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When is a sale a sale? This question is much more than semantics or a deep philosophical debate that college accounting majors have over a nice cold keg of Mountain Dew. Many an executive or business owner has gone to jail over this issue.
Utah Judge Rules Against Aereo's TV Antennas
Television's old guard finally opened a hole in Aereo Inc.'s armor last month, winning a ruling that left the Internet TV upstart and its lawyers fighting to limit the damage ahead of arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court in April.
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We Need to Cut a New Deal on Communications Privacy
It is (high) time to rewrite and modernize the law that regulates access to our private communications and to the detailed information those communications automatically create.
Uncovering the Facts in Litigation And Investigations
Over the past decade, the volume of data in litigation and investigations has exponentially increased. As data has become more and more vulnerable to subpoenas and regulators, people have become singularly concerned with making relevance decisions for production. In the process, we have forgotten about focusing on the facts themselves and uncovering the stories within data.
Hysteria Grips Bitcoin Market As Apple Removes Bitcoin Wallet App from Its Store
Despite the active hostility of the Chinese, Indian and Russian governments, the spread of bitcoins throughout the world was untrammeled until last month. In a series of dramatic arrests and prosecutions, the U.S. government began an active campaign against the use of bitcoins for questionable purposes.
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Supreme Court Overturns Burden-Shift in Non-Infringement Judgment <br>Federal Circuit Clarifies Rules for Patent Term Extension<br>Federal Circuit Confirms That All Members of a Priority Chain Must Recite Full Lineage
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White House Uploads U.S. Cybersecurity Framework
President Barack Obama's administration on Feb. 12 released its much-anticipated voluntary cybersecurity framework, giving U.S. companies a common handbook on how they can try to fend off hackers.
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Protecting Your Brand in a New gTLD World
For nearly a decade ICANN has been working on a plan to expand the Internet. That process is underway right now, and the expansion will be taking place in just a few months as a slew of top level domains like .nyc, .apple, .citi, .green, .apple, .app, .llc, .club and hundreds more will be going live in the next few months.
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Marketing Tech: Using Technology to Streamline Content Marketing
Google the phrase "content marketing" and the CPU on your notebook or tablet will almost explode with search results. Content marketing is hot, especially if you're trying to market legal services.
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Preparing for the Affordable Care Act Employer Mandate
As of Jan. 1, 2015, the ACA begins to impose certain health coverage requirements on employers who have at least 50 employees. Even though its implications are almost a year away, it is not too soon for employers to prepare for the Employer Mandate. Employers would be wise to figure out if the mandate applies to them, understand the potential penalties that can be imposed on them and, taking into account all of the various considerations, decide if they want to pay or play.
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