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Articles should:
- Be original, up-to-date and 1,000-2,000 words. Longer/shorter works are considered.
- Focus on news from the last 90 days unless discussing broader trends.
- Disclose any potential conflicts of interest, including involvement by authors or their organizations in cases or issues discussed, and past or present business relationships with parties mentioned.
Articles should not:
- Have been previously published, other than in law firm publications.
- Be ranting, self-promotional or defamatory.
- Focus on an ongoing case in which the author is involved.
- Plagiarize or contain unattributed quotes.
- Have more than three authors on the byline.
Submissions should include:
- The article in Microsoft Word format (no PDFs).
- In the article body — attribution for any quotes, names of organizations referenced, and case names along with the decision date and issuing court.
- Any legal citations and hyperlinks in the form of numbered endnotes.
- Each author’s name, title, organization and color photo.
- Any charts or visual aids as hi-res JPG or PNG files.
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- You will be required to sign a license agreement.
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