LJN Newsletters

  • Best Practices for Reducing Errors in e-Discovery

    e-Discovery is inherently messy and prone to mistakes. The data itself is not always what it appears, the volumes of data are often mind-boggling, and the locations in which the data is stored are not always easy to find. Add to this the fact that we have recently witnessed a lawsuit involving a major law firm and an e-discovery provider, all which revolved around e-discovery mistakes. While the lawsuit was ultimately settled, an environment of mistrust has surfaced. This mistrust, however, can easily be eliminated with a little planning and foresight.

    July 30, 2008Christopher Wilen and Peter McLaughlin

  • The Role of Tape

    Information stored on various kinds of electronic media is becoming central to virtually all corporate investigations, whether they are litigation-, regulatory- or audit-driven. The adoption of e-mail as the standard communication and document distribution mechanism, coupled with its exponential growth, has focused attention on electronically stored information.

    July 30, 2008Brett Tarr

  • Movers & Shakers

    Tech Lawyer Earns Licensing Certification
    Andrews Kurth Lawyer Named to Association Board
    Book Offers LawyersCareer-Building Advice

    July 30, 2008Michael Lear-Olimpi

  • e-Commerce Docket Sheet

    Unauthorized Source Code Copying Conversion Claim Not Cognizable in PA
    Satellite Radio Service Is Non-essential Luxury In Unconscionability Test
    Software License Arbitration Provision Survives Contract With No Other Evidence
    Parties Settle Charges Over Data Security

    July 30, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Online Pharmacy Ordered to Pay FTC $15.8 Million

    Saying they 'dispensed deception,' a federal judge in Atlanta has ordered the founders and operators of a now-defunct online pharmacy business to pay the FTC $15.8 million for fraudulent claims associated with the drugs they peddled.

    July 30, 2008R. Robin McDonald

  • Novel Internet Statute Strategies

    The Internet presents special regulatory challenges. Any effective statute, for instance, must be prepared by an entity with the authority to draft, implement and, to some extent enforce, the statute. Efficacy, of course, hinges on jurisdiction, but the Internet knows no geography and, so, users leap boundaries with a finger poke or thumb flick. These challenges require novel statutory strategies to meet the Internet's current and future status as a channel and communications domain that requires regulation at various levels of operation and use, including e-commerce.

    July 30, 2008Jonathan Bick

  • DIY-ing to e-Plan

    Professional services requiring insight and judgment ' and application of sophisticated expertise on a case-by-case basis ' seemed immune to the e-commerce onslaught. After all, no one wants to trust the future welfare of one's family and affairs to a device that makes the phrase 'computer problem' a redundancy. And why would people who need to spend thousands of dollars on estate planning even think about trusting an online service just to save a few dollars ' even if only to pass on post-mortem thoughts from the grave?

    July 30, 2008Stanley P. Jaskiewicz and G. Thomas Williams

  • Landlord & Tenant

    Commentary on the latest cases.

    July 30, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • White-Collar Crime: Another View

    In a November 2007 article, we noted the government's aggressive enforcement and broad interpretation of federal money-laundering statutes, expressing concern that prosecutorial use of the statutes had been unfairly and improperly expanded. Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, 'Federal Money-Laundering Statutes: Course Correction?' New York Law Journal (Nov. 6, 2007). In the same article, we expressed hope that the U.S. Supreme Court would take corrective action in cases then pending before it. …

    July 30, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Development

    A look at recent rulings of importance.

    July 30, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |