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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Justices Wary of Broad Authority for Cellphone Searches

Tony Mauro

The U.S. Supreme Court on April 29 appeared reluctant to give police sweeping authority to search the full contents of smartphones without first obtaining a search warrant from a judge.

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i>Justices Wary of Broad Authority for Cellphone Searches

Tony Mauro

The U.S. Supreme Court on April 29 appeared reluctant to give police sweeping authority to search the full contents of smartphones without first obtaining a search warrant from a judge.

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Michigan Ban on Affirmative Action Upheld by Supreme Court

Tony Mauro

The U.S. Supreme Court on April 22 voted, 6-2, to uphold Michigan's ban on state affirmative action programs, finding that the court has no authority to set aside the measure approved by voters.

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<i>Online Extra</i> SEOs, Meet Your New BFF, the PR Professional

Nicholas Gaffney

It's not so long ago that the 'Basic Tips' to boost a website's rank in search engine results were about tracking page rank, using keywords, and creating internal links, with content ranking low on the totem pole. Well, guess what? That's changed and, as Google ' the most popular search engine ' becomes the arbiter of quality in determining what your eyeballs see, it will continue to evolve. '

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Development

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Hardship Waiver for Pine Barrens Development Upheld

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Verdicts

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Chiropractic Care Is Not Necessarily 'Medical' Care

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UPDATE -- Blurred Lines

Marc S. Voses & Steven P. Nassi

In the March 2014 issue, in their article titled 'Blurred Lines,' the authors discussed a number of decisions from various jurisdictions concerning the applicability of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine in the context of an insurer's claims investigation. Among those decisions was <i>National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. TransCanada Energy USA, Inc.</i>

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Author's Rights Grant to Publisher Included e-Books

Stan Soocher

Today's book publishing agreements typically include a grant of e-book rights from an author to a publisher. But contracts from the pre-e-book era have been contested as to whether the older agreements give the author or the publisher the e-book rights in the author's works. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has decided that the phrase "now known or hereafter invented" granted the e-book rights to the publisher.

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Decision of Interest

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Wife May Have Equitable Interest in Husband's Separately Owned Home,

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Is This a Franchise, or Not?

Rupert Barkoff & Lindsay A. Victor

One of the challenges commonly facing franchise lawyers is that there are several definitions of the term "franchise." Regardless of whether the parties intend to establish a franchise relationship, if the relationship legally is deemed a "franchise," certain federal and state laws may apply. However, the definition of "franchise" often varies from statute to statute, and it may be difficult to determine whether a particular statute applies.

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