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Bitcoin: With Virtual Currency, Does Virtually Anything Go?

Laura Grossfield Birger

All about Bitcoin: The problems and the perks.

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<i>BREAKING NEWS:</i> Justices Sit Out Internet Retailers' Sales Tax Dispute

Tony Mauro

Intentionally or not, the U.S. Supreme Court chose Cyber Monday to announce it would not slow down the march of states seeking to impose sales taxes on Internet retail purchases.

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EU Parliament Overhauls Consumer Data Protection

Angela Hunt

Everyone, especially corporate leaders, got a little paranoid last year when NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden pulled the alarm on U.S. surveillance. That paranoia turned into palpable risk after reports emerged of the NSA tapping the phones of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and executives at a Brazilian oil company.

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Maryland Franchise Attorneys Discuss Possible Law Changes <br>Maine Franchisees Launch Association

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LinkedIn Post Likely Didn't Violate Non-Compete Clause

Sheri Qualters

A LinkedIn profile update alerting a user's contacts about her new job did not necessarily constitute a solicitation of business that ran afoul of her non-compete agreement, a Massachusetts trial judge has ruled.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Copyright Infringement Claim Is Time-Barred If Ownership Claim Is, Too<br>Malpractice Suit Against Music Lawyer Ruled Untimely<br>

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Your e-Discovery Bucket List

David Boyhan & Sanjay Manocha

One of the most persistent problems encountered in e-discovery is that when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. As a result, in-house teams that have been subject to resource constraints and staff reductions must approach their litigation more thoughtfully and creatively than ever before. They need to establish an e-discovery "bucket list" that contains both new tools and basic processes to use when things go pear shaped.

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Improving e-Discovery in Global Enterprises Through Remote Data Collection

Marco Ore

While the document review aspect of the discovery process generally receives the majority of attention because of the expense and time involved, the collection of potentially responsive electronically stored information (ESI) can also represent a major expense and logistical challenge.

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Mobile Apps As Essential Parts Of e-Commerce

Arya Mokhtari

There are many reasons why an app is a key ingredient in your marketing strategy, regardless of the size of your social media following. SEO is basically showing up everywhere people search for things, and the app stores also act as search engines that generate millions of searches per month. Of course having a huge social media following will likely equal more downloads initially, but an app should be a tool you utilize very similar to a website, just for mobile clients.

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Attorney-Client Privilege for In-House Counsel

Jason A. Copling

The concept of the attorney-client privilege seems pretty straightforward in, for example, a criminal case. However, as any in-house attorney knows, this concept becomes pretty murky when applied to attorneys working inside entities: Who is the client? Which attorneys are covered? Are those attorneys always covered? Which communications? With whom? On what subjects? The questions are endless and the situations are complex.

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