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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Turning Cybersecurity Into a Serious 'Game of Threats'
The last few years have seen some creative new methods of getting businesses engaged in protecting their networks and data. PricewaterhouseCoopers has created a cybersecurity computer game. PwC's 'Game of Threats' walks businesspeople, playing either as a team of nefarious hackers or as a company being attacked, through the important decisions they have to make during a breach, in hopes of giving them a deeper knowledge of cybersecurity and its challenges.
<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> FTC Report on 'Internet of Things' Triggers Strong Dissent
Recommending specific steps to enhance consumer privacy and data security, the Federal Trade Commission on Jan. 27 issued a report on the 'Internet of Things'' billions of devices that include everything from fitness monitoring bracelets to home security systems.
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Cooperatives & Condominiums
Did the use of premises by a decedent's daughter constitute unauthorized subletting or assignment? How the court ruled.
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Development
A case in which a challenge to a positive SEQRA determination was not ripe.
LinkedIn: Your To-Do List
"I'm a creature of routine," a successful law firm partner told the author. "If I only had a list of things to do on LinkedIn, I know I could get those tasks completed on a daily basis. I just don't know what to do." Here is a list of things to do.
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Drug & Device News
News about a company that paid a heavy penalty for selling an adulterated surgical device.
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Med Mal News
Information involving the California High Court, which is considering the legality of a cap on non-economic damages.
<i><b>Online Extra:</i></b>New Round in Producer's Fight Against WWE
According to a lawsuit filed in Connecticut's Bridgeport Superior Court, a well-known wrestler may have crossed the line with an alleged attack on a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) video producer during a pay-per-view event. Andrew Green, of Simsbury, CN, says he was assaulted by 7-foot-tall, 440-pound Paul Wight Jr., who performs under the name "Big Show" and has appeared in several nonwrestling movies.
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Eminent Domain Law
Analysis of two interesting rulings.
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