In a recent survey , LexisNexis® found that many in-house counsel look forward to a future where Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools will improve their workflow. Lexis+ AI™ eliminates hours of manual searching and provides corporate attorneys with instant...
After a two-week trial, and just four hours of jury deliberations, Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy on November 2 nd for his role in the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Bankman-Fried was convicted of “defrauding...
The convergence of cybersecurity and cyber technology is an important issue in the fast-changing world of healthcare, where cutting-edge technology enhances patient care and research. The healthcare sector benefits from innovation but also faces difficult challenges...
With corporate budgets tightening this year, most general counsel have been forced to scrutinize their spending across the board. One strategy they appear to be embracing is to bring more work in-house as a means of increasing efficiency and better controlling...
In-house counsel across all industries have indicated that they are prepared for the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and applications within the legal profession. A recent survey by LexisNexis found that more than two-thirds (67%) of in-house lawyers...
What is Practical Guidance? Practical Guidance is a highly valuable resource for corporate legal professionals, including legal OPS, general counsel, in-house counsel and paralegals. It enables lawyers to finish a task with greater assurance and effectiveness...
In-house counsel are facing simultaneous headwinds of rising internal demands and pressures to control spending in an uncertain economic climate. Roughly one in four in-house counsel are anticipating decreased corporate investments in 2023, according to Law360...
There has been a push for increased transparency and regulation in the insurance industry regarding consumer data privacy. With an increase in consumer data collection, the threat of ransomware attacks can open your company up to potential litigation or regulatory...
By Elias Kahn | LexisNexis Practical Guidance New York City became the largest city in the nation to ban discrimination on the basis of height or weight when it comes to employment decisions under a bill signed by Mayor Eric Adams in May 2023. “We all...
Many in-house counsel envision a future in which the practice of law is improved by the use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools. Generative AI & the Legal Profession Study & Methodology A groundbreaking nationwide survey conducted by LexisNexis®...
General counsels and in-house legal teams are often faced with an increasingly complex and fast-paced set of legal and compliance challenges. They are overwhelmed by repetitive, lower value requests and tasks, spend a lot of time searching for resources across...
By Celeste Mitchell-Byars and Mark Haut Many in-house counsel at companies across all industries were caught off-guard by a flurry of disconcerting bank failures last month. Following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX in late-2022, U.S. bank regulators began...
While in-house counsel at U.S. companies have been monitoring their compliance with a wave of new salary transparency laws, a court has given new life to a closely watched pay discrimination case in California. A California appeals court ruled in Allen v. Staples...
By Barbara W. Reece | Content Manager, LexisNexis Practical Guidance In-house counsel are confronting a major change in the regulatory landscape in 2023, with new comprehensive consumer data privacy laws going into effect in five states : California, Colorado...
In-house counsel are paying close attention to recent developments in a proposed class action lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court, in which a plaintiff is attempting to prevent ESPN from enforcing a binding arbitration agreement in a data privacy dispute. ESPN...