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What It Takes to Succeed in Online Marketing

Debra Regan

How difficult is it for these potential clients to find a particular firm online and, once they do, are they motivated enough by what they find to take the next step and contact that firm? Some lawyers embrace online marketing and do it well, while others make mistakes that cost them clients, money and time.

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Lawyers' Ethical Stumbles Increase Online

Tresa Baldas

It's not as if lawyers never misbehaved before. But now they're making the same old mistakes ' soliciting for sex, slamming judges, talking trash about clients ' online, leaving a digital trail for bar counsel to follow.

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<b><i>Commentary:</b></i> Cybersecurity Needs Public Notice

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

There is an important debate unfolding across government and the private sector over a critical national security issue: how to secure America's information networks from cybersabotage, espionage and attacks. Congress, the executive branch and the private sector must all do a better job of engaging the public on decisions that are so important.

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How to Fight Digital Disparagement

Leila Narvid & Lori Teranishi

As any manager knows, letting employees go is never easy. The process becomes much more difficult when an angry former employee seeks to damage the company's reputation by launching a public campaign of disparaging remarks online and in the media. Left unchallenged, such a campaign can tarnish the company's image among potential investors, customers, and its own employees. By taking proactive measures, however, a company significantly can reduce the chances of falling prey to a smear campaign.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Copyright Infringement Suit over Dreamgirls Is Dismissed<br>Louisiana Federal Court Lacks Jurisdiction over French Studio<br>Second Circuit Sees Different "Concept and Feel" in Cookbooks Dispute<br>Unauthorized Use of Photo on Fiction Book Violates NY Publicity Right

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Counsel Concerns

Stan Soocher & Cheryl Miller

Amendment Denied For Malpractice Suit Over 'Bowie Bonds'<br>Malicious Prosecution Suit Is Reinstated Against Manatt Phelps

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Cameo Clips

Stan Soocher

COPYRIGHT DAMAGES/STATUTORY 'WORK'<br>COPYRIGHT JURISDICTION/RELATED CONTRACT CLAIMS

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Mysterious Lawyer Is at Center of Suit Against Counsel To 'Superman' Heirs

Drew Combs

Given that the story lines played out in Superman comic books are full of shadowy figures with dark motivations, it seems fitting that the real world legal fight over who owns the rights to the Man of Steel would feature such a character in a pivotal role. On May 14, Warner Bros. sued Marc Toberoff, the lawyer for the comic icon's co-creators' families, in federal court in Los Angeles, accusing him of engaging in a "scheme" to "enrich himself" by trying to wrongfully seize control of a substantial chunk of the Superman property.

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Copyright Ruling on Photo Registrations

Andrew Longstreth

Talk about winning on a technicality. In a copyright infringement case brought by photographers who sued Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. over the allegedly unapproved use of their photos, Chief Judge Loretta Preska of Manhattan federal district court ruled in May that the works at issue had not been properly registered. Judge Preska threw out most of the photographers' claims in her 24-page ruling.

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NFL Antitrust Immunity Bid Tackled By Supreme Court

Tony Mauro

The U.S. Supreme Court late last month dashed the hopes of the National Football League for baseball-style immunity from antitrust laws, with justices ruling unanimously against the league in a dispute over NFL-licensed apparel.

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