Everyone, especially corporate leaders, got a little paranoid last year when NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden pulled the alarm on U.S. surveillance. That paranoia turned into palpable risk after reports emerged of the NSA tapping the phones of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and executives at a Brazilian oil company.
- November 30, 2013Angela Hunt
Maryland Franchise Attorneys Discuss Possible Law Changes
Maine Franchisees Launch AssociationNovember 30, 2013ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |One of the most persistent problems encountered in e-discovery is that when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. As a result, in-house teams that have been subject to resource constraints and staff reductions must approach their litigation more thoughtfully and creatively than ever before. They need to establish an e-discovery "bucket list" that contains both new tools and basic processes to use when things go pear shaped.
November 30, 2013David Boyhan and Sanjay ManochaGoogle's mass-copying of copyrighted works to build a digital library of more than 20 million books is shielded by the fair use doctrine, Judge Denny Chin ruled on Nov. 14.
November 30, 2013Mark HamblettFor those who have had some exposure to Total Quality Management, the reference to Lean or Lean Six Sigma might be familiar. Total Quality Management (TQM), famed for advancing Japanese firms to remarkable achievement in product quality, was also pursued in the service industry.
November 30, 2013Nina CunninghamOn Oct. 23, the SEC finally proposed rules to implement the crowdfunding provisions of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012.
November 30, 2013Katayun I. Jaffari and Jill M. StadelmanThe Fourth Circuit's ruling in Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. v. American Home Realty Network, Inc. is an important court decision relating to e-commerce and protecting digital database content. The ruling relates to a multiple-listing copyrighted database of real estate listings.
November 30, 2013J.T. WestermeierCalifornia will receive $1 million as its share of a $17 million multi-state payment from Google Inc. to settle complaints that the Mountain View search engine improperly tracked users of Apple Safari web browsers over two years.
November 27, 2013Cheryl MillerEthics CLE credits before December 31st for those attorneys who need year-end credit.
November 26, 2013Allan ColmanContinuation of last month's discussion about how a high percentage of business aircraft operators do not comply with key provisions of Parts 91, 119 and 135 of the Federal Aviation Regulations ("FARs"),
November 25, 2013David G. Mayer and David T. Norton

