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The Book of Jargon Series – Word of the Day®

The Book of Jargon® is a series of practice area and industry-specific glossaries published by Latham & Watkins.

Jantzi Social Index / JSI

a socially screened, market capitalization-weighted index of 50 Canadian companies that satisfy a broad set of ESG criteria. Launched in 2000, the JSI assesses how some Canadian companies engage with the local community, maintain Corporate Governance, manage employee relations, affect the surrounding environment, and impact human rights.

Word of the Day®

Key Money

a payment made to a building owner, manager, or landlord by a potential tenant or Property Manager in an attempt to secure a desired Tenancy or Property Management Agreement Key Money is typically used to improve the real Property at issue.

Word of the Day®

Decentralized Application

a digital program that runs on a P2P network of computers and utilizes Smart Contracts to access a Blockchain network and enforce each term of agreement between two parties.

Word of the Day®

Metadata

a description of the properties of a File. Some of the most common Metadata fields describe the Date Created, Date Last Modified, date last accessed, and who authored the document. Parties typically negotiate exchanging certain Metadata fields prior to a document review and Production. Basically, Metadata is a set of data that gives you data about your data.

Word of the Day®

Money Market

the global financial market for short-term borrowing and lending. Short-term paper such as Treasury Bills and Commercial Paper are bought and sold in the Money Market.

Word of the Day®

In each episode of Connected With Latham, we discuss ideas, developments, and trends shaping the global economy.

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