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6:51Defining a "Data Breach"
Why most security incidents are not legal breaches, and how data type, industry, and exfiltration matter.
5:26The Poison Pill Explained
How a shareholder rights plan dilutes a hostile bidder, how fast a board can adopt one, and why pills exist.
6:06FTC Act Section 5 Unfairness Balancing Test
Why a leading privacy scholar argues the FTC's unfairness test lets substantial consumer harm slip through.
10:55SEC 2022 Risk Alert for Private Funds
LPAC consents, fee step-downs, recycling, marketing, due diligence, and hedge clauses in SEC exams.
8:45H-1B Visa Alternatives
Not selected for an H-1B? The TN, E-3, H-1B1, O-1, STEM OPT, and L-1 paths, and the newest rules.
10:20What Is the H-1B Visa?
Who qualifies for an H-1B, how long it lasts, and how cap selection works, with the 2025-2026 changes.
3:15Can lawyers use threats in a negotiation?
When threats of criminal charges, bar complaints, or immigration reports cross ethical lines in civil disputes
4:58Can lawyers lie in negotiations?
Model Rule 4.1, puffing and bluffing, and the point where negotiation talk becomes fraud
7:14Crisis Management — the First 48hrs
Do's and don'ts for a company's first two days of a crisis, from stakeholders to statements
7:31Returning to the Office — Employer Legal Liability
An employer's duty to keep the workplace safe, and how to handle requests to keep working remotely.
8:34How Do NFT Royalties Work?
Smart contracts, platform terms, and the legal limits of resale royalties for NFT creators
7:13Standard Essential Patents
How patents become essential to standards like Wi-Fi and 5G, and why FRAND terms and patent pools matter.
10:54Material Adverse Effects after COVID-19
How AB Stable v. MAPS reshaped MAE clauses and ordinary-course covenants in M&A agreements after COVID-19.
12:46Investment Treaty Protection for Tech Companies
How investment treaties let tech companies challenge unfair treatment by foreign governments.
5:34What is CFIUS?
How CFIUS reviews foreign investment for national security risk, negotiates mitigation, and stays secret.
18:25Ohio v. Amex
How the Supreme Court's two-sided market ruling reshaped antitrust market definition for platforms.
12:07The Failing Firm Defense
When can a struggling company's sale to a rival survive antitrust review? The failing firm defense explained.
11:23SPACs – Trends and Structure after Tontine
How SPACs work, why Pershing Square Tontine broke from the standard sponsor deal, and SPACs vs. IPOs.
4:08Termination for Bankruptcy Myth
Why contract clauses letting a party terminate on bankruptcy or insolvency usually fail in Chapter 11.
6:20What Is Bankruptcy Mothballing?
How bankruptcy courts let retailers pause Chapter 11 cases and defer rent during the COVID-19 shutdowns.
5:16CARES Act Fraud and Whistleblower Protections
How the False Claims Act, qui tam suits, and whistleblower protections apply to CARES Act relief funds.
4:18COVID-19 Contract Defenses
Force majeure, impossibility, and frustration of purpose: when a crisis can excuse a contract.
3:52The 2020 SEC Examination Priorities Relevant to Private Funds
Compliance culture, MNPI, conflicts, fees, and data security: what SEC examiners targeted in 2020.
2:54Litigation Strategy: Identifying the Decisive Issues
John Quinn on finding what a jury will believe early, and why early spending is a client's best investment
5:07Litigation Strategy: A Key to Winning
John Quinn on why the side that figures out first what will matter in a lawsuit usually wins
3:43When can the U.S. prosecute crimes committed abroad?
How U.S. criminal law reaches citizens, foreign nationals, and conduct overseas, from bank cases to bribery
5:14Private Equity Fundraising Mistakes
General solicitation, accredited investors, and the media missteps that can stall a private fund raise.
3:41Legally, what makes private equity different?
The securities law exemptions that let private equity funds raise money and operate outside SEC registration.
1:47What Exactly Is Money Laundering?
A Columbia law professor explains the two elements that turn moving money into a federal crime.