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Back in 2014, Jeff Immelt had an idea: He would cap what would by then be a nearly two-decade run at General Electric’s helm by transforming the 120-year-old industrial conglomerate into a cutting-edge software shop. The Mill River Valley would rival Silicon Valley when it came to big-data innovation. Sure, GE didn’t know the first … Continue reading GE’s Bid To Become Combined Google-Amazon-Industrial Giant Was Very Expensive And Equally Unsuccessful Continue Reading →

Banks are expected to be on the lookout for a lot of things their customers shouldn’t be doing, at least not through their bank accounts. Money laundering, for example, or bilking sovereign wealth funds of billions of dollars, or serving sellers of that evil and still very-much-illegal-on-the-federal-level weed, uh, weed. Now, they’ve got to keep an eye out for an equally … Continue reading World’s Banks Doing Their Part To Snuff Out Democracy In Hong Kong Continue Reading →

When you hear that the NALP Foundation and the University of Texas School of Law’s Center for Women in Law recently conducted a study on the experiences of women of color in law schools, you’d probably think that The Jabot podcast — dedicated to issues of diversity in the legal profession — would be all … Continue reading The Native American Critique Of New Law School Study Continue Reading →

Ken Griffin is known to be rather particular about the security and use of his trade secrets. And, as it turns out, those of his clients as well. Over a two-year period until September 2014, the market-maker removed hundreds of thousands of large OTC orders from its automated trading processes, according to Finra. That rendered the orders “inactive” and so they had to … Continue reading Was Citadel Securities Not Supposed To Sit On Client Orders To Fill Its Own? Continue Reading →

The coronavirus and the resulting government shutdown orders have profoundly altered our way of life. Most had to work from home while some couldn’t work at all. In-person meetings with clients and colleagues became impractical or even illegal in order to control the spread of COVID-19. The existing tax law applied to the new normal … Continue reading Tax Issues To Watch Out For Due To COVID-19 Continue Reading →

Like a lot of the South, Louisiana is in the midst of a COVID infection spike. While the governor has responded swiftly and called to defeat the disease with three days of prayer and fasting, the state supreme court opted for a more grounded response when it came to the looming bar exam. In a narrow … Continue reading Louisiana Announces Quasi-Diploma Privilege Continue Reading →

Like a lot of the South, Louisiana is in the midst of a COVID infection spike. While the governor has responded swiftly and called to defeat the disease with three days of prayer and fasting, the state supreme court opted for a more grounded response when it came to the looming bar exam. In a narrow … Continue reading Louisiana Announces Quasi-Diploma Privilege Continue Reading →

Despite the ongoing disruption and uncertainty of our current circumstances, it is safe to assume that mandatory continuing legal education will continue to be an obligation for all practicing lawyers. We wanted to check in with the ATL audience and get a sense of how you feel about mandatory continuing legal education during these unprecedented … Continue reading How Do You Feel About Mandatory Continuing Legal Education During These Unprecedented Times? Continue Reading →

There is no such thing as a “proactive arrest.” There is no such thing as a “noncustodial arrest” where an individual is transported to another location and detained. There is no such thing as probable cause because a person was standing in a group of several hundred people, five or six of whom are suspected … Continue reading No, ‘Proactive Arrests’ Are Not A Thing! Continue Reading →

A joint report by cybersecurity agencies in the U.K. and Canada, endorsed by their U.S. counterparts, states that the hacker group Cozy Bear had been targeting organizations involved with Covid-19 vaccine development efforts. Computer hackers “almost certainly” part of Russian intelligence services have a new target: Covid-19 vaccine development efforts. In a report Thursday, the U.K.’s National … Continue reading Russian hackers suspected in Covid-19 vaccine intellectual property theft, report says Continue Reading →