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Gathering Evidence in Qui Tam Actions

Joel Androphy, Ashley Gargour, Sarah Frazier & Rachel Grier

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.

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Journal Article's Authors Not Responsible for Loss of Claim Image

Journal Article's Authors Not Responsible for Loss of Claim

Janice G. Inman

Are there, or should there be, legal consequences for authors and publishers when medical journal articles do not state the truth, thereby causing harm?

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Representing a Celebrity Client

Lynne Strober, David S Carton & Michael J. Diamond

Famous clients' net worth, income and the details of their investments are never publicly revealed. Custody is not disclosed. It is all kept private. How?

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Courts in Australia And the U.S. Address Google's AdWords Program Image

Courts in Australia And the U.S. Address Google's AdWords Program

Catherine Malia Ting

Appellate 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.

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Second Circuit Revives Copyright Case Against Google, YouTube

Nate Raymond & Mark Hamblett

Viacom International got a second shot at proving that Google's YouTube massively infringed its copyrights by hosting clips from shows like <i>The Daily Show</i> and <i>Family Guy</i> 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.

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Five-Factor Test Applied To Subpoenas Seeking File Sharer Identities Image

Five-Factor Test Applied To Subpoenas Seeking File Sharer Identities

Saranac Hale Spencer

Internet 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.

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<b>Decision of Note</b> Statute of Fraud Bars Agency Counterclaim Image

<b>Decision of Note</b> Statute of Fraud Bars Agency Counterclaim

Stan Soocher

The 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.

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Second Circuit Revives Copyright Case Against Google, YouTube Image

Second Circuit Revives Copyright Case Against Google, YouTube

Nate Raymond & Mark Hamblett

Viacom 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.

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Discoverability of Social Network Information

Richard Raysman

In recent years, courts have come to varying conclusions as to the discovery of information posted on social networking sites.

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When Settlement Is the Best Option

Ronald J. Levine & Aviva Wein

Too many defense counsel and their clients fixate on the early stages of the client's reaction to a product liability lawsuit ' denial or anger. They do so without evaluating the final stage ' acceptance

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