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e-Discovery of Structured Data Image

e-Discovery of Structured Data

Erik Post & Jim Vint

At the outset of an investigation, timelines and custodian-created information assets can all be garnered from extracts of accounting data, e-mails and documents through traditional discovery and disclosure. None of this tells you how, specifically, an event or series of events occurred. Were the alleged claims the result of system control errors, malicious employee action, fraud or simple misrepresentations by management as a means of covering up systemic losses by cooking the books to avoid audit concerns?

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ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Entertainment Law in Review: 2008-2009. New York State Bar Association

May 2009 issue in PDF Format Image

May 2009 issue in PDF Format

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Twittering in Federal Court

Lynne Marek

Some federal judges are opening the door to the press reporting directly from their courtrooms in the interest of bringing more transparency to the judicial process.

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Existing Internet Laws Reduce Constitutional Protections

Jonathan Bick

Internet communication necessitates sharing content and data with third parties. The voluntary transfer of such content and related data to third-party Internet communication facilitators reduces or eliminates First, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights of Internet users. The technology and protocols used to enable Internet communication, as interpreted by existing privacy statutes and case law, further compromises Internet users' privacy and publicity rights. Both legal notices and technological techniques may be used to ameliorate this outcome.

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Trademark Protection in Cyberspace Rescued

Norman C. Simon

A recent decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, <i>Rescuecom Corp. v. Google Inc.</i>, has clarified precedent that had been assumed to foreclose Lanham Act challenges to the surreptitious use of trademarks to compete in cyberspace. In the wake of <i>Rescuecom</i>, that interpretation has been rejected, and advertisers have a potent weapon to protect their trademarks against unfair competition on the Web.

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Social Media Policies: Your Firm Needs One

Jay M. Jaffe

Being engaged in social networks has enormous value for your firm. Through them, you can establish thought leadership, find new recruits, provide a more efficient way for potential clients to find you online, and participate in and monitor discussions about the issues that impact your clients and your firm. The first thing you must do is create a social media policy ' or modify an existing policy that is free and available for you to borrow.

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Case Briefs

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

An analysis of recent key rulings.

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Does Joinder of a Forum Defendant Always Prevent Removal?

Mary Clare Bonaccorsi & Dmitry Shifrin

A state-court action cannot, as a general rule, be removed to federal court where a resident of the forum state has been joined as a defendant. 28 U.S.C. '1441(b). This is commonly known as the "forum defendant rule." The rule reflects the assumption that "[federal] diversity jurisdiction is unnecessary because there is less reason to fear state court prejudice against the defendants if one or more of them is from the forum state." Spencer v.&#133;

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Coverage for Environmental Compliance Costs

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

With the financial crisis occupying the Obama administration, the anticipated barrage of new environmental laws, policies, and regulations has yet to materialize. When the switch is turned on, however, the costs to policyholders are likely to be substantial, and just as likely, policyholders will test whether some of those costs can be passed on to their carriers.

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