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Drug & Device News

A look at a case in which Tylenol defendants' experts failed the <I>Daubert</I> test .

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Is Your Printer A Gateway For Hackers? Five Tips for a Secure Printer Image

Is Your Printer A Gateway For Hackers? Five Tips for a Secure Printer

Mark Gerlach

Printers can contain sensitive information, or can be an entry point for hackers. It's imperative that law firms shield printers against hackers.

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<b><i>Legal Tech: Case Study</b></i> Getting Creative with the Relativity Platform: How to Save a Multibillion-Dollar Deal

Sharri Wilner

Many know the Relativity platform as a tool that assists with litigation, specifically moving data across the EDRM, from legal hold, collection, and processing all the way through document review and production. However, its capabilities extend far beyond that.

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Third Circuit Sets Standard for Facebook Chat Evidence

P.J. D'Annunzio

Rejecting the appeal of a convicted child molester who used Facebook to exchange explicit photos of minors, a federal appeals court clarified how online chats can be authenticated as criminal evidence.

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Overseas Product Liability Claims

George W. Soule

U.S. manufacturers are seeing more product liability claims abroad. Manufacturers may have little experience in litigating such claims, and will look to their U.S.-based liability counsel for assistance. There are several ways in which counsel may help manufacturers manage overseas litigation. Here are some of them.

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<b>Decision of Note</b> Film Payments Don't Toll Lawsuit Limitations Period Image

<b>Decision of Note</b> Film Payments Don't Toll Lawsuit Limitations Period

Stan Soocher

In its first ruling on the issue, the Court of Appeal of Florida decided that film distribution payments didn't fall under the state's "continuing tort" doctrine for purposes of extending the statute of limitations in a lawsuit alleging tortious interference with business relationship.

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Supreme Court Review: FLSA, Title VII, First Amendment, Religious Freedom

John P. Furfaro & Risa M. Salins

This review of U.S. Supreme Court decisions from the 2015-16 term in the area of labor and employment law looks at rulings pertaining to whether automobile service advisers are exempt from overtime pay under the FLSA; whether a ruling on the merits is a necessary predicate to finding a defendant is a prevailing party eligible for an attorney fees award under Title VII; and much

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Case Notes

Analysis of a case in which Tylenol defendants' experts failed the <I>Daubert</I> test

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Privacy and Security of Personal Information Collected by Employee Benefit Plans

Marc Bussone

High profile cyberattacks and data breaches have become routine occurrences. Cyber threats are so pervasive that many privacy and security experts advise that responsible parties ' like fiduciaries of employee benefit plans ' should prepare for <i>when</i> a data breach occurs, not <i>if</i>. Data collected by employee benefit plans includes sensitive information that makes them a particularly attractive target for cybercrime.

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Sullivan & Worcester's Advancement Think Tank

Ojen Sirin & Leah Schloss

This article explores a firm's content development initiative experiment from the marketing and professional development perspectives. A group of about eight senior associates, known as SWATT (Sullivan &amp; Worcester's Advancement Think Tank), were charged with developing the content. Here is their story.

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