Like it or not, the manufacturing industry looks like it will be first in line to feel the potential transformative impact of 3D printing or additive manufacturing. At the same time, changes in intellectual property (IP) law unrelated to 3D printing will impact the disruption in manufacturing.
The litigation industry is awash with technology. According to consulting firm Gartner, law firms, corporations and service providers spent almost $2 billion in 2014 buying or licensing e-discovery software, almost none of which existed just 10 years ago. Why? The primary driver has been the explosion in the amount and variety of discoverable data in the world.
Obtaining social media user content under most circumstances is extremely difficult unless you use the correct strategy. It is pivotal that a practitioner understands how each site stores and communicates its data. Armed with information, the informed attorney may well reap huge rewards when engaging in digital discovery.
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A law review article by professors Aaron D. Twerski and James A. Henderson Jr. merits serious attention by the bench and litigation bar. Provocatively titled "Fixing Failure to Warn," the article once again reveals serious ills in the current system of warnings litigation.
The ABI Commission recently recommended decimating the concept of adequate protection for cash flow lenders and protecting their interest only to the extent of foreclosure value. According to the authors, this recommendation has no regard for the fact that cash flow loans are predicated on a sale of the business as a going concern or the practical difficulty in attempting to choose a value based on a hypothetical sale.
Companies are increasingly relying on innovative and edgy digital marketing campaigns to promote their products and services. Campaigns often include user-generated content, viral marketing, the brand's website, a mobile application, and other social media and social networking elements. Companies are also looking to harness data through loyalty programs and consumer tracking to better understand, serve and reach their customers.
One of the most frequent questions that we have at the moment is about the timetable for Europe's changes to data protection laws. Needless to say, there is no definite answer. However, the path forward may recently have become just a little clearer.
Although several important questions remain unanswered by the Supreme Court, present case law suggests that arbitration clauses may permit consolidation even if those clauses do not address the issue overtly, and that arbitrators, rather than courts, make those decisions.
Loretta Lynch, formerly United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, likely will be the newly confirmed Attorney General of the United States by the time you read this. As spectacle, a changing of the guard is always worthy of note. But for others who are embroiled in or worried about investigations, the change may matter a great deal.
