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  • While many users have moved to Windows 7, the Operating System holds a plethora of features that are not readily found. The following is only a smattering of available features. Take a few minutes to test them and determine which may be most beneficial to you.

    June 28, 2012Sue Hughes
  • Social media is no longer a new phenomenon. Yet, the development of business rules governing the long-term retention of social media content in the ordinary course of business as well as the legal precedent governing the preservation of social media for litigation remain in their infancy.

    June 28, 2012Diana Fasching, Staci Kaliner and Tamara Karel
  • Although the Supreme Court's decision in Kappos v. Hyatt addressed the Patent Act specifically, the decision may have implications for cases brought in district courts to challenge decisions of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. The Kappos decision may also encourage defendants to continue pushing against the "clear and convincing evidence" standard for obviousness challenges based on prior art not considered by the PTO during examination.

    June 28, 2012John M. Cone and Megan M. O'Laughlin
  • There are two aspects to the law in New York ' one prohibiting prosecutors or others from compelling one spouse to testify against the other, and the other permitting a spouse to preclude the testimony even of a willing witness spouse. It is this second potion of the law that we will be concerned with.

    June 28, 2012Janice G. Inman
  • The Millennial Generation (born from 1981-2000) have been entering the workforce for more than a decade now. Baby Boomer and Generation X leaders are sometimes perplexed with this tech-savvy, multi-tasking and ambitious group of professionals.

    June 28, 2012Mark Beese
  • The Uniform Law Commission, also known as the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL), is currently working on a number of family law-related acts of interest to family law practitioners. One of the most significant is the Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act (UPMAA).

    June 28, 2012Mary Kay Kisthardt and Barbara Handschu
  • Two federal courts have recently taken action in significant cases affecting the marriage rights of same-sex couples. How does this affect New York?

    June 28, 2012Janice G. Inman
  • Although neither service providers nor content providers can claim a complete victory, the Second Circuit's Viacom opinion represents a pragmatic, middle-of-the-road solution to several issues at the heart of the new user-centered Internet experience.

    June 27, 2012Timothy Denny Greene