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Process Is the Key To Success When Applying Legal Technology To Discovery

Benjamin Beck & Tobin Dietrich

The litigation industry is awash with technology. According to consulting firm Gartner, law firms, corporations and service providers spent almost $2 billion in 2014 buying or licensing e-discovery software, almost none of which existed just 10 years ago. Why? The primary driver has been the explosion in the amount and variety of discoverable data in the world.

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How to Obtain Social Media Data for Defending Lawsuits

Emily T. Acosta & Eric P. Conn

Obtaining social media user content under most circumstances is extremely difficult unless you use the correct strategy. It is pivotal that a practitioner understands how each site stores and communicates its data. Armed with information, the informed attorney may well reap huge rewards when engaging in digital discovery.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Blurred Lines" Post-Verdict Posturing<br>Hey 19, New York Judge Says in Streaming Royalties Dispute<br>Magistrate Changes Mind in Twitter Subpoena Controversy

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Effect of Omnicare On Private Placements in Film Ventures

Thomas D. Selz

In the entertainment industry, we frequently see private placement memoranda seeking to raise capital for films and that refer to success stories and independent films that became box office hits. But the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in <i>Omnicare v. Laborers District Counsel Construction Industry Pension Fund</i> should make all producers think twice about whether, or how, to include these success stories.

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IP News

Howard J. Shire & Brooke Hazan

Supreme Court: Findings on Likelihood of Confusion by TTAB <br>Federal Circuit: Actual Delay Not Required For Reducing Patent Term Adjustment<br>Federal Circuit: No Lost Profits for Related Unpatented Products

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The NLRB McDonald's Ruling And Franchisors

Geoffrey A. Mort

The NLRB general counsel's July 29, 2014, ruling that McDonald's is a joint employer of those who work for its roughly 14,000 franchised restaurants in the United States continues to send ripples through both the legal and business worlds.

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Cameo Clips

Stan Soocher

Bankrupt Festival Organizer Can Recover Buyout Payment It Made to Co-Founder<br>

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Pao Lawyers Slap Facebook With Discrimination Suit

Marisa Kendall

A former Facebook employee is suing the company for gender discrimination and harassment, claiming her supervisor belittled her at work and asked why she 'did not just stay home and take care of her child.'

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Firms Claim Bragging Rights in New Field of Patent Litigation

Scott Graham

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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Court Watch

Charles G. Miller & Darryl A. Hart

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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