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Groundbreaking App Privacy Ruling <br>Songkick Injunction Bid Over Presales Rejected

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Google Defeats Oracle in $9 Billion Copyright Case Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Google Defeats Oracle in $9 Billion Copyright Case

Ross Todd

A San Francisco federal jury has sided with Google Inc. in its copyright clash with Silicon Valley rival Oracle Corp.

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<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</b></i> Obama Signs Trade Secrets Act Into Law

Lisa Shuchman

President Barack Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 into law on May 11, giving companies the ability for the first time to use federal law to sue those who misappropriate their confidential information.

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Facebook Sued Over Texts to Recycled Cell Numbers Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Facebook Sued Over Texts to Recycled Cell Numbers

Facebook Inc. was hit with a class action suit claiming the company sends spam text messages to people who get assigned cellphone numbers that used to belong to Facebook users.

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Marci Borgal Shunk

"Every two days, we create as much information as we did from the dawn of civilization up until 2003," said Google CEO Eric Schmidt at a 2010 tech conference. This was five years ago. Imagine what it is today.

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Will Dave & Buster's ACA Employer-Mandate Plan Design Land It In Hot Water with ERISA? Image

Will Dave & Buster's ACA Employer-Mandate Plan Design Land It In Hot Water with ERISA?

Jennifer S. Kiesewetter

Under the Affordable Care Act, employers with 50 or more full-time, or full-time equivalent, employees are required to offer qualified health care coverage. These employers are referred to as applicable large employers (ALEs). If these ALEs fail to comply with this "employer mandate," then the employer may be faced with significant penalties. As such, employee counts and categorizations in employer organizations are critical under the ACA, and whether the employer mandate is satisfied.

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Zoning Estoppel

Stewart E. Sterk

What remedies are available to a developer who expends substantial funds in reliance on an invalidly issued permit? The Court of Appeals addressed that issue in March in <I>Matter of Perlbinder Holdings, LLC v. Srinivasan/</I>

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FRCP Amendments: Implications for IP and Patent Troll Litigation

Mark A. Finkelstein & Meredith L. Williams

The amendments to the FRCP that took effect on Dec. 1, 2015, are already having an impact on IP litigation, especially patent troll lawsuits.

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'Watch Your Attitude, Petitioning Creditors!'

Joel H. Levitin & Richard A. Stieglitz Jr.

The Bankruptcy Code contains relatively clear and straightforward requirements and standards regarding the eligibility of creditors to file an involuntary bankruptcy petition against a debtor, as well as when an order for relief on such petition shall be ordered by the court. If such criteria are met, do the creditors' intentions, which are not specifically referenced in this context in the statutory framework, come into play at all?

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Supreme Court to Hear Case That Will Affect Insider Trading Liability of Tippees

Eric Rieder & Anne Redcross

A case heading to the Supreme Court could dramatically change insider trading law that bars trades by recipients of stock tips. The Court agreed to consider a case that raises the question of whether a trade based on an inside tip is permitted so long as the tipper was motivated by familial love rather than monetary gain.

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