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e-Commerce Takes A Hit From Falling Economy, But Remains Brisk
The battered economy appears to have caught up with e-commerce, by the way the U.S. Census Bureau's estimated retail sales for the fourth quarter of 2008 look.
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Advanced Online Strategies for Lawyers
The polished and plugged-in e-commerce attorney, though well aware of options for enterprises he or she advises, may not think readily of using social media tools a marketing-savvy client may employ for business. But those tools are available to everyone, and using them may bring a big boon. Social networking can turn virtual possibilities into very beneficial realities.
Curbing Internet Defamation
Countless Internet speakers are not effortlessly identifiable, and hence, novel litigation, technical and administrative-law tactics are advantageous for successfully curbing Internet defamation.
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Understanding The Importance of Derivative Works
This article attempts to provide a practical understanding of derivative works and their importance in structuring business ' including e-commerce ' transactions involving the right to create derivative works. It also discusses several strategic considerations relating to derivative works. This area of law is of critical importance to rightsholders and business partners, and is of particular importance in the growth of up-and-coming e-commerce firms, which need flexibility with intellectual property and rights, and whose principles and counsel need a keen understanding of these issues to promote and sustain healthy expansion.
Avoiding e-Conomic Insanity When Business Rebounds
For e-commerce firms and businesses generally, the ability to maintain a turnaround will be affected by decisions made now, in the depth of the recession. Today, as they struggle to preserve cash flow and stay current on obligations to lenders, landlords and vendors, the helmspeople of too many firms have come to regret decisions they made with hope in their heart for a booming economy 'yet forgot and may still forget to plan prudently for the rebound. Ever more so than before, today's "big deal' may become the liability that leads to tomorrow's bankruptcy filing.
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Applying Res Judicata Principles to Zoning Applications
In two recent cases, the Second Department has dealt with a recurring problem in zoning law: What constraint does precedent place on the decision-making authority of a zoning board of appeals? More particularly, what obligations does a zoning board of appeals (ZBA) have when a landowner applies for a variance or special permit that is substantially similar to a variance or permit the ZBA has previously denied?
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