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SEC Proposes Much-Anticipated Crowdfunding Rules
On Oct. 23, the SEC finally proposed rules to implement the crowdfunding provisions of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012.
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Protecting Digital Database Content
The Fourth Circuit's ruling in <i>Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. v. American Home Realty Network, Inc.</i> is an important court decision relating to e-commerce and protecting digital database content. The ruling relates to a multiple-listing copyrighted database of real estate listings.
The Roles of Stakeholders for Big Data and Privacy
Chief privacy officer, chief compliance officer, chief information security officer, chief legal officer (or general counsel) ' as organizations adjust and adapt to keep pace with changing technology, laws, regulations and cyber threats, these roles are developing and changing within organizations. But what duties and responsibilities fall within the job description of each of these stakeholders' positions, and how do these positions relate to each other?
Selling Municipal Securities via the Internet
Traditionally, municipalities depend upon property taxes to constitute the largest source of local governments' own revenue. Charges, sales and gross-receipt taxes, individual income taxes and other revenues make up the remaining local general revenues.Normally, municipal bonds can be purchased through an investment broker. However, municipalities may lawfully sell municipal bonds directly to the public via the Internet and potentially save money.
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Firms Recalculating Compensation Models
When it comes to attorney pay, origination has held a steady place at the top of many firms' list of compensation criteria. But could rainmaking be drying up in importance?
Can Using Facebook Be a Firing Offense?
You have likely read stories of employees being fired for poorly thought-out Facebook posts or controversial Tweets. Depending on your point of view, you may be sympathetic to the employer's desire to avoid being associated with offensive or controversial statements made by an opinionated worker ' or you may be appalled that an employer would concern itself with an employee's use of social media.
Emergence of State Initiatives Could Change Franchising
In the last two years, many state legislatures have considered new franchise laws. Few of these bills have been passed or enacted, but some of the bills represent the potential for significant changes in treatment of franchising as a unique business model and of the franchisor-franchisee relationship. At the very least, franchisors need to be more aware of state legislators' interest in franchising than in the past.
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<i>Case Study</i> Solomon Ward Cuts through the Noise with AccessData Technology
AccessData's interoperable e-discovery, mobile device discovery and forensic analysis applications collect from nearly any data source and cull case data for highly targeted review. This platform addresses all phases of the e-discovery life cycle and with these tools in place, we offer effective and expedient e-discovery services to our clients while passing the resultant cost savings on to them.
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The Evolution of Litigation Management Technology
For decades, litigation was typically associated with large paper files piled on conference tables and oversized boxes being wheeled into courtrooms. The closest thing to technology that many people ever connected to litigation was a Dictaphone used to narrate notes for transcription.
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Are You Blawging, or Flawging?
Lots of attorneys are being told that they need to start blogging (or "blawging", as many attorneys refer to it). From a marketing perspective, this advice makes a lot of sense. There's an old advertising adage, credited to David Ogilvy from the pre-"Mad Man" days of advertising, that when it comes to big-ticket purchases, "long copy sells."
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