A Request Posted on a Legal Platform Recently, I came across a request posted on an online legal services platform. In short, the client wanted the lawyer to do only two things. First, take the briefs the client had written, check them only to t…
A Confident Prediction I Never Give My Own Clients I recently had a very interesting experience. In my capacity as a lawyer, I took part in a meeting that worked something like a committee. I was asked a question about a legal issue there, and bef…
A Legal Blind Spot Hiding in Plain Sight There is no shortage of research on internal audit work in Korea — professional associations publish on it constantly. What's missing is any real study of what happens once an auditor actually walks int…
A News Story That Should Worry Every Crime Victim A little while ago, I came across an interesting article in the Korea Legal Times ( 법률신문 ). It reported that even when a prosecutor asks the police to do more investigative work on a case, the poli…
Copyright Infringement Takes a Real Toll on Creators A lot of creators working internationally run into the same problem. Online games, webtoons, illustrations, and video content earn fans all over the world — but that popularity also makes them a…
An Overlooked Question in Affair-Partner Lawsuits If your spouse had an affair with a Korean national, can you sue for damages? And if the marriage ends in divorce while that lawsuit is still pending, does the amount of compensation change? As…
The Case: Was "You Seem Like a Really Nasty Person" a Crime? The Korean Supreme Court recently handed down an insult-law ruling that caught a lot of people's attention. Here's what happened. The defendant sent a KakaoTalk mes…
When Clients Turn to AI and Their Cases Go Sideways These days, I often meet clients who tried handling their own lawsuits without a lawyer, ran into trouble, and only then found my blog and reached out. Against that backdrop, a recent article in …
Background of the "School Violence No-Show" Case Recently, a case widely known in the Korean legal community as the 'school violence no-show case' has once again become the talk of the profession. Based on my reading of recent co…
A $1.5 Billion Settlement That Caught My Attention As an attorney, I handle a substantial number of copyright infringement cases at my firm. I've represented copyright holders in negotiating settlements against businesses that built AI-powered…