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<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</b></i> Supreme Court to Hear Historic Same-Sex Marriage Cases

Marcia Coyle

Opening the door to a potentially historic step in the nation's gay rights movement, the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 7 agreed to decide two constitutional challenges involving same-sex marriage.

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Protecting Weak Online Trademarks

Scott J. Slavick

Creating a brand name that is trademark-worthy and can be defended in the market requires a thoughtful strategy. The standards of the USPTO for trademark registration are nuanced, and the wrong choice of words can make it challenging to obtain a defensible registered mark.

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An Analysis of Proposed Federal Cybersecurity Legislation

Todd Taylor

Michael Chertoff, the former head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), recently remarked that "cyber threats represent one of the most seriously disruptive challenges to national security since the onset of the nuclear age 60 years ago."

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The JOBS Act and the Return of the Microcaps

Aegis J. Frumento

In Part One, the author explored the JOBS Act's two new ways to raise capital ' crowdfunding and the Small Issues Exemption. Here, he look at the JOBS Act provisions aimed at making it easier for small companies to go public.

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<b><i>ONLINE EXCLUSIVE:</i> Second Circuit Rules Part of DOMA Unconstitutional</b>

Mark Hamblett

The Second Circuit has ruled that the definition of marriage in the Defense of Marriage Act violates equal protection and is thus unconstitutional.

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<b><i>ONLINE EXCLUSIVE:</i> Second Circuit Rules Part of DOMA Unconstitutional</b>

Mark Hamblett

The Second Circuit has ruled that the definition of marriage in the Defense of Marriage Act violates equal protection and is thus unconstitutional.

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<i>FTC v. Google</i>: Lessons Learned

Francoise Gilbert

Twice in less than 12 months, the FTC has investigated Google Inc.'s personal data-handling practices to compare them with Google's representations made in its website privacy policy and other documents. And twice in less than 12 months, the FTC has determined that Google's practices constituted misrepresentation.

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Corporate Internal Investigations

Vince Farhat, Vito Costanzo & Stacey Wang

This is the last of a three-part series giving companies a step-by-step guide for planning and conducting sensitive internal investigations into potential wrongdoing.

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Hostile Use of 'Friend' Request Puts Lawyers in Ethics Trouble

Mary Pat Gallagher

Two New Jersey defense lawyers have been hit with ethics charges for having used Facebook in an unfriendly fashion.

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The Importance of Self-Regulation In Improving Digital Privacy

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) has made digital privacy and online children's safety the center of its 2012-13 agenda, as the new NAAG president, Maryland attorney general Douglas Gansler, made clear in a statement in June, in announcing the "Privacy in the Digital Age" initiative.

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