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Goulston & Storrs Embraces Template Management
The firm is always looking to improve service delivery, and in 2014, we were struggling with a template management solution that was falling far short of what the firm wanted. Our mission was straightforward: find a template application that the firm could manage and freely use on its own without external help and that meets the latest technology and software versions.
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Business Crimes Hotline
CONNECTICUTAttorney Sentenced in Mortgage Fraud SchemeA West Hartford, CT, lawyer who took part in a $3.5 million mortgage fraud scheme has been sentenced…
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Actress Has No Copyright in Controversial <i>Muslims</i> Film
The work of an individual performer in a film isn't protected by copyright law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided when it ruled in an 11-judge <i>en banc</i> decision that actress Cindy Lee Garcia couldn't use copyright law to force Google to remove a five-second clip of the film <i>Innocence of Muslims</i> from YouTube and other Internet platforms.
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Case Notes
Discussion of a case in which a Massachusetts federal court held that the defendants were not subject to general personal jurisdiction.
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Examining Rulings On Pandora and Performance Rights
Little more than a week after music-streaming service Pandora Inc. won a key ruling in its royalty rate dispute with ASCAP, Pandora was dealt a setback in a parallel fight with ASCAP's rival performing rights organization, BMI.
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Med Mal News
A Georgia hospital is appealing a lost medical malpractice case by arguing that the jurors should not have been permitted to feel the plaintiff's hands to see if one of them was cold ' an indication that he was suffering from the pain syndrome he complained of.
Cooperatives & Condominiums
Two cases involving shareholder religious discrimination claims and a condominium board's first-refusal right.
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Guide To Escheating Outstanding Trust Fund Checks
Escheatment laws are voluminous and could appear to be unrealistic to keep up with; however, knowing that they are there can spare you from an unwelcomed unclaimed property audit.
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Enforceability of Co-Tenancy Remedies
A recent California Court of Appeal decision provides useful guidance about the likely enforceability of remedies that are often negotiated into co-tenancy and other lease provisions.
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Landlord & Tenant
Discussion and analysis of several pivotal cases.
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