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Computer Forensics Docket Sheet
Court Issues Spoliation Sanctions for 'Crashed' Hard Drive<br>Court Issues Adverse Jury Instruction Where Plaintiff Disposed of Evidence
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e-Discovery Docket Sheet
Recent court rulings in e-discovery.
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Courts Grapple with Computer Searches
With a growing number of criminal cases depending on forensic searches of computers, the direction courts ultimately take is likely to affect a wide array of cases, ranging from hacking and piracy to murder investigations.
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Data Analytics: e-Discovery Accuracy, Defensibility and Cost Efficiency
Keyword-based automated search tools are not necessarily accurate, especially when the search terms are brainstormed by counsel in a vacuum. And new-age concept-based tools, while often quite effective at targeting documents based on subject matter or concept, are technologically hard to explain and, as a result, hard to defend. Data analytics adds testing and analysis to keyword-based search, providing litigators with more accuracy and defensibility ' often at a much lower cost.
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Celebrity Name or Likeness
A new department centering on key cases.
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Decision of Note: Mexican TV Co. Can Proceed in Florida Fed Court
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decided that a Florida federal district court, rather than a Mexican court, should hear a suit by one Spanish-language broadcaster against another for tortious interference with a soap-opera actor's contract.
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The Bankruptcy Hotline
Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
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e-Commerce Docket Sheet
Recent cases in e-commerce law and in the e-commerce industry.
<i>Entertainment</i> Editor to Comment on Spector Case on Court TV
LJN's <i>Entertainment Law & Finance</i> Editor-in-Chief Stan Soocher is scheduled to appear on Court TV on Tuesday, May 22, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT on the "Best Defense" segment to talk about Phil Spector's music litigations.
U.S. Supreme Court Eases Obviousness Standard for Patents
In a major patent law development, the Supreme Court on April 30 adopted a new, flexible standard that will make it easier for patents to be denied or challenged on the grounds that the invention at issue is too obvious to deserve patent protection.
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