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6:51615 viewsWHAT IS ADATABREACH?
Defining a "Data Breach"
Michelle A. Reed · Paul Hastings
Why most security incidents are not legal breaches, and how data type, industry, and exfiltration matter.
5:262.5K viewsTHEPOISONPILL
The Poison Pill Explained
Prof. John D. Morley · Yale Law School
How a shareholder rights plan dilutes a hostile bidder, how fast a board can adopt one, and why pills exist.
6:06FTCUNFAIRNESSTEST
FTC Act Section 5 Unfairness Balancing Test
Prof. Neil Richards · WashU Law
Why a leading privacy scholar argues the FTC's unfairness test lets substantial consumer harm slip through.
10:55SECRISK ALERT:PRIVATE FUNDS
SEC 2022 Risk Alert for Private Funds
Ira Kustin · Akin
LPAC consents, fee step-downs, recycling, marketing, due diligence, and hedge clauses in SEC exams.
10:20WHAT ISTHE H-1BVISA?
What Is the H-1B Visa?
Maggie Murphy & Amy Lighter · Immigration Attorneys
Who qualifies for an H-1B, how long it lasts, and how cap selection works, with the 2025-2026 changes.
8:45H-1BALTERNATIVES
H-1B Visa Alternatives
Maggie Murphy & Amy Lighter · Immigration Attorneys
Not selected for an H-1B? The TN, E-3, H-1B1, O-1, STEM OPT, and L-1 paths, and the newest rules.
3:15859 viewsCANLAWYERSTHREATEN?
Can lawyers use threats in a negotiation?
Prof. Carrie Menkel-Meadow · UC Irvine Law
When threats of criminal charges, bar complaints, or immigration reports cross ethical lines in civil disputes
4:585.4K viewsCANLAWYERSLIE?
Can lawyers lie in negotiations?
Prof. Carrie Menkel-Meadow · UC Irvine Law
Model Rule 4.1, puffing and bluffing, and the point where negotiation talk becomes fraud
7:14506 viewsCRISIS:THE FIRST48 HOURS
Crisis Management — the First 48hrs
Olivia Radin & Kimberly Zelnick · King & Spalding · Freshfields
Do's and don'ts for a company's first two days of a crisis, from stakeholders to statements
7:31BACK TOTHE OFFICE:WHO'S LIABLE?
Returning to the Office — Employer Legal Liability
Sara Kalis · Morgan Lewis
An employer's duty to keep the workplace safe, and how to handle requests to keep working remotely.
8:3419K viewsNFTROYALTIES
How Do NFT Royalties Work?
Prat Vallabhaneni & Adam Chernichaw · White & Case · Pillsbury
Smart contracts, platform terms, and the legal limits of resale royalties for NFT creators
7:132.6K viewsSTANDARDESSENTIALPATENTS
Standard Essential Patents
Raghav Bajaj · Latham & Watkins
How patents become essential to standards like Wi-Fi and 5G, and why FRAND terms and patent pools matter.
12:46INVESTMENTTREATIESFOR TECH
Investment Treaty Protection for Tech Companies
Elliot Friedman & Thomas Walsh · Freshfields
How investment treaties let tech companies challenge unfair treatment by foreign governments.
5:343.2K viewsWHAT ISCFIUS?
What is CFIUS?
Aimen Mir & Colin Costello · Freshfields
How CFIUS reviews foreign investment for national security risk, negotiates mitigation, and stays secret.
18:25635 viewsOHIO v.AMEX
Ohio v. Amex
Julie Elmer · Freshfields
How the Supreme Court's two-sided market ruling reshaped antitrust market definition for platforms.
12:07THEFAILING FIRMDEFENSE
The Failing Firm Defense
Julie Elmer · Freshfields
When can a struggling company's sale to a rival survive antitrust review? The failing firm defense explained.
11:231.6K viewsTHE FUTUREOF SPACS
SPACs – Trends and Structure after Tontine
Pamela Marcogliese & Sebastian Fain · Freshfields · Gibson Dunn
How SPACs work, why Pershing Square Tontine broke from the standard sponsor deal, and SPACs vs. IPOs.
4:08907 viewsTERMINATE FORBANKRUPTCY?
Termination for Bankruptcy Myth
Rachel Ehrlich Albanese · Debevoise & Plimpton
Why contract clauses letting a party terminate on bankruptcy or insolvency usually fail in Chapter 11.
6:20BANKRUPTCYMOTHBALLING
What Is Bankruptcy Mothballing?
Rachel Ehrlich Albanese · Debevoise & Plimpton
How bankruptcy courts let retailers pause Chapter 11 cases and defer rent during the COVID-19 shutdowns.
5:161K viewsCARES ACTFRAUD &WHISTLEBLOWERS
CARES Act Fraud and Whistleblower Protections
Marisa T. Darden · Benesch
How the False Claims Act, qui tam suits, and whistleblower protections apply to CARES Act relief funds.
2:542.9K viewsFINDING THEDECISIVEISSUES
Litigation Strategy: Identifying the Decisive Issues
John B. Quinn · Quinn Emanuel
John Quinn on finding what a jury will believe early, and why early spending is a client's best investment
5:077.8K viewsWINNINGLITIGATION
Litigation Strategy: A Key to Winning
John B. Quinn · Quinn Emanuel
John Quinn on why the side that figures out first what will matter in a lawsuit usually wins
3:435.5K viewsPROSECUTINGCRIMESABROAD
When can the U.S. prosecute crimes committed abroad?
Alex Spiro · Quinn Emanuel
How U.S. criminal law reaches citizens, foreign nationals, and conduct overseas, from bank cases to bribery
5:144.5K viewsFUNDRAISINGMISTAKES
Private Equity Fundraising Mistakes
Jeffrey Tabak · Former Partner, Weil Gotshal
General solicitation, accredited investors, and the media missteps that can stall a private fund raise.
3:41PRIVATEEQUITYDIFFERENT?
Legally, what makes private equity different?
Jeffrey Tabak · Former Partner, Weil Gotshal
The securities law exemptions that let private equity funds raise money and operate outside SEC registration.
1:472.6K viewsMONEYLAUNDERING
What Exactly Is Money Laundering?
Prof. William H. Simon · Columbia Law School
A Columbia law professor explains the two elements that turn moving money into a federal crime.