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Increasingly, legal analytics are providing data-driven insights to help lawyers develop strategies and work more efficiently. But what are legal analytics and why are they important? We spoke to Neil Magenheim , Director of Strategy with Lex Machina®...

The Biden Administration made it clear from the outset that it would bring a higher level of scrutiny to the enforcement of competition laws compared with their predecessors from both political parties. In the year plus since Lina Khan took over as...

By Burton’s Legal Thesaurus Select Committee on Terminology The top ten new legal terms and expressions in law in 2022 have been chosen by the Select Committee on Terminology of Burton’s Legal Thesaurus , a reference book providing plain...

By Ben Knuth | LexisNexis Subject Matter Advisor, Securities and M&A The wave of sanctions that were applied against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 created a sudden new mandate for compliance departments last year: Keep track of...

California Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated California corporations now have a mechanism to retroactively remedy defective corporate actions, after lawmakers approved new procedures to allow corporations to petition the superior court to ratify...

By Jim Wagstaffe | Partner at Wagstaffe, von Loewenfeldt, Busch, & Radwick LLC Doe Defendants in Federal Court Young lawyers drafting their first civil complaint will tell you that the supervising partners routinely warn that it’s malpractice...

by Eric Geringswald | CSC Maryland General Corporation Law Maryland lawmakers approved legislation in 2022 that adds a new Subtitle 7 to Article 2 of the Maryland General Corporation Law (MGCL). The new law “provides an express statutory procedure...

by Eric Geringswald | CSC New Jersey Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated Legal and business professionals working with New Jersey business entities need easy access to the latest business statutes and case decisions in order to effectively...

by Eric Geringswald | CSC Arizona Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated CSC has just released the 2023 edition of Arizona Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated . The updated deskbook is a comprehensive collection of Arizona business law...

By National Veterans Legal Services Program Burn Pits Claims Assistance As we reflect on this Veterans Day, the National Veterans Legal Services Program ( NVLSP ) is proud to have recently marked the one-year anniversary of the launch of its Burn...

By Eric Geringswald | CSC New York Business Entity Case Law A New York court found that a shareholder could bring a direct suit and not just a derivative suit to address his complaint that a shareholders agreement had been violated. The shareholder...

Legal Trends in Inmate Litigation Throughout 2021 and 2022, new trends in use of force, medical care, mental health treatment, the Prison Rape Elimination Act, religious rights, and access to courts for the incarcerated emerged in corrections facilities...

By Eric Geringswald | CSC South Dakota Business Entity Law CSC, in collaboration with legal publisher LexisNexis, has released the inaugural edition of South Dakota Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated to provide legal professionals in the state...

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Florida Corporate Income Tax Florida’s General Assembly added or amended more than 40 sections of the state’s business entity laws, including new revised procedures for service of process and changes to the corporate...

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Colorado Fraudulent Filings Colorado lawmakers made more than 25 changes to the state’s business entity laws during the 2022 legislative session, including a new section that prohibits fraudulent corporate filings and...

Climate Change Litigation Each year the U.S. Department of Energy designates October as National Clean Energy Action Month, providing guidance in energy management and optimization suggestions for both federal and civilian agencies. As agencies make...

By Jim Wagstaffe | Partner at Wagstaffe, von Loewenfeldt, Busch, & Radwick LLC Motions that can win your client’s case As a former judicial law clerk, teacher of judges and practice guide author, I am often asked: “How do you win motions...

The sustained focus of investors and consumers on the environmental, social and governance (ESG) conduct of American companies has raised the stakes for how corporate executives report their ESG performance. One survey found that 89% of corporate compliance...

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Business and legal professionals practicing in Georgia have to stay on top of business case law to successfully manage their entities and complete transactions. A missed case could result in an incorrect application of the...

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Delaware lawmakers added or amended more than 50 sections of the state’s business laws governing Delaware corporations and alternative entities during the latest legislative session. Most changes went into effect on August...

In-house legal professionals entered 2022 with the optimistic hope they could turn the page on the disruptions caused by the pandemic and refocus on strategic plans unencumbered by the worry of COVID-19 test results. And while COVID-19 variants have forced...

By Jim Wagstaffe | Partner at Wagstaffe, von Loewenfeldt, Busch, & Radwick LLC What Law School Doesn’t Teach New Lawyers Just over a century ago, the study of law migrated from young lawyers apprenticing at the feet of their wise elders...

By Connie M. Friesen | Harvard Kennedy School This article appears in its entirety in the July-August release of The Banking Law Journal from LexisNexis A.S. Pratt . The Journal is available for purchase on the LexisNexis Store . U.S./China Financial...

Millions of Americans this spring were eagerly awaiting daily TV news updates and refreshing social media feeds to stay on top of the latest developments in two high-drama lawsuits. The star litigants? In one case, it was a plaintiff who played a swashbuckling...

Every business is a potential target of cyberattacks, but banks and financial services companies are squarely in the crosshairs of cybercriminals because the industry presents bad actors with huge possible revenue prizes. Research by BCG found that...