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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Suit Over Teacher's Anti-Gay Facebook Comments Can Proceed Image

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Suit Over Teacher's Anti-Gay Facebook Comments Can Proceed

Charles Toutant

A teacher in Union Township in Union County, NJ, who faced tenure charges over her anti-gay postings on Facebook can proceed with her civil rights suit against the school district, a federal judge in Newark has ruled.

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i>FCC Approves Net Neutrality Proposal

Ed Silverstein

By a 3-to-2 vote, the Federal Communications Commission on Feb. 26 approved a significant change in rules to promote 'net neutrality.'

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i>$2.5M Verdict Awarded in First Phila. Risperdal Trial Image

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i>$2.5M Verdict Awarded in First Phila. Risperdal Trial

P.J. D'Annunzio

A Philadelphia jury on Feb. 24 awarded $2.5 million to the plaintiff in the first of roughly 1,250 Risperdal mass-tort cases in the city's courts.

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> FTC Stakes Claim As Data Security Cop Image

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> FTC Stakes Claim As Data Security Cop

Jenna Greene

On the heels of an appellate win, the Federal Trade Commission on Jan. 23 reiterated its power to hold companies liable for data security breaches.

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Turning Cybersecurity Into a Serious 'Game of Threats' Image

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Turning Cybersecurity Into a Serious 'Game of Threats'

Rebekah Mintzer

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.

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Laying a Foundation for Integrated e-Discovery Systems

Josh Alpern, James FitzGerald & Jim Mittenthal

Typically, the production of data in litigation involves a series of disconnected actions involving several corporate or cloud-based systems. These disassociated e-discovery activities ' identify, preserve, collect, and track (IPCT) ' are then feed into a downstream set of processing, review, and production (PRP) steps often hosted outside the corporate firewall. Fortunately, technology advances are helping counsel and client alike to integrate systems and streamline processes both inside and across the firewall.

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Court Watch

Rupert Barkoff

Rare Franchisee Judicial Victory Sets Dangerous Precedent for Franchisors

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Ethics and Obligations Regarding Global Big Data

Tara Lawler & Laura Kibbe

It is a basic tenet of professional responsibility that lawyers obtain sufficient proficiency to ensure competent representation of their clients. The challenge in today's world of Big Data and corporate globalization and outsourcing of IT infrastructure is that the level of technological proficiency required is not always clear. Understanding your obligations and establishing defensible processes will be necessary to fully demonstrate competence in discovery should an issue arise.

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Information Security

Leonard Deutchman

For the past few years, considerable public discussion about the need for law firms to address information security, or InfoSec, issues with their clients. InfoSec can hardly qualify as the next big thing. However, the Sony story has brought the issue front and center and, as we get further into 2015, we can be sure that the issue will only grow.

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Are Franchisors 'Employers'? Image

Are Franchisors 'Employers'?

Glenn Plattner & Kristy A. Murphy

Part One of this article analyzed what recent court and NLRB decisions are saying about the franchisor/franchisee employment question. The discussion continues herein.

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