Over the past decade, the volume of data in litigation and investigations has exponentially increased. As data has become more and more vulnerable to subpoenas and regulators, people have become singularly concerned with making relevance decisions for production. In the process, we have forgotten about focusing on the facts themselves and uncovering the stories within data.
- February 28, 2014Laura Jungels
Despite the active hostility of the Chinese, Indian and Russian governments, the spread of bitcoins throughout the world was untrammeled until last month. In a series of dramatic arrests and prosecutions, the U.S. government began an active campaign against the use of bitcoins for questionable purposes.
February 28, 2014James ChingSupreme Court Overturns Burden-Shift in Non-Infringement Judgment
Federal Circuit Clarifies Rules for Patent Term Extension
Federal Circuit Confirms That All Members of a Priority Chain Must Recite Full LineageFebruary 28, 2014Howard J. Shire and Wyatt DelfinoPresident Barack Obama's administration on Feb. 12 released its much-anticipated voluntary cybersecurity framework, giving U.S. companies a common handbook on how they can try to fend off hackers.
February 28, 2014Andrew Ramonas and Steven SalkinFor nearly a decade ICANN has been working on a plan to expand the Internet. That process is underway right now, and the expansion will be taking place in just a few months as a slew of top level domains like .nyc, .apple, .citi, .green, .apple, .app, .llc, .club and hundreds more will be going live in the next few months.
February 28, 2014David K. MitnickGoogle the phrase "content marketing" and the CPU on your notebook or tablet will almost explode with search results. Content marketing is hot, especially if you're trying to market legal services.
February 28, 2014Jasmine C. Trillos-Decarie & Peter OzolinAs of Jan. 1, 2015, the ACA begins to impose certain health coverage requirements on employers who have at least 50 employees. Even though its implications are almost a year away, it is not too soon for employers to prepare for the Employer Mandate. Employers would be wise to figure out if the mandate applies to them, understand the potential penalties that can be imposed on them and, taking into account all of the various considerations, decide if they want to pay or play.
February 28, 2014Gregg Fisch and Michael CampbellBig data is ubiquitous these days, but still largely untapped in legal circles. Litigators can take a page out of a sports team's playbook and use the patterns and trends found in data to make more informed decisions about case staffing, spend management, case strategy and probable outcomes.
February 28, 2014Jim MichalowiczAereomay turn out to be one of the most important copyright decisions since enactment of the Copyright Act of 1976, with potential wide-ranging ramifications for the television industry and the fast-growing cloud computing industry.
February 28, 2014J. Alexander Lawrence, David S. BrownIn recent years, federal legislation has encouraged attorneys to become whistleblowers. These rules are in tension with the lawyer's duties of confidentiality and avoiding conflicts predicated on attorney self-interest because they allow disclosure of client confidential information more broadly than do applicable ethics rules.
February 28, 2014Lawrence S. Spiegel and Esther E. Bloustein

