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In another installment of Legal Speak from General Counsel Conference East, co-host Patrick Smith visits with Match Group VP of Global Labor & Employment Katie Dugan and Herrick, Feinstein LLP employment chair and litigation co-chair Carol Goodman about pay transparency. 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/gPbydTqb

From Rob Mattern of Mattern Associates, a legal business process consulting and cost recovery solutions firm: "The State of Cost Recovery — Post COVID" 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/gF7v4wcg

From Rob Mattern of Mattern Associates, a legal business process consulting and cost recovery solutions firm: "The State of Cost Recovery — Post COVID" 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/gF7v4wcg

Morrison Foerster's Aaron Rubin speaks in a new Q&A up now on Law.com about how he became chair of the firm's technology transactions group and co-chair of the interactive + digital media group. "My advice would be to think about why you want the role, because it is not an easy job," he says. "But if you want it for the right reasons, it can be very rewarding." 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/gnQFfQKW

After three years in the making, a draft of the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime was agreed upon in August, with a focus on advancements in technology, how its used to commit various acts of cybercrime, from fraud to child sexual abuse, and how to combat it. “The U.N. obviously thinks about things in this global perspective and … I think fundamentally, the convention is aimed at increasing international cooperation, which is absolutely critical to combat cybercrime just as it was sort of international drug trafficking,” said Alexander Southwell, partner at McDermott Will & Emery. While the convention could be a big step toward a global consensus on cybercrime, numerous political and human rights organizations have urged states to vote against adopting and implementing the treaty, because of several controversial clauses concerning human rights and jurisdiction. For instance, Article 22, which discusses jurisdiction, grants states the authority to regulate cybercrime actions taken outside of their borders that cause injury to their citizens, also known as passive personality jurisdiction. Some believe that Article 22 could put the free speech rights at risk by allowing foreign governments to target and surveil foreign journalists and activists. “To be frank about it, the United States does have extraterritorial jurisdictional effects of [certain] laws … we try to charge and arrest people in foreign countries for effects on the United States,” Southwell said. “Criminalizing journalists' activity, criminalizing ways of life, criminalizing lots of different things … opens up a somewhat dangerous risk of encouraging more sort of extraterritorial reach of what we Americans would think of as problematic … but of course it wouldn't be viewed as problematic by the powers that be in certain repressive governments.” Full story from Ella Sherman: https://lnkd.in/esnQAYWB

ICYMI. First came the glitchy boxing match, now comes the legal fight. In a proposed class action, disgruntled viewers of the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight say Netflix and Meta breached consumer trust by entering into an unlawful agreement. https://lnkd.in/gzhRnvPb

ICYMI. A fake lawyer? DLA Piper has been sued by two Houston companies who allege the firm’s employment of a "fraudulent attorney" has caused them to suffer millions in damages. https://lnkd.in/gWahjPMF

ICYMI. In another episode from General Counsel Conference East in New York, Legal Speak co-host Patrick Smith spoke with Studs Associate General Counsel Julie L. Cantor about data privacy and why some in-house counsel are "burying their heads in the sand" when it comes to data. https://lnkd.in/gSpCh9zt

Law firm failures are never pretty but St. Louis-based Armstrong Teasdale's failed foray into Europe is a cautionary tale. Just three years after setting up shop and moving to London's leafy Lincoln’s Inn Field, AT found itself swimming in troubled waters. So far, bankruptcy administrators have only collected a fraction of the £512,040 the firm is owed for legal work. Another £495,600 in the bank was frozen by administrators. Armstrong Teasdale’s U.K. debts are also significant with a tax bill of £1.8 million and more creditors waiting in the wings. https://lnkd.in/dchRc92v

The SEC and five commissioners were sued by 18 Republican AGs in Kentucky Eastern District Court accusing the agency of overreaching and unfair persecution of the $3 trillion cryptocurrency industry. The plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent the SEC from continuing its alleged unlawful campaign of regulatory overreach and interference with state sovereignty. #LawdotcomRadar https://lnkd.in/gUVzW3Gr