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Recognizing and Handling Online Fraud and Scams Using Company IP Image

Recognizing and Handling Online Fraud and Scams Using Company IP

Richard E. Peirce

The Internet as we know it has evolved into an almost limitless arena where just about everything short of physical activity can be done. This online "playground" allows a user to read magazines, research current events, share photographs, transact business, enjoy life through a virtual character, organize class reunions, and update friends that you just finished a great meal at your favorite restaurant. Yet, this playground is generally an unguarded realm that gives thieves, criminals and other troublemakers opportunities to make money through the use of sophisticated scams and frauds. These scammers are looking for any information that can be used for profit, such as Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, user names/passwords and bank account numbers.

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Service Credits in the Cloud

Evan Henschel & Eric Swibel

Service providers need incentives to continue providing top-notch service.That is what most customers believe. Whether a customer engages a vendor for cloud computing, software offered as a service ("SaaS"), outsourcing, or simply the maintenance aspect of a traditional software licensing agreement, if an element of the deal is for the vendor to provide ongoing services, the customer will always seek a financial lever to provide the vendor with an incentive to perform.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Independent Artist Has No Claim to Radio Airplay<br>Music-Royalty Conversion Claim Improperly Pleaded<br>Six-Month Suspension for Georgia Lawyer over File-Sharing Defense

Sony BMG Denied Stay of Download Royalties Suit Image

Sony BMG Denied Stay of Download Royalties Suit

Stan Soocher

A magistrate for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York refused to stay a class action suit by BMG recording artists that is seeking 50% of net revenues the record label receives from digital download, ringtone and ringback sales.

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Update on Litigations Over Comic Book Character Copyrights

Drew Combs

In comic books, the good guys are usually the ones in tights ' red and blue are the most popular colors ' who put themselves in harm's way to save innocent lives, while the bad guys are the ones sulking in darkened lairs and dreaming up plans to take over the planet. In real-world legal battles over the intellectual property in comic books, the two sides aren't as easy to distinguish, and they're certainly not as colorful. But as the IP rights to comic book icons become the subject of ever more heated ' and lengthy ' disputes, maybe it's time that superhero litigation got its own comic book series.

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Avoiding Those Tax Day Dilemmas Image

Avoiding Those Tax Day Dilemmas

Jonathan T. Hoffman

As family law practitioners, we need to achieve a basic understanding of the tax code and the relevant provisions that may affect our clients.

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How Copyright Was Secured for Mark Twain Autobiography

Sheri Qualters

Copyright lawyers are wondering how the Mark Twain Foundation is claiming a copyright on the first volume of Mark Twain's newly released autobiography despite its publication a century after the author's death, far outside the normal protection window for an unpublished work.

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Arbitration Clause Doesn't Cover Dispute Over Movie Payments

Stan Soocher

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decided that a suit, alleging a distributor of made-for-TV-movies failed to pay amounts owed the films' producer, wasn't subject to an arbitration clause in the parties' distribution agreement.

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Medicaid Divorce: An Overview

Michael L. Olver & Christopher C. Lee

This article covers some of the issues that should be considered if clients wish to examine the possibility of a Medicaid divorce.

The Forum Non Conveniens Decision Image

The Forum Non Conveniens Decision

Eric Lasker

The conclusion of this article herein explains how defendants who have elected to stay in U.S. courts have used the strengths of the U.S. judicial system to expose the factual gaps, and in some cases outright fraud, that formed the basis of many of the foreign claims that have been imported to U.S. shores.

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