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New Law Cracks Down On Deceptive Third-Party e-Commerce Practices
A new layer of federal oversight should help protect consumers and ethical e-commerce companies against misleading and name-tarnishing activities of outlaw e-tailers who have ripped off thousands of U.S. consumers. On Dec. 29, President Obama signed the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act, introduced in the Senate early last year by Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Judicial Immunity Resurfaces in the Third Circuit
A recent decision out of the Middle District of Pennsylvania may revive the doctrine of "judicial immunity" for defense witnesses.
New Net-Use Tracking Tactics Capture Privacy Claims
The use of new technology makes people's efforts to keep Internet behavior private more difficult, has given rise to renewed claims from consumers of unlawful intrusiveness by Internet data-collectors, and has revived the argument that such behavior violates privacy expectations and, thus, is unlawful.
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Sea Launch ' A Unique Business and a Unique Reorganization
Sea Launch's international ownership and unique capital structure and business model (utilizing a series of treaties between the United States, Russia and the Ukraine) engendered a unique reorganization process, described herein.
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Law Firm Sues Vivendi over Messier Fees
The law firm King & Spalding has sued Vivendi S.A. over the alleged failure to pay legal fees billed for the defense of Vivendi's ex-CEO in a securities class-action trial that resulted in a jury verdict against the Paris-based telecommunication and entertainment company.
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First Sale Doctrine Gets Multiple Views In Ninth Circuit
Recently, there has been a spate of Ninth Circuit rulings on the first sale doctrine ' all of which have implications for the entertainment industry.
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