'Bump Messages' Ruled Not Republication
Bump messages" ' messages posted to Internet forums for the purpose of moving older message threads to a more prominent spot on the page ' do not constitute "republication" of an allegedly defamatory statement, a New York state judge has concluded.
Online Promotion of FDA-Regulated Products
One area that continues to surface is the use of chat rooms, blogs, and other venues by which users of the Web site, whether the company's or a third-party site supported by the FDA-regulated company, can exchange experiences about medical treatments, comment on the company or competitor's products, or otherwise share information. Some companies may provide such forums on their own Web sites to amass the information for market research or generate goodwill. Other companies may engage a third-party site to control the dissemination of information and even disclaim responsibility for the content by giving an unrestricted grant and allowing the third party to run and control the information posted on the Web site.
Web 2.0: Don't Miss The Big Picture
Web 2.0 is more than merely an upgrade of Web 1.0; rather, it is an evolutionary step toward a major change to the practice of law ' and the end of the bricks-and-mortar world of law firms as we know them today.
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Judge Orders Removal of Deposition Excerpt From YouTube
Jeffrey Weinstein's client was so outraged by the deposition testimony in her fraud suit against a Houston car dealership that Weinstein posted an excerpt from the deposition on YouTube and put a link to the video on his firm's Web site. But the video isn't on YouTube anymore. Although law professors say lawyers can, under most circumstances, do what they want with deposition testimony, the defendant in the litigation secured a court order on Dec. 3 that forced Weinstein to take down the video on the ground that it wasn't a public record.
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Changing Internet Pharmacy Legal Standards
Telemedicine, on the scene medically and legally for several decades, is an area ' in the form, strictly speaking, of providing some kind of health care or health-care products or services ' under the Big Top of the Internet fair that is subjected regularly to regulatory scrutiny, debate, enforcement actions, improvements and all the other aspects of e-commerce, although sometimes at a slower pace than within the sector's other channels.
Reputation and the Business Network
Whether the business network from which risks arise is a supply chain or a team of outside contract attorneys, intangibles and the reputations for innovation, integrity, and quality that they support are assets to be managed actively.
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<b>Cameo Clips</b> Controversial Ruling On Copyright Protection for Foreign Works
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a copyright infringement verdict against the great-grandson of artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir in a fight over the right to reproduce sculptures created by the French impressionist. The appeals court noted that stare decisis required it to follow its controversial 1996 precedent regarding Walt Disney's copyright for Bambi. Although that ruling "can be, and has been, criticized, it is still binding in this circuit. We are thus bound to follow it," the court said.
Protecting Interests If Another Company Files for Bankruptcy
As the Boy Scouts say: "Be Prepared." And in today's economic climate, that means prepare in advance ' when a contract is entered into ' to protect yourself in case the other entertainment-industry party declares bankruptcy. This requires a basic understanding of the extraordinary protections and rights that are afforded to debtors in a bankruptcy, particularly the right to void unperfected security interests and to terminate executory contracts. So forewarned is forearmed.
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