Legal Insights

Thought leaders from around the world contribute their perspectives on landmark cases, new legislation, and legal perspectives on new technologies, business practices, and civil procedure.

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The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016: A New Federal Civil Cause of Action for Trade Secret Theft

Randal J. Brotherhood

"It represents one of the most significant events in trade secret reform in years. The DTSA amends the Economic Espionage Act, which previously limited access to federal courts for trade secret theft to criminal prosecution."

Q&A with Emmanuel Daoud of Cabinet D'Avocats Vigo

Meredith Hinshaw-Chaney

"Very often, people deem criminal law is tougher than criminal business law. I don’t agree; I believe that practicing criminal business law implies facing specific difficulties, in particular, the high technicity of cases."

Panama Papers: Evasion and Avoidance

Best Lawyers

Attorneys from across the world consider what the future holds for businesses and individuals with foreign holdings and investments.

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Police Body Camera Footage Can Offer Invaluable Evidence for Criminal Defendants

Vikas Bajaj

Police body camera footage can offer criminal defense attorneys a new perspective and evidentiary tool.

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Legal Marijuana Enterprises and Federal Criminal Liability

Ambrosio Rodriguez

If the trend of decriminalizing the use of small amounts of marijuana for recreational and/or medicinal purposes continues, marijuana may be widely available across the country within a matter of years.

What Were They Thinking?

Quarles & Brady

Immigration Work Enforcement Increases 2018

Immigration Worksite Enforcement to Increase in 2018

Christopher L. Thomas

Worksite enforcement is likely to take center stage in 2018.

A Strang Look into Criminal Justice

Eva Saviano

Making A Murderer’s Dean Strang fights for the fair administration of criminal justice.

What a Trump Presidency Could Mean for the U.S. Department of Justice

Matthew G. Kaiser

The United States government has not been shy about bringing criminal cases in the United States based on conduct that happened abroad.

Is Your Contractual Partner Insolvent or under Criminal Investigation?

Violeta Saranciuc and Cosmin Vasile

This is how it may affect your ongoing dispute.

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Could the Feds Make a Felony Case out of a Lost Lunch Receipt?

Jesse Gessin

“If this is the law, nobody is safe.”

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Supreme Court Decision Will Play Important Role in Shaping Defendant Privacy Rights

Gus Kostopoulos

The primary question will likely come down to whether or not cell phone data and location records are protected interests under the Fourth Amendment.

Driven, Obsessed, and Loving Every Minute

Arguedas, Cassman & Headley

Cris Arguedas on defending the accused.

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Families of Las Vegas Shooting Victims May Struggle With Inevitable Wrongful Death Lawsuits

Richard Morse

It is easy to buy guns and hard to hold anyone other than the user accountable.

Corporate Criminal Compliance in Spain

Victor Jimenez Carbayo

Four issues must be fulfilled: a legal person can be punished for the crime, the individual who has committed the crime is a member of the organization, the corporation directly or indirectly benefits, and the corporation has not implemented any measures to prevent the commission of the crime.

Lessons from Jury Service

Vincent D. Louwagie

Jury service is one of the most important civic duties a citizen is called upon to perform. Juries help protect our rights and liberties in a fundamental way; through the jury system members of the public decide civil and criminal disputes.

Immigration Policy: Ebbs and Flows during Trump’s First Year

Davorin J. Odrcic

I watched Donald Trump’s speech announcing his candidacy while waiting for a client’s interview at the Milwaukee office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Greek Supreme Court Contests the Validity of Philips’ EFM+ (DVD) Patent

Kriton Metaxopoulos

An overview on the ruling of Philips’ EFM+ (DVD) Patent in the Greek Supreme Court.

Law: Predictive analytics & social media

Social Media and Other Innovations Are Jarring the Judiciary

Michelle V. Rafter

Judge Shira A. Scheindlin means it when she says social media is “totally disrupting the court system.”

Post-Conviction Relief

Douglas Trant

In these post-conviction cases, we look for Constitutional violations that deprived the defendant of a fair trial and undermined confidence in the outcome.

Public-Private Partnerships in Puerto Rico: A Handbook

DLA Piper

Historically, there has been vigorous debate among the residents of Puerto Rico for and against the privatization of public property and public services.