Today's General Counsel

Is your company working on new technologies linked to AI? Be sure to check out the latest issue of Today's General Counsel in which Michael R. Anderson of Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP explains how difficult it is becoming to obtain a GenAI patent and offers some tips on increasing your probability of getting one. The issue also features contributions from iDiscovery Solutions, Woods Rogers, GLS Capital, Smith Gambrell Russell, Stradley Ronon, and LegalOn Technologies: https://bit.ly/3QGxYJH

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Microlearning is cost-effective, flexible, and enhances workplace culture. Today's General Counsel summarizes a NAVEX article that explores the benefits of microlearning for compliance teams: https://bit.ly/3CsMhy3 #learning #microlearning #compliance

User data is critically important to resolving the Google antitrust case that is working its way through the Washington D.C. court system, writes Today's General Counsel Columnist Jeffery Cross of Smith Gambrell Russell. It is important that the judge requires Google to share user data with its competitors, Cross argues. The next hearing is April 2025: https://bit.ly/4iye9A1 #google #antitrust #searchengine

Adopting AI into your workflow can be helpful if done responsibly. Today's General Counsel summarizes a Malbek article on how to ethically use AI in legal contract workflow: https://bit.ly/42p8Myu #contractmanagement #legalops #legaloperations #ai

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are essential for the success of your legal department. Today's General Counsel Columnist Colin Levy of Malbek explains how to measure and optimize KPIs: https://bit.ly/3PB7jgV #legalops #legaloperations #kpis

Join Today's General Counsel and Exterro on March 13 for a webinar about the benefits of automated data mapping. You will learn how automation delivers speed, accuracy, and efficiency that manual processes can’t match. Data mapping also powers the ability to conduct required data risk assessments and to more efficiently and effectively fulfill data subject requests. Register today! https://bit.ly/43o1Dix

Becton, Dickinson and Company settled with the SEC on charges of misleading investors about the regulatory risks involving a medical device and overstating its financial results. Today's General Counsel summarizes an article by Cooley LLP detailing the $175 million settlement: https://bit.ly/4aoTsDT #litigation #sec #outsidecounsel #regulations

“How can Hooters hire only small-waisted women with large breasts?” As employment lawyers, Leah Stiegler and Anne Bibeau of Woods Rogers get a lot of questions about this particular restaurant chain when it comes to weight discrimination. Read what the Today's General Counsel columnists have to say about the dangers of this type of discrimination: https://bit.ly/4aUJNVY #hooters #weightdiscrimination #litigation #harassment

Key performance indicators (KPIs) tend to look at the past, but AI-powered analytics allow us to help predict what is ahead. Today's General Counsel columnist Colin Levy's most recent installment explores how AI transforms the capabilities of analyzing legal data: https://bit.ly/4bEwh9f #kpi #legaltech #ai #legalops #legaloperations #dataanalysis Malbek