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Integrating Trans-Atlantic Internet Medical Law Image

Integrating Trans-Atlantic Internet Medical Law

Jonathan Bick

Technological developments such as videoconferencing, the Internet, store-and-forward imaging, streaming media and terrestrial and wireless communications have caused rapid changes in how electronic transmission of patient information ' <i>i.e.</i>, telemedicine ' is conducted. So, too, have legal developments in America and Europe.

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Transmission Claims Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Richard Raysman

Given the allure of robust remedies in federal court, companies routinely plead CFAA unauthorized access claims ' in addition to state law causes of action for misappropriation and breach of contract ' against former employees who seek a competitive edge through the use of information misappropriated from their former employer's computer network.

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News Briefs

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Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.

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CA Ruling Backs e-Tailers

Scott Graham

The California Supreme Court ruled 4-3 on Feb. 4 that the Legislature never intended to apply the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 to e-commerce, meaning that retailers can take addresses and telephone numbers when conducting remote credit card transactions.

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Court Watch

Cynthia M. Klaus & Susan E. Tegt

Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.

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Discovery in Arbitration Proceedings

Charles F. Forer

This article marks the debut of an occasional column that will provide franchise attorneys with practical advice about conducting arbitrations.

3-D Printing: Strategies to Anticipate the Next Disruptive Technology Image

3-D Printing: Strategies to Anticipate the Next Disruptive Technology

Thomas C. Mahlum & Andrew J. Pieper

One could be forgiven for believing that 3-D printing ' essentially the ability to design and "print" three-dimensional objects ' remains either in the scope of far-fetched science fiction, or out of reach for the masses on account of being hopelessly expensive and complicated. Both of those assumptions, however, are wrong.

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Franchised Employees Might Be Employees of Franchisor

Megan L. Anderson & Maisa Jean Frank

In a troubling development for franchisors, a Missouri federal district court has conditionally certified a class of plaintiffs in a collective action brought against Hotshots Sports Bar &amp; Grill under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and Missouri's wage and hour laws. The ruling in <i>White v. 14051 Manchester, Inc.</i> is concerning because it holds, at least preliminarily, that employees of independently owned franchises may be considered employees of the franchisor under the FLSA, based on a common form of control exercised in most franchisor-franchisee relationships.

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Franchisee Bankruptcies and Receiverships: What You Don't Know Might Surprise You

Patrick M. Jones & Beata Krakus

Franchisors do not want to be associated with insolvent or bankrupt franchisees; it's not good for the brand. Therefore, franchisors carefully craft provisions in franchise agreements designed to allow termination in the event of a franchisee's bankruptcy or the appointment of a receiver as a result of a foreclosure action, typically initiated by the franchisee's lender

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IP News

Jeffrey S. Ginsberg & Joseph Mercadante

Highlights of the latest intellectual property cases from around the country.

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