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Stan Soocher

DJ Logic" Loses Trademark Suit<br>Second Circuit Affirms Jury Instruction That Cited Only Part of Copyright Act's List of Fair Use Factors<br>Ticket Sales of Just $180 Don't Bar Statutory Damages of $7,000 Per Song Infringed

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Mobile App Developer Agreements

Alan Friel

Many companies that have had disputes with developers have been surprised to discover that the agreements signed, often without input from legal, failed to hold developers to measurable standards, give the company ongoing interest in deliverables, or provide meaningful remedies to problems that arise.

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Internal-Use Software

Manuel Garcia-Linares & George L. Metcalfe, Jr.

The tax credit for research and development (R&amp;D) of internal-use software under Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code has been renewed 16 times since its implementation in 1981. The Currently, it has not been extended beyond calendar year 2015.

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Social Media Discovery

Zach Warren

Because 'information that an individual shares through social networking websites like Facebook may be copied and disseminated by another,' the expectation that such information is private, in the traditional sense of the word, is not a reasonable one.

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Student Athletes And Compensation For Likeness

Amanda Hyland

In the last few years, every college football fan became familiar with "Johnny Football," "The Honey Badger," and "Famous Jameis." These recognizable names are not only associated with Heisman-quality talent, but also with the new world of student athlete trademark registrations.

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Prioritizing e-Mail Security in the Legal Sector

Mounil Patel

Data breaches and cyberattacks aren't new occurrences, but it can sometimes feel like they are. It's only in the last few years that we've seen these attacks make headlines more and more, increasing in both quantity and impact.

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Mental Health Issues In the Workplace

Sarah Wimberly

The challenges inherent in managing employee mental illness were vividly illustrated for the world in March of this year with the intentional crash of a Germanwings aircraft by an apparently mentally ill pilot. Although the repercussions of such tragic events can be more significant in safety-sensitive industries like transportation, these kinds of tragic events can happen in any workplace.

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Apportionment of Lost Profits Damages Appears To Be Making a Comeback

S. Christian Platt & Philip T. Sheng

The issue of damages remains a hot topic at the Federal Circuit, with patentees being continuously reminded that damages must be apportioned to account for the value of patented features, as opposed to unpatented features, of an accused product. However, the vast majority of these cases involve apportionment in the context of reasonable royalties. Very little has been said about apportionment in a lost profits analysis.

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Insurance Limited Partnerships As An Alternate Estate Planning Tool

Lawrence L. Bell

Valuation discounts in estate planning has permitted the transfer of assets from one generation to another in an economically efficient manner. Two of the various discount methods claim lack of control (minority interest discount) and lack of marketability. The IRS has traditionally objected to these approaches in intra-family transfers, while Congress has attempted to legislate away these "loopholes" unsuccessfully and the Treasury Department is contemplating new regulations to accomplish this goal.

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Worker Injury in the 'Internet Workplace'

Jonathan Bick

Billions of people use the Internet for work-related purposes. According to the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project, the fastest growing demographic for Internet workers is people aged 45 to 54. This is the same age group that is most likely to engage in workplace injury litigation.

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