial) return-to-office policies. While each organization has its own view on which workplace model fits them...more
It’s common for eDiscovery professionals to talk about the “additional” use cases – beyond litigation – that have emerged in recent years for eDiscovery technology and workflows. Those use cases include data privacy...more
Contracts are the lifeblood of business, but many organizations don’t know what’s in them or where to find them. According to EY, 90% of organizations report having difficulty locating their contracts. They are often “lost”...more
The concept of early case assessment (ECA) hasn’t changed with the times — the name of the game is still getting a clear, upfront picture of the issue at hand, as well as any liabilities or potential costs. But what has...more
Businesses today predominantly deal with electronically stored information (ESI), which may include “traditional” documents, like contracts, or “non-traditional” data such as emails or direct messages. Either way, it’s liable...more
Whatever the type of M&A transaction, there is always the possibility that information may slip through the cracks. The growth in size and type of data exchanging hands throughout this process means that a more robust method...more
The Third Circuit recently affirmed the significant discretion that district court judges have to manage their dockets when it confirmed that “good cause” must be shown under Federal Rule Civ. P. 16(b)(4) to add a party or...more
“To err is human,” but in an industry as seemingly driven by precision as eDiscovery, errors are all too common. Yes, mistakes are going to happen. Which is why we can fall back on processes and procedures to ensure that even...more
A Discovery Master in Limestone Memory Systems LLC v. Micron Tech., Inc. pending in the Central District of California recently provided additional guidance to practitioners and patent owners on this important question. The...more
Two months ago, I participated in a fascinating panel at Dorsey’s 30th Annual Corporate Counsel Symposium in Minneapolis, entitled “The Times, They Are A-Changin’: AI Goes to Court.” We examined how artificial intelligence...more
Social media users number in the billions. Facebook counts over 1.4 billion users, LinkedIn has 347 million members, Instagram has 300 million, Twitter has nearly 290 million, and YouTube reports more than a billion users....more
IP Pitfalls in Tech M&A Transactions - Technology and IP-driven deals accounted for over 30 percent of M&A deal volume in Europe in 2014. This trend is bound to continue, with many deals involving strategic or financial...more