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How Metadata Changed the Outcome of a Complex Employment Case Image

How Metadata Changed the Outcome of a Complex Employment Case

Victor Vital

By definition, metadata is data about data. For computer files, it includes metadata fields that are hidden to typical users. This information can be valuable for a court case, and it goes beyond standard electronic discovery data collection: it must be gathered and analyzed by a digital forensics specialist.

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Practical Pathways for the Next Generation of e-Discovery Professionals

Bowe Kurowski

The e-discovery industry has come a long way in a short period of time. Fifteen years ago, the career path of an aspiring legal technology professional was quite uncertain. However, over time, clearer career trajectories have begun to emerge based on the career choices of pioneer ' and now veteran ' e-discovery professionals. Analyzing the divergent hiring strategies of service providers and law firms helps reveal those career trajectories.

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<i>Online Extra:</i> Hulu Loses Bid to Short Circuit Privacy Case

Scott Graham

U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler ruled Hulu's alleged disclosure of users' viewing selections is enough to sustain claims under the Video Privacy Protection Act.

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Are States Taking the Lead to Enforce Digital Privacy Laws?

Bradley S. Shear

Recently, 37 states and the District of Columbia reached a $17 million dollar settlement with Google over its intentional circumvention of Internet users' privacy settings. The case stemmed from 'Google's bypassing of privacy settings in Apple's Safari browser to use cookies to track users and show them advertisements in 2011 and 2012. In total, Google has paid approximately $40 million dollars to federal and state regulators for intentionally harming the personal privacy rights of Internet users.

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IP News

Howard J. Shire & Wyatt Delfino

Federal Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Customer's Third-Party-Beneficiary Claim under First-to-File<br>Supreme Court Applies Atlantic Marine Standard to Forum Dispute in Patent Case<br>Claimed Inventions Falling within Prior Art Ranges Require Secondary Considerations to Show Nonobviousness

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Understanding Your Firm's Culture

Steve Armstrong & Tim Leishman

A systematic approach to successfully managing cultural change as a firm pursues its strategic goals.

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Brace for Rising Rents

Elizabeth Cooper & Tom Doughty

Jones Lang LaSalle's annual Law Firm Perspective reveals that the days of tenants having the upper hand in lease negotiations are on the way out.

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At the Intersection: A Practical Slant on LPM Implementation

Katie Crosby Lehmann

Some practical lessons for creating, launching and institutionalizing this practical case management approach across the firm.

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Partner Compensation

Steven A. Davis

Objective financial factors are easy to measure ' but they should not be the only considerations in determining partner compensation.

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Occurrence Analysis in First-Party Insurance

Catherine A.Mondell

Among those courts to have considered the issue of what policies respond in the context of a first-party property claim, the overwhelming majority have recognized that manifestation is the appropriate measure.

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