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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Hulu Lawyers Land Punch in Privacy Suit
U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said she didn't want February's hearing in a privacy suit against Hulu LLC to feel like 'a wake.' But the Northern District of California judge put the case on life support, at the very least, indicating that she's leaning toward knocking out the remaining claims in a 2011 suit under the Video Privacy Protection Act.
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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Judge Orders Litigious Adult Website to Pay $5.6 Million
A federal judge has ordered a litigious adult website to pay $5.6 million in attorney fees and costs under the Copyright Act, saying its motives for suing Giganews Inc. and Livewire Services Inc. had more to do with creating a tax write-off for its owner than with protecting its copyrights.
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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Firms Claim Bragging Rights in New Field of Patent Litigation
If there really is a'death squad for patents, it may not be found at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. A more likely location is the Plano, TX, office of David O'Dell, chairman of Haynes and Boone's patent trials practice group.
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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> New Russian Data Residency Law Will Soon Take Effect
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CA District Court Misconstrues State Franchise Relations Act in Granting Transfer Motion<br>Franchisee Argues For Automatic Termination Under CFRA<br>GA Court Sends Determination of Whether a Distributor Is a Dealer to Jury
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NJ Federal Judge Upholds $7.3 Mil. Award for Lady Gaga Talent Scout
The producer credited with launching Lady Gaga's career lost his bid to trim the $7.3 million he was ordered to pay a talent scout for introducing him to the singer.
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Federal Circuit: Application by PTAB of Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard in Claim Construction Upheld Under the AIA
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When Your Data Goes Viral
As discussed in Part One of this article, a data breach can jeopardize a company's confidential information such as client records, trade secrets, privileged legal information, or employee records. Although many associate data breaches with hackers or cyberattacks, human error, such as a mistake in computer coding or losing a company laptop, also results in significant breaches.
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