• December 7, 2017 | The Recorder

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    Uber is in the hot seat for its use of messaging apps such as Wickr with self-destruct features. But legal experts say evidence rules don't preclude such tools, and Wickr's CEO warns against "stigmatizing" information security.

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  • November 27, 2017 | The Recorder

    Massive Data Breaches Boost Demand for Cyber Insurance

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  • November 26, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    What 2017's Trends Can Mean for Big Law in 2018

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  • November 10, 2017 | The Recorder

    The UK's Broad Rejection of the §230 Model

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  • November 10, 2017 | The Recorder

    CDA 230 Then and Now: Does Intermediary Immunity Keep the Rest of Us Healthy?

    Twenty years after it was first litigated in earnest, the U.S. Communications Decency Act's §230 remains both obscure and vital.

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  • November 3, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Lawmakers Slowly Begin to Regulate Gig Economy

    Matthew Steinberg and Raymond Berti write: Despite significant statistics, lawmakers have been extremely slow to address the radical shift in the labor market. Until now.

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  • October 27, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

    Nasdaq: A Group Effort in Legal

    While the company has its own in-house legal team of roughly 100 lawyers, Nasdaq uses outside counsel for complex litigation and transactional matters.

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  • October 26, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

    Nasdaq: A Group Effort in Legal

    While the company has its own in-house legal team of roughly 100 lawyers, Nasdaq uses outside counsel for complex litigation and transactional matters.

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  • October 25, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

    Nasdaq: A Group Effort in Legal

    While the company has its own in-house legal team of roughly 100 lawyers, Nasdaq uses outside counsel for complex litigation and transactional matters.

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  • Federal Housing Finance Agency v. Nomura Holding America, 15-1872-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-10-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Securities Litigation | Litigators
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Livingston, and Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Philippe Z. Selendy, Adam M. Abensohn, William B. Adams, Andrew R. Dunlap, Yelena Konanova, on the brief, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Nomura Holding America, Inc., Nomura Asset Acceptance Corporation, Nomura Home Equity Loan, Inc., Nomura Credit & Capital, Inc., Nomura Securities International, Inc., David Findlay, John McCarthy, John P. Graham, Nathan Gorin, and N. Dante LaRocca: Amanda F. Davidoff, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, D.C.; Bruce E. Clark, Steven L. Holley, Adam R. Brebner, Owen R. Wolfe, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, David B. Tulchin, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant RBS Securities, Inc.: Thomas C. Rice, Andrew T. Frankel, Alan C. Turner, Craig S. Waldman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY; Paul F. Rugani, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Seattle, WA; Daniel A. Rubens, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Kelsi Brown Corkran, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, D.C., on the brief, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and The Clearing House Association LLC, in support of defendants-appellants: Michael J. Dell, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 15-1872-cv(L)

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