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Analyzing the U.S. Supreme Court's Decision Not to Review <i>Tiffany v. eBay</i> Image

Analyzing the U.S. Supreme Court's Decision Not to Review <i>Tiffany v. eBay</i>

Janet Satterthwaite

In <i>Tiffany v. eBay</i>, the Second Circuit affirmed the District Court's ruling in favor of eBay on the key issue of contributory trademark infringement, as well as direct infringement and dilution, but remanded on the issue of false advertising. The upshot of the holding is that despite a general knowledge that a significant percentage of Tiffany goods sold on eBay were counterfeit, eBay did not have a duty to prevent any such sales unless and until a specific instance of fraud was brought to its attention.

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e-Commerce Bounces Back Strongly in Third Quarter

Michael Lear-Olimpi

Are Americans taking to heart the talk of politicians and some private-sector observers that the long-punishing economic and financial crisis that has put businesses into scrapbooks and people on the street is on the wane? The Census Bureau said recently that preliminary estimated U.S. retail e-commerce sales shot up 4% from the second quarter, tallying $41.5 billion.

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Cyber Monday Explodes Image

Cyber Monday Explodes

Michael Lear-Olimpi

Little was virtual beyond a typical conversational reference to this holiday season's once-again record-setting Cyber Monday and other online-holiday shopping excursions. The retail-industry dubbed day for online shopping and incentives for consumers to cybershop hit the jackpot with an echoing boom Nov. 29, racking up the biggest day of online shopping in history and breaking the billion-dollar mark

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To Err Is Human, But This Is Something Else Image

To Err Is Human, But This Is Something Else

John Ratkowitz

As early as 2004, there was recognition that efforts to advance patient safety were not moving forward comprehensively enough to be responsive to the problem. Where do we stand now?

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Social Networking

Laurence J. Cutler & Robert A. Epstein

It is all too common for people to reveal on their social networking pages many intimate details of their lives. The use of such evidence in matrimonial matters is quickly on the rise, often providing a "smoking gun" moment for litigators.

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College Expense Issues in Domestic Relations Cases

By Paul L. Feinstein

With college expenses going through the roof, divorcing parties are finding it harder to pay for them in the current economy. Statutory and case law throughout the nation should be reviewed to try to solve particular problems because this issue is going to be heavily litigated.

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Legal Times, They Are a'Changing Image

Legal Times, They Are a'Changing

Kimberly Alford Rice

The year 2010 was another challenging one for the legal services community nationwide, though there have been some signs of stabilization.

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Second Circuit Strips Pharmaceutical Sales Reps of Their Exempt Status Image

Second Circuit Strips Pharmaceutical Sales Reps of Their Exempt Status

Neil V. McKittrick & Rachel Reingold Mandel

The Second Circuit recently held that pharmaceutical sales reps do not fall under any of the exemptions to overtime payment requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). The court's decision significantly impacts the classification of pharmaceutical sales reps in the industry.

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UK Is Considering Abolishing Upper Age Discrimination Limit

Stephen Brown, John Shyer & Kathryn Donovan

The new government in the UK has announced its intention to abolish the UK default retirement age of 65, effective as of October 2011, and is currently consulting about the impact that this will have on UK employers.

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Subordination Without Nondisturbance: A One-Sided Marriage Image

Subordination Without Nondisturbance: A One-Sided Marriage

Jeffrey H. Newman

Recent events have shown that the previously unlikely scenario of a landlord default followed by a lender takeover is not only possible but is no longer a rarity.

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