A federal judge in San Jose has refused to certify a class of former Apple customers who claim the company illegally intercepted their text messages as a result of a glitch in its iMessage system.
August 31, 2015Ross Todd
With unfettered access to critical documents and information, law firms are an attractive target for hackers. Even when firms employ cutting-edge data security techniques, their possession of corporate data still multiplies the surface area of risk for that information. A recent survey of the Am Law 200, which tapped nearly one-third of firm CIOs for their experience, is showing the extent to which the highest grossing firms are spending to mitigate the risk associated with data security.
August 31, 2015Chris DiMarcoLawyers for Yelp Inc. scored a victory in August over plaintiffs who had demanded to be paid for reviews they posted to Yelp's website.
August 31, 2015Marisa KendallFacebook Inc. will have home court advantage in a trio of privacy class actions claiming the company violated an Illinois law governing the collection of biometric data with its 'tag suggestion' feature.
August 31, 2015Ross ToddA federal appeals court last month sided with actor Michael Keaton in a breach of contract suit brought against him by the producers behind his box office flop "Merry Gentleman.
August 30, 2015Mike SacksBecause family law attorneys share a deep understanding of many of their clients' legal matters, and many attorneys have experienced the same challenges faced by their clients, what role, if any, does this identification play in the practice of family law?
August 27, 2015ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Analysis of a ruling in which the judge ordered a $2.9 Million payment to a company to offset embezzlement.
August 02, 2015ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |The standard law firm model that has been in effect for the better part of the last 20 years is becoming less viable, and the way law firms are run is undergoing a subtle, yet significant change, driven largely by information.
August 02, 2015Hank Grezlak and Gina PassarellaA look at a case in which, following his earlier guilty plea to a single count of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), former PetroTiger CEO Joseph Sigelman was sentenced to a three-year term of probation.
August 02, 2015ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Recently, the ABI Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11 released its 2012-2014 Final Report and Recommendations in which the Commissioners implicitly rejected the contrary reading of "cause" tendered by the Third Circuit in In re Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC, and both cited and seemingly applied, to some degree, in In re Fisker Automotive Holdings, Inc.
August 02, 2015Christopher M. Cahill and George W. Kuney