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Analyzing Child Custody Reports

Jeffrey P. Wittmann, David A. Martindale & Timothy M. Tippins

This is the fourth installment of a four-part series offering a model for attorneys to use when faced with the task of making sense out of a custody assessment.

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Gratuities and Honest Services Fraud

Gary Stein & Eli J. Mark

As noted in Part One of this article, in <I>Skilling v. United States</I>, the U.S. Supreme Court limited the scope of the honest services fraud statute 18 U.S.C. ' 1346) to "bribery and kickback" schemes, yet did not define what a "bribery" or "kickback" scheme must entail. So the question becomes this: Must a "bribe or kickback" involve a <I>quid pro quo</I>?

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Fans Who Create Facebook Pages for TV Shows Don't Own Those Pages Image

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Fans Who Create Facebook Pages for TV Shows Don't Own Those Pages

Julie Kay

In a ruling with potentially far-reaching repercussions in the world of social media, a South Florida federal judge has ruled that a woman who created a Facebook page for the television series 'The Game' has no proprietary interest in the page that attracted 6.2 million likes.

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> LinkedIn Reaches Deal in Privacy Litigation Image

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> LinkedIn Reaches Deal in Privacy Litigation

Lisa Hoffman

A security breach that opened more than 6 million passwords to online viewing and spawned a putative class action will cost LinkedIn Corp. $1.25 million to settle.

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> $123 Million 'Revenge Porn' Suit Filed Against Facebook Image

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> $123 Million 'Revenge Porn' Suit Filed Against Facebook

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

A Houston woman filed a $123 million 'revenge porn' lawsuit against Facebook Inc. and a former 'friend,' alleging that the ex-friend launched an objectionable 'imposter' Facebook site under her name and that Facebook took months to deactivate the site, despite her repeated requests.

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Grindr Fights Claims It Failed to Block Underage Member Image

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Grindr Fights Claims It Failed to Block Underage Member

Charles Toutant

Social networking app Grindr is battling a suit in New Jersey federal court brought by a man who alleges the site's lax age restrictions led him to have a liaison with an underage boy, for which he now faces criminal charges.

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Press Release In Video Game Litigation Not Libelous

Stan Soocher

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled that a plaintiffs' counsel in a video game litigation didn't libel a defendant in a statement the attorney posted on his law firm's website. Dreamstone Entertainment Ltd. v. Maysalward Inc., 2:14-cv-02063. Dreamstone entered into an agreement for Maysalward and its principal Nour Khrais to develop the mobile-device video game GHUL: 1001 Arabian Nights. But Dreamstone later sued, claiming Maysalward breached the contract and withheld financial&#133;

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Facing a Breach, UPS Delivers Smart Cybersecurity Moves Image

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Facing a Breach, UPS Delivers Smart Cybersecurity Moves

Sue Reisinger

United Parcel Service Inc. announced on Aug. 22 that it had suffered a data breach exposing customer information, but the unusual part of the news was that it caught and held the breach to just 1 percent of its stores nationwide, affecting about 105,000 customers.

<b><i>Online Extra</i></b>Ninth Circuit Spurns Web 'Browsewrap' Agreement Image

<b><i>Online Extra</i></b>Ninth Circuit Spurns Web 'Browsewrap' Agreement

Marisa Kendall

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has refused to enforce a so-called "browsewrap" arbitration agreement incorporated into the website of Barnes &amp; Noble Inc. against customers who claim the bookseller reneged on their purchases of discounted computer tablets. Barnes &amp; Noble did not take adequate steps to assure its customers were aware of an arbitration agreement tucked in the website's terms of use, a unanimous three-judge panel'ruled'on Aug. 18. The panel affirmed the'

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Quality Medical Malpractice Verdict Data?

Eric Frisch

In an era of incredible "big data," the medical malpractice practitioner should ask, "Why are there no accurate, reliable, and statistically valid measurements of malpractice verdicts by subject and jurisdiction?"

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