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Top 7 Ways Law Firms Can Fortify Their Security and Protect Client Trust

In the minds of your clients, trust and security are intertwined. As stewards of confidential client information, law firms must go beyond minimum compliance. The following seven strategies, drawn from real-world experience in legal technology, outline actionable ways law firms can fortify their defenses while making security a pillar of client trust and firm reputation. […]

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Eighth Circuit Signals Future of Police Misconduct Cases May Hinge on the Detail of Resistance by a Protester

In Locke v. County of Hubbard, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, in an opinion authored by circuit court Judge Jonathan Kobes, reversed the dismissal of a protester’s lawsuit against the county and two of its police officers related to excessive use of force in violation of 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 and […]

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Fed. Judge Denies Automatic Stay as Third Party Appeals to 7th Circuit

“As Virginia Surety recognizes, if a ruling denying intervention is overturned on appeal, the trial court can reopen discovery to allow the intervenor to catch up and, to the extent needed to avoid unfair prejudice, permit the intervenor to relitigate issues decided in its absence,” U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the Northern District […]

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