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EU Parliament Overhauls Consumer Data Protection
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
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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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
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
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
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
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.
Story Rights and 'Son of Sam Laws'
There are always high-profile criminal cases in the news.As these cases develop, we often learn that the accused has received offers from publishers, television networks and movie studios to tell his or her story for a large sum of money. Can these individuals keep the money, potentially profiting from the alleged crime? "Son of Sam" laws may lead one to believe the answer is "no." But, in fact, it depends.
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Google's Mass Copying of Copyrighted Works Judged 'Fair Use'
Google's mass-copying of copyrighted works to build a digital library of more than 20 million books is shielded by the fair use doctrine, Judge Denny Chin ruled on Nov. 14.
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