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The Evolution of Litigation Management Technology

Matthew Gillis

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?

Josh King

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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Annual Entertainment Law in Review<br>Copyright Year in Review

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The Myths of Legal Hold Notification

Mikki Tomlinson

Organizations face serious repercussions in the form of both costly sanctions and adverse inferences for inadequate or failed legal hold procedures. The most basic preservation task however, issuing legal hold notifications, seemingly remains a mystery to a surprising portion of corporate defendants. Too often, organizations, and their counsel, do not view the legal hold notification (LHN) process as a manageable business process.

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The Media

Linda S. Crawford

There is a perception, in large part driven by media bias, that in America today, unlike in times past, "everyone sues." This could not be farther from the truth.

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Practice Tip: Cell Phone Usage and Brain Tumors

James H. Rotondo & Kaitlin A. Canty

Recent headlines have reignited interest in litigation involving the link between cell phones and the development of brain tumors. Is a change in the application of present law supportable?

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<i>Online Extra</i> Koh Drops Ax on Privacy Claims Against Apple

Julia Love

A federal judge has disposed of one of the most mature privacy class actions filed against a Silicon Valley company, concluding that plaintiffs' claims against Apple Inc. were doomed by their ignorance of its policies.

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New FDA Guidelines on Gluten-Free Products

Chris Gunnels & Aliyya Haque

On Aug. 5, 2013, the FD) issued a final rule defining the labeling requirements for a product claiming to be "gluten-free."

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<i>Online Extra</i>Google Will Pay AGs $17 Million to Settle Privacy Claims

Cheryl Miller

California will receive $1 million as its share of a $17 million multi-state payment from Google Inc. to settle complaints that the Mountain View search engine improperly tracked users of Apple Safari web browsers over two years.

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Real Property Law

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

In-depth analysis of two major rulings.

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