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Mobile Data, Social Media, and Modern e-Discovery

Jim Gill

It's easy to see how the Information Age has transformed the world once again. Old ways of doing things are no longer practical, and new guidelines for the way we conduct business are being formed in real-time. Keeping up with this changing landscape is vital in order to survive.

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Google's Gleaning Of Children's Info Eyed By Third Circuit

P.J. D'Annunzio

A debate over whether Google has the ability to glean children's personal information from websites they visit took center stage last month during arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

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Court Watch

Charles G. Miller & Darryl A. Hart

Former Franchisee Held in Contempt; Attorneys Have Trouble With Fee Request <br>Forum Selection Clauses Are Alive and Well

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Problems with the New Test for Joint-Employer Status

Matthew R. Porio

This past summer, the NLRB reversed over 30 years of precedent and adopted a new, more expansive and ambiguous standard for determining joint employer status. The new standard promises to entangle businesses with only tenuous links to another employer's workforce in a morass of collective-bargaining obligations and unfair labor practice liability for workforces over which they exercise no actual control.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Fair Use of Abbott and Costello "Who's on First?" Comedy Routine<br>Voice Sample in Beyonc' Hit Didn't Violate Plaintiff's Right of Publicity

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Does Liability Insurance Cover Fantasy Sports Disputes?

Lawrence Klein & Aaron F. Mandel

It used to be that fantasy sports had to be a season-long commitment. But some people (either on their own or at the urging of their significant others) did not want to take on that type of time commitment or incur the cost of competing in a full-season league. Enter daily fantasy sports (DFS), which has given sports fans a more efficient outlet to achieve the fantasy adrenaline rush .

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111010001: An Article of Commerce?

Bryan Kohm & Stefan Szpajda

In <i>ClearCorrect Operating, LLC v. ITC,</i> the Federal Circuit limited the ITC's jurisdiction over digital commerce. In a 2-1 decision, the panel held that the ITC lacks authority to regulate digital imports.

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Infringement In The Cloud

Stephen M. Kramarsky

The delivery and discovery of media over the Internet has left the hackers and pirates behind and become part of the licensed distribution chain, just as videotape did. The term "file sharing" is now more likely to describe a multi-billion dollar, cloud-based collaboration platform than a piracy site. And courts are beginning to examine the law of contributory infringement in that complex new context, as U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter did recently in <i>Smith v. BarnesandNoble.com.</i>

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Defining Big Data In the e-Discovery World

John Ferguson

As a data analyst, I'm always interested in investigating data trends in different industries. In 2015 ' and at the end of the last five years ' I've looked back at what Big Data really means in the e-discovery world, where large data volumes can equal a lot of time, a lot of money, and a more challenging case.

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Social Media and Technological Concerns In Divorce Law

Robert D. Boyd & K. Jeanette Holmes

Social media now permeates nearly all areas of our lives ' and the law. Not surprisingly, divorces are frequently impacted by social media. While participating in social media is quick, easy and entertaining, it is important to recognize the serious implications such participation could have in a divorce case. A significant piece of evidence could be a simple click, post, chat or Tweet away. Courts have considered a variety of social media evidence in reaching life-changing decisions in family law cases.

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