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<b><i>Legal Tech</b></i><br> Taking e-Discovery to the Cloud Is the Smart Security Solution Image

<b><i>Legal Tech</b></i><br> Taking e-Discovery to the Cloud Is the Smart Security Solution

Perry Marchant & Bill Lederer

The cloud might seem like “someone else's servers,” but major vendors are sensitive to the business need for security, availability and confidentiality. With sensitive, high-value data like that, cloud providers are keenly aware they need to get security right.

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Manufacturers vs. Exclusive Distributors: Who Owns the Trademarks?

Kyle-Beth Hilfer

The Third Circuit has adopted McCarthy's "ownership" test in determining whether a manufacturer or distributor owns a trademark in the absence of an express agreement between the parties.

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The Business Intelligence to Competitive Intelligence Continuum

Mark T. Greene

Where law firm leaders' "gut judgement" was once sufficient, running the business well now requires solid intelligence (yes, Big Law is a business). Decisions must balance the demands of clients with those of the partnership. Law firms are awash in data, but harnessing it to support sound decision-making is a major challenge.

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Will the <b><I>Tronox</I></b> Decision Help the New GM?

Corinne Ball

General Motors LLC — the New GM — is subject to a multitude of lawsuits stemming from its alleged wrongdoings and the alleged wrongdoings of its predecessor, General Motors Corp. — the Old GM. This article presents an in-depth analysis of the litigation.

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NY Divorce and UK Pension Rights

Gerry Wendrovsky & David Salter

What happens when a New York matrimonial litigant's pension benefits are foreign, administered by a plan administrator outside the jurisdiction of a New York court? As the authors state, the importance of specialized and expert legal and tax advice cannot be underestimated.

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Landlord & Tenant

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Discuss of a case in which assignee wrongdoing might justify piercing the corporate veil.

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Litigation Risk Mitigation Through the Use of Third-Party Litigation Funding

Jonathan Friedland, Elizabeth Vandesteeg & Jeffrey Goldberg

Third-party litigation funding is a relatively new, but rapidly expanding litigation financing vehicle. General counsel and commercial litigators would be well served to understand the changing landscape regarding the scope and potential uses of such funding.

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Home Insurance May Cover Jealous Husband's Attack on Third Party

Janice G. Inman

A man returns home unexpectedly, finds his wife with another man, and shoots him. It's an unfortunate chain of events, but certainly not unheard of. What <I>is</I> unusual is how the case of a love triangle like this one could lead to an Eleventh Circuit decision about homeowners' insurance.

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Verdicts

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The Ninth Circuit has reinstated a medical malpractice claim involving a federal government-employed doctor because although the plaintiff did not exhaust the federal claims process before originally filing suit in state court, he dismissed his original claim, sought and was denied relief through the federal claims process, then attached the claim to the ongoing state court case.

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IP News

Howard Shire & Michael Block

Federal Circuit Vacated The Denial of an Injunction Because a Causal Nexus for Multi-Feature Products Only Requires a Feature to be 'A Driver' of Demand<br>District Court Abused Discretion In Denying Attorneys' Fees, Where Plaintiff Continued to Litigate After Markman Order Made Its Position Untenable

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