By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | June 5, 2017
CAPITOL REPORT This is a status report provided by the New Jersey State Bar Association on recently passed and pending legislation, regulations, gubernatorial…
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By Yelena Barychev | June 6, 2017
The Global Risk Management Survey, which surveyed 2,000 public and private companies across a wide range of industries, places cybercrime/hacking/viruses/malicious codes as the fifth risk globally and the top risk in North America. The survey also projects that the risk of cybercrime will stay at these levels in 2020. Since the cyberrisk is clearly on companies' radar screens and not going away in the near future, boards of directors need to establish an effective governance structure to oversee cybersecurity matters and monitor management's plans and progress in this critical area. An effective oversight mechanism can also serve as a good defense of a board's business judgement in the event of a cyberbreach and related lawsuits claiming that directors breached their fiduciary duties.
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By Julie Brush | June 5, 2017
You're in a tough spot. Given that you were unable to secure a permanent position out of law school, you've had to make some hard choices in order to honor your law school loan obligations. I commend you for "making it work" in this legal market. That's not easy. But lemonade can be made from these lemons if you are strategic. If you are not, I'm afraid your career will be like a buoy in the ocean: aimless and nowhere to go.
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By Terry Spencer | June 5, 2017
Prosecutors appeared cocky during Dalia Dippolito's second trial on charges she tried to hire a hitman to kill her newlywed husband, a case that gained international attention when video of the former escort's alleged solicitation became an internet sensation and appeared on the TV shows "Cops" and "20/20."
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 5, 2017
H. Ronald Klasko, founding partner of Klasko Immigration Law Partners, served as the program co-organizer at the 2017 Invest in America Summit in China.
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By Rebecca Cohen | June 5, 2017
The firm has brought on Venable's Don Andrews as a partner in New York and leader of its new global risk and compliance practice, while also recruiting Morrison & Foerster partners William Veatch and Catherine Hagerty in San Francisco.
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By Brian Baxter | June 5, 2017
While one current partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz made headlines Monday over his dismay at President Donald Trump, another lawyer who made partner at the firm nearly a decade ago has quietly left Wachtell's exclusive ranks.
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By Lizzy McLellan | June 5, 2017
Presidential politics may have helped drive a top media partner at Holland & Knight to jump to Ballard Spahr.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | June 5, 2017
Delaware Court of Chancery Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard may have seen an opening to resolve protracted litigation over the future of TransPerfect Global Inc. when he surprised the parties last week by ordering the long-running dispute to mediation before his predecessor, Delaware lawyers said Monday.
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By Carley Meiners | The Legal Intelligencer | June 5, 2017
Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel's John D. Simmons was elected to serve as president of the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association.
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