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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Law Firm Takes e-Discovery Company to Court in $3M Fee Fight Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Law Firm Takes e-Discovery Company to Court in $3M Fee Fight

Zoe Tillman

A Washington litigation boutique is embroiled in a fight with an electronic-discovery company over who should pay $3 million in fees for e-discovery services that a federal judge found 'unreasonable.'

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> New German Privacy Law Targets U.S. Companies Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> New German Privacy Law Targets U.S. Companies

Marlisse Silver Sweeney

U.S. companies need to be aware of a new German data protection measure that came into effect in late February. The law, aimed directly at companies based outside Germany, allows German consumers and business associations to enforce the country's data protection laws.

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> FDIC Chimes In on Cybersecurity Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> FDIC Chimes In on Cybersecurity

Marlisse Silver Sweeney

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is the latest entity to release a framework for cybersecurity.

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Lyft Blasts Uber for 'Witch Hunt' Over Data Breach Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Lyft Blasts Uber for 'Witch Hunt' Over Data Breach

David Ruiz

Uber Technologies Inc.'s push to hold someone accountable for a 2014 data breach has focused heavily on an unnamed Lyft Inc. employee. Now Lyft is saying its market-leading rival has gone too far, launching a discovery effort that amounts to a "witch hunt.

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Drug & Device News

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Discussion of an approved chemotherapy overdose medication.

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SXSW Music Conference 2016 CLE Program. Austin, TX, March 18-19.

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Despite Reforms, Patent Cases Filed by NPEs Rose in 2015 Image

Despite Reforms, Patent Cases Filed by NPEs Rose in 2015

Lisa Shuchman

Despite changes in patent law expected to curb the filing of lawsuits by non-practicing entities, NPE litigation increased significantly in 2015.

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Texas Can Deny Film Grant over Movie's Content

John Council

In a ruling certain to disappoint those who want to film B-grade action movies in Texas on the cheap, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decided that the producers of <i>Machete Kills</i> don't have a First Amendment right to an incentive grant from the Texas Film Commission.

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Development

Discussion of a case in which an association was not entitled to summary judgment

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Why Should Outside Counsel Care?

Allan Colman

In a recent survey, 36% of the outside attorneys indicated that they lost clients based on faulty or nonexistent communications on their part ' yes 36%! So why are they not getting the message?

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