Civil Law

Stop Renting Digital Real Estate: Build Your Brand on Your Own Domain

Platforms like Substack and Medium have made publishing easier than ever—but if you rely solely on them, you’re renting space on someone else’s land. Owning your own domain gives you independence, credibility, long-term control, and many other benefits:

1. Professional Credibility and Branding

  • A custom domain name projects authority and legitimacy.
  • Think about it—who would you trust more: smithlaw.medium.com or smithlaw.com?”

Pro Tip: Journalists, lawyers, consultants, and authors who use custom domains are taken more seriously than those who don’t.… Read the rest

Civil Law

New Podcast Series: Supply Chain Reaction – Navigating the Legal Landscape of Supply Chains

Supply Chain Reaction Podcast Poster

Our industry experts have come together for our recent podcast series, Supply Chain Reaction, to explore the latest issues facing supply chains worldwide, including risk management, new regulations, supply chain strategy and how to manage different types of contracts. Join our panel of lawyers from a variety of practices as they discuss a specific topic or case study each episode. Episodes include:

  • Manufacturing Perfect Contracts – In our debut episode, we explore the ins and outs of supply chain contracts.
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Civil Law

When Surplus Lines Brokers Are Off the Hook: Connecticut Department Issues Bulletin on New Diligent Effort Exception

On October 10, 2025, the Connecticut Department of Insurance (the Department) issued Bulletin SL-6 (the Bulletin) to restate the requirements generally applicable to surplus lines placements, and to advise that the diligent effort exception established by Public Act 25-87, effective October 1, 2025, only applies to surplus lines brokers when they procure insurance coverage through an unaffiliated wholesale broker. The Bulletin additionally supersedes and rescinds Connecticut Bulletins SL-3 and SL-5.

Public Act 25-87

Effective October 1, 2025, Public Act 25-87 … Read the rest

Civil Law

 Fighting fraud in age of AI is more complicated!

SCWorld.com reported that “The latest fraud figures are sobering: U.S. consumers reported more than $ 12.5 billion in fraud losses in 2024, a 25% jump from the previous year, according to the FTC. Businesses are feeling the effects too, with nearly 60% reporting higher fraud losses year over year, according to new Experian research.”  The October 16, 2025 article entitled ” How to fight fraud in the age of AI” (https://tinyurl.com/2st2zetc) included these comments:

As fraudsters scale their operations with … Read the rest

Civil Law

Emerging Trends in Criminal Cases Involving Internet Companies: Analysis of High-Frequency Crimes and Risk Control Suggestions

I. Introduction

In recent years, following a period of explosive growth, China’s internet industry has gradually entered a stage of stock competition. Driven by intense internal performance metrics and the lure of substantial financial gain, cases of employees exploiting their positions, system vulnerabilities, or management deficiencies to commit crimes to seek illicit profits have become increasingly common. Such incidents not only inflict significant economic losses on companies but also severely erode corporate culture and business credibility. For internet enterprises, establishing a … Read the rest

Civil Law

DUAA 2025 : transferts internationaux de données – refonte de l’évaluation des risques au UK

Cet article est le sixième d’une série d’articles[1] examinant les changements apportés par le « Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 » ou Loi DUA par comparaison au RGPD.

L’approche du RGPD britannique en matière de transferts internationaux de données sera révisée.

La loi conserve l’exigence fondamentale selon laquelle les données personnelles ne peuvent être transférées vers un pays tiers ou une organisation internationale que lorsque le transfert est fondé sur :

  • une décision du Secretary of Sate « approuvant le transfert »
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Civil Law

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  September 29, 2025 to October 3, 2025

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.

  • The FCC released a Public Notice announcing that, effective 12:01 AM on October 1, the agency will “suspend most operations” in the event of a government shutdown, which has since occurred.  During the shutdown, many FCC databases, including those relevant to broadcasters (such as the
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