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Much ink has been spilled in recent years about information security, hacker exploits and hardware and software products used to thwart hackers. Not a single day goes by without news pertaining to the discovery of vulnerabilities in the software we use and cherish, and to hacker exploits affecting the companies we use in our daily lives.

In the past year, communicable disease outbreaks have dominated the headlines. In light of these public health threats, employers are struggling to ascertain their rights and obligations toward their workforce, including those who are infected, exposed, or at-risk.

Many retail and service employers try to simplify their payroll obligations by labeling certain employees as "commission" or "commission only." While federal law permits this practice in some circumstances, the rules are complicated and present many traps for the unwary.

Coming this summer, there will be a new way for law firms and lawyers to distinguish themselves on the Internet: a ".law" top-level website domain.

If you took a snapshot of all the laws and regulations governing franchising in the United States in 1979, and then took another snapshot of all the laws and regulations governing franchising today, you would find them very similar. While the rest of the world, including franchising, has been dynamic and constantly changing, franchise regulation has been, essentially, static.

Apple Inc. recently released iOS 8.3, an update to its iPhone/iPad operating system. Far from a minor "maintenance" release, iOS 8.3 includes an array of fixes and features that make iPhones and iPads more useful, reliable and secure.

This article addresses a few of the primary challenges for traditional leasing companies entering the municipal leasing market.

In one of the first federal opinions to address the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's November decision that retooled product liability law in the state, the judge decided to send the claims for negligence and strict product liability to trial.