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Democratizing the Social Networks
Social networking Web sites are hubs of information. Information about our daily activities, the people we know and the people they know. But as these hubs become more than just a virtual place for the global community to link to friends and post "what you are doing right now," we are confronted with fascinating new questions about how we define personal space, disclosures, and express preferences about our own content.
ABA Social Network Fails to Connect
The American Bar Association has jumped on the social networking bandwagon with a site of its own, LegallyMinded. The ABA hopes to separate its site from the professional networking pack by combining the best features of the top social networking sites with substantive legal information from the ABA's library. Ambitious as it is, the site falls short on execution.
The Struggle over Net Neutrality
In impassioned language more appropriate to international conflict, political debate or, at the very least, the cosmic struggles of comic-book superheroes and villains, a debate about "net neutrality" continues to rage in legal and business publications, on the Internet and in blogs throughout the world.
Vocational Evaluations in Maintenance Cases
The author posits that " ' the practice of allowing a vocational assessment to be conducted under the guise of Supreme Court Rule 215(a) simply because a person is seeking maintenance should be stopped.
The Plight of the Expatriate Spouse
International child relocation applications raise substantially different issues from those raised in domestic relocation cases, whether intrastate or interstate. Unfortunately, the fundamental differences are not often adequately appreciated by lawyers and judges.
Court Declares the Wisdom of the 'Plan Documents Rule'
An ex-spouse of a now-deceased plan participant is the named beneficiary of the decedent's savings and investment plan (SIP) benefit, but the ex-spouse divested herself of all rights to the decedent's SIP benefit in a divorce decree. Should the ex-spouse receive the benefit? A look at a recent Supreme Court decision.
UPCOMING EVENT
Entertainment Law in Review: Recent Cases, Trends & Impact, Los Angeles, April 29.
Bit Parts
Film Rights/No Double Recovery Allowed<br>Music Royalties/Statute of Limitations<br>TV Affiliation Agreements/Promotional Payments
Features
Parent Alienation
This article begins a three-part series that will: 1) identify the problem related to extreme cases of parent alienation; 2) discuss the impact of the problem; and 3) propose solutions.
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