LJN Newsletters

During the fall of 2009, the Legal Technology Institute at the University of Florida Levin College of Law conducted an extensive nationwide survey of the legal profession regarding its use of case, matter and practice management system software.

Recent cases of interest.

Firms of every size and in every geographic area must protect their electronic data and be prepared for potential IT disasters.

Pre-existing non-conforming use doctrine and "vested rights" doctrine are two different, but related, mechanisms. The Court of Appeals recently decided a case in which the landowner raised both doctrines.

Virtualization is one of the IT buzzwords in 2010. One of the greatest advantages that virtualization brings is the ability to minimize the complexity of the end-user computing environment for the firm's attorneys and support staff.

A comprehensive list of all cases covered in this issue.

Cutting-edge questions in the First Amendment arena have recently stemmed from clashes between students and school districts over the limits ' if any ' that may be imposed on speech posted on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. Now lawyers on both sides of the issue are urging the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate two recent ' and seemingly conflicting ' decisions by two different three-judge panels, and to hold rearguments before the full court.

This article discusses the theory of active inducement in copyright law, the evolution of P2P technology over the past decade, recent U.S. and foreign legal decisions, and developments impacting copyright holders, file-sharing networks and Internet service providers.