<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Millennials Distrust Data Protection Methods Employed By Common Online Services: Study
As digital natives, millennials have a major stake in how information is stored and protected by the organizations they share it with. But despite having contributed a vast amount of data to the global ecosystem (in some cases since before they could walk), it turns out that members of Gen Y feel that businesses and government organizations fail to meet their expectations when is comes cybersecurity.
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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Bitcoin Alliance Aims to Boost Reputation of Digital Currency
Known around the world as as 'crypto-currency,' Bitcoin officially has a justice group behind it that hopes to turn around the digital currency's conflicted reputation in the market ' and ultimately ward off criminals from making off with digital ransom.
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The Equitable Mootness Doctrine
Over time, equitable mootness, a court-created doctrine, had been consistently applied and embraced by appellate courts. The doctrine, as it has been applied, provides that appeals from orders confirming Chapter 11 plans will be considered moot ' and thus not subject to appellate review ' if: 1) a plan has been substantially consummated; and 2) granting appellate relief would unravel the plan or be inequitable to third parties relying on the order confirming the plan. Based on, and consistent with, decisions such as that of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in In re Chateaugay , 94 F.3d 772, 776 (2d Cir. 1996), and the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in In re Continental Airlines , 91 F.3d 553, 560 (3d Cir. 1996) ( en banc ), the equitable mootness doctrine has been read broadly to create a presumption that if a plan has been substantially consummated, appeals of the confirmation order are equitably moot.
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NV Fantasy Sports Ruling Comes Amidst NJ's Betting Bid
Nevada's recent crackdown on fantasy sports operations could have a beneficial effect on New Jersey's latest bid to legalize sports betting, according to lawyers involved in the gaming industry.
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NJ Supreme Court Decision Defines the Parameters of Acceptable Precedent in Bad-Faith Claims
A recent ruling out of New Jersey represented a small but significant step in designating the bounds of permissible precedent under the "fairly debatable" standard, offering a measure of clarity to an area of the law still largely undefined in many 'jurisdictions.
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Anticorruption Enforcement in Brazil
Brazil's push to fight corruption has been steadily gaining steam over the last year, as the wide-ranging Petrobras scandal has continued. Now the Petrobras scandal may become increasingly multinational as prosecutors have announced a U.S. 'connection that could make the DOJ and SEC active 'participants.
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