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Abusive Internet Social Networking Yields Infringement

Jonathan Bick

As with domain names, social networking user names are often an extension of a person's or an organization's identity. Businesses, for example, use social networking identities to promote themselves as a source of goods and services. And the flip side of that coin is that abusive use of social networking user names allows a third party to benefit from the goodwill by-product endorsement. But here's the problem: Such abusive behavior constitutes intellectual property infringement.

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Plaintiff in Casino Suit Craps Out in Venue Decision

Amaris Elliott-Engel

A New Jersey resident unsuccessfully sought to keep his slip-and-fall case in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court by arguing that an Atlantic City casino's Internet advertising within Pennsylvania established the state's personal jurisdiction over alleged negligence by the casino.

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Highlights of the latest insurance cases from around the country.

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Navigating the Changing Technological Landscape

Fernando M. Pinguelo & Keya C. Denner

In <i>City of Ontario v. Quon</i>, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a government employer's search of an employee's communications on an employer-issued pager was reasonable under the circumstances and, therefore, did not violate the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. The Court's narrowly tailored decision underscores that cases in the area of employee privacy will continue to be highly fact-sensitive.

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Criminal Antitrust Enforcement Under the Obama Administration

David Laing

Judging by the numbers, the Obama DOJ has been as active, or at least as successful, in criminal antitrust enforcement as candidate Obama promised. Criminal antitrust fines in 2009 exceeded $1 billion...

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Real Property Law

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In-depth analysis of key cases you need to know.

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Landlord & Tenant

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A look at a significant ruling.

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NJ & CT News

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Happenings in neighboring states.

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Discovery and 'Non-Egregious' Marital Fault

Thomas A. Elliot

Even as no-fault divorce legislation in the State of New York has been signed into law, matrimonial practitioners continue to deal with the vestiges of fault-based litigation.

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No-Fault Divorce Signed into Law

Joel Stashenko

On Aug. 15, New York became the last state in the nation to enact a law offering no-fault divorce, when Governor David Paterson announced that he had approved the controversial measure, which has been debated for decades.

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