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April 28, 2012ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
According to the federal government, while the act of gathering evidence creates a direct conflict between competing interests, the interest in disclosing the fraud generally outweighs the defendant's interest in keeping the fraud from being divulged.
April 28, 2012Joel Androphy, Ashley Gargour, Sarah Frazier and Rachel GrierAre there, or should there be, legal consequences for authors and publishers when medical journal articles do not state the truth, thereby causing harm?
April 28, 2012Janice G. InmanFamous clients' net worth, income and the details of their investments are never publicly revealed. Custody is not disclosed. It is all kept private. How?
April 28, 2012Lynne Strober, David S Carton and Michael J. DiamondAppellate courts in both the United States and Australia recently addressed whether Google, Inc. violated the country's respective trademark laws through the use of third-party trademarks as keywords in Google's AdWords advertising program. Google suffered legal losses in both countries.
April 27, 2012Catherine Malia TingViacom International got a second shot at proving that Google's YouTube massively infringed its copyrights by hosting clips from shows like The Daily Show and Family Guy without its permission. And whether Viacom and its lawyers succeed or not, they've already managed to shape the developing case law over copyrighted content that users illegally upload to the Internet.
April 27, 2012Nate Raymond and Mark HamblettInternet service providers have to disclose the names of their subscribers who are accused of using a file-sharing site to copy a pornographic movie, a federal judge ruled in a copyright infringement suit.
April 27, 2012Saranac Hale SpencerThe U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that the statute of frauds barred a counterclaim alleging breach of an oral agency agreement by songwriter/performer Akon to pay the agency commissions and reimbursement of the musician's travel expenses.
April 27, 2012Stan SoocherViacom International got a second shot at proving that Google's YouTube massively infringed its copyrights by hosting clips from shows like The Daily Show and Family Guy without its permission. And whether Viacom and its lawyers succeed or not, they've already managed to shape the developing case law over copyrighted content that users illegally upload to the Internet.
April 27, 2012Nate Raymond and Mark HamblettIn recent years, courts have come to varying conclusions as to the discovery of information posted on social networking sites.
April 27, 2012Richard Raysman