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Movie Filtering Company Is Told To Shut Down
A start-up that provides a technology that filters movies for profanity, violence and other objectionable content has vowed to take a copyright battle against Hollywood all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court after a federal judge granted an injunction blocking its service.
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Cybersecurity Comes Together In Legal and Finance
Data security in the financial and legal industries is a tale of two sectors. While the financial industry is heavily regulated and constantly watched by federal agencies, law has at times operated in an almost laissez-faire environment, more ruled by a culture of confidentiality and secrecy than hard regulatory rules.
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Insider Trading Liability for Liability Based on Tips from Family
When the Supreme Court last year agreed to hear the defendant's appeal in <i>United States v. Salman,</i> it raised expectations in some quarters that it might significantly change insider trading law by curtailing liability for trading on tips from family members. But when it issued its opinion in December, it disappointed those expectations by unanimously reaffirming liability for trading on family tips, even where the tipper receives no monetary gain.
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Data Breach Lawsuit Highlights the Need for Diligence when Purchasing Cyberinsurance
Well-known restaurant chain, P.F. Chang's China Bistro, recently sustained a significant hit to its cyberinsurance coverage. The federal court's opinion in the case serves as a lesson to policyholders regarding cyberinsurance in a rapidly evolving market. Due diligence is the name of the game when placing such insurance in order to understand the scope of coverage.
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Building Your Medical Liability Risk Management Program
One major medical malpractice suit can financially ruin an unprepared physician, hospital or medical practice. Since doctors, hospitals and other health care professionals risk lawsuits, they obviously need insurance to cover this contingency. Medical professionals, known for a thorough, methodical and scientific orientation, should have exacting protocols when shopping for medical malpractice insurance.<p><b><i>Part One of a Two-Part Article</b></i>
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Practical Approaches to the EU-US Privacy Shield
This article discusses the corporate impact of the EU-US Privacy Shield and practical approaches to managing global corporate data in the wake of <i>Schrems</i>.
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The Athlete in Family Matters
There are many family law issues, both mundane and unique, facing a client who is either a professional athlete or married to one. If such a case is offered to you, will you accept it? And if you do, what issues should you expect to encounter?<p><b><i>Part One of a Two-Part Article</b></i>
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Liability Exposure When Experts Flub
In civil litigation, when retained or testifying experts err materially, causing a case or settlement loss, do they get some kind of immunity so that access to experts is not "chilled" by allowing experts to be sued frequently? The answer to this question is not so easy.
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Managing Product Liability Litigation
Relationship building between in-house and outside attorneys is key to managing a product liability lawsuit. Trust is the core of the relationship.
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True Partnerships Reward Partner-Like Behavior
A true partnership requires a compensation structure that rewards partner-like behavior — collegiality, mentoring, expansion and transition of client relationships to fellow partners, and a consensus to pursue long-term strategies promoting institutional stability rather than maximizing short-term profit metrics.
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