LJN Newsletters

  • Limit on Assigning Right to Pursue Online Copyright Infringement

    In recent months, there has been a flurry of infringement litigation involving copyright troller Righthaven, which procured the right from publishers to file infringement suits over unauthorized online reproductions of the publishers' content. In several cases, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, which is within the Ninth Circuit, has cited the Silvers decision to block Righthaven's claims. Now the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, which is within the Tenth Circuit, has raised a Silvers-type bar against Righthaven.

    November 28, 2011Stan Soocher

  • A Lessor's Guide to Workouts

    Last month's installment of this article discussed preliminary issues to address in workouts and key provisions to include in workout agreements. This second installment discusses addressing potential future bankruptcy issues.

    November 28, 2011Frank Peretore

  • ISP Access to e-Mail Content Is Not Invasion of Privacy

    An Internet Service Provider (ISP) can legally search the e-mail that it processes. ISPs may lawfully search the content of users' e-mails for many purposes, including assisting law enforcement, ensuring compliance with the ISP's terms-of-use agreement and protecting the ISP from legal difficulties, to name a few. Such activities do not currently constitute an invasion of the e-mail user's privacy.

    November 28, 2011Jonathan Bick

  • Companies and Lobbyists on Both Sides of SOPA

    In mid-November, a number of corporations joined in the debate and lobbying over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a new piece of legislation introduced in October by House Judiciary Committee chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) that is being considered by that committee.

    November 28, 2011Brian Glaser And Steven Salkin

  • Authentication of Social Media Evidence

    Given the possibility of impersonation and digital fabrication in the online world, the information displayed on social media profiles is not immediately verifiable and presents issues of authentication and admissibility under the Federal Rules of Evidence.

    November 28, 2011Richard Raysman And Peter Brown

  • e-Tailing Doing Fine

    Retail e-commerce activity was up ' barely ' in the third quarter from the second quarter of the year, the U.S. Census Bureau announced in mid-November in its four-times-a-year report of total and electronic-commerce retailing.

    November 28, 2011Michael Lear-Olimpi

  • Companies and Lobbyists on Both Sides of SOPA

    In mid-November, a number of corporations joined in the debate and lobbying over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a new piece of legislation introduced in October by House Judiciary Committee chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) that is being considered by that committee.

    November 28, 2011Brian Glaser And Steven Salkin

  • Best Practices for Social and Mobile Media As Privacy Laws Evolve

    As social media and mobile devices and apps continue to proliferate in the corporate enterprise, and e-commerce firms rely evermore on these technologies to assist promotion and sales, these forms of collaboration and information-sharing are putting a new spin on compliance issues.

    November 28, 2011David White

  • Movers & Shakers

    Who's doing what; who's going where.

    November 28, 2011Law.com Staff
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