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Highlights of the latest insurance cases from around the country.

Insuring Against Disaster: Coverage for Product Recalls Image

Insuring Against Disaster: Coverage for Product Recalls

Marialuisa Gallozzi & Seth A. Tucker

In recent months, it has seemed that barely a week has gone by without the announcement of a major product recall, whether it be of pet food (tainted with a wheat gluten additive), toothpaste (containing poisonous diethylene glycol, a solvent used in antifreeze that imparts a sweet taste), millions of children's toys (the subject of four major recalls, several of which involved lead paint), almost half a million light truck tires (lacking a safety feature that guards against tread separation), or 3.6 million Ford cars, trucks, and SUVs (containing a cruise control switch linked to vehicle fires). Recalls have become so common of late that satirical magazine <i>The Onion</i> 'reported' in late July that shares of Constitution Solutions, LLC ('COSO') 'fell sharply Tuesday after several Eastern bloc constitutions written by COSO were recalled due to loopholes that allowed Vladimir Putin to re-form the Soviet Union.' Stockwatch, <i>The Onion,</i> July 26-Aug. 1, 2007, at 2.

Features

How to Improve an Internet Search Result by Adding a Little Precision Image

How to Improve an Internet Search Result by Adding a Little Precision

Tracey R. Rich

The Internet is a powerful tool for research, containing information about law, business, government, science, medicine and many other things. There is a Web site for just about anything anyone would want to know. Unfortunately, with the proliferation of Web sites today, any search may return hundreds of results, many of which are not relevant, and many of which are not reliable. This article will discuss some advanced search techniques in Google that can improve the relevance of search results. It will also examine ways to determine the reliability of a Web site.

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Internet Not Always Interstate

Pamela A. MacLean

It may be called the World Wide Web, but the government cannot automatically equate Internet use with movement of photos of child pornography across state lines, the Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held.

Features

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Internet Gambling Law Challenged

Mary Pat Gallagher

A federal law that targets online gambling by making it illegal to make or receive payoffs violates the First Amendment, a federal suit charges. A not-for-profit association of Internet gamers and gaming companies is asking a federal judge in Trenton, NJ to block enforcement of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act ('UIGEA') and to issue a temporary restraining order.

Features

Google In-House Lawyers Find Unusual Perks, Groundbreaking Work Image

Google In-House Lawyers Find Unusual Perks, Groundbreaking Work

Michelle Madsen

Judging by its unofficial jeans and t-shirt uniform, colorful logo and offices packed with games and pets, you could be fooled into thinking that the world's biggest Internet company still sees itself as an extension of a college common room. But under the seemingly casual exterior lies a very serious company indeed. And Google's legal team is no exception to the rule.

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Webcaster Royalty Rates Rising

Cydney A. Tune & Mark M. Bekheit

Licensing requirements and royalty rates for online uses of music are undergoing sweeping changes ' spurring litigation, appeals and even legislation in Congress. As a result, Webcasters are scrambling to re-evaluate and redirect their business models, as they may soon be forced to pay for huge increases in royalties to recording artists.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Film-Script Submissions/Implied-in-Fact Contracts<br>Record-Label Trademarks/Laches<br>Uruguay Round Agreements Act/First Amendment

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Counsel Concerns

Stan Soocher

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted partial sanctions against plaintiffs' counsel in a copyright-infringement suit.

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