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Sales Speak: Closing Business: Four Stages of a Business Relationship
October 02, 2014
A number of scholars have studied relationship development and the science/psychology around building relationships. This article looks at a perspective on four stages of relationship-building, and provides some insight into each.
Upgrading to iOS 8?
October 02, 2014
If you're still undecided about whether or not to upgrade your iPhone or iPad to Apple's latest mobile operating system, here are five good reasons why you should immediately download and install iOS 8 ' and five good reasons why you may wish to hold off.
A Checklist Guide To California's Revised Film Tax Credit
October 02, 2014
This article discusses California's revised film tax-credit legislation, AB 1839, passed in September 2014. California is attempting to play catch-up with other states that offer tax subsidies for local production ' and while California's provisions are not as generous as other state tax credits, the new legislation provides substantial benefits for film and television production in California.
Online Consumer Privacy
October 02, 2014
Online service providers often collect user data for marketing, which frequently includes sharing the information with third parties. Consumers and web users who find this transmission of data an invasion of privacy can, with the help of the plaintiffs' bar, sue under various privacy statutes for alleged damages arising out of this practice.
Using Social Media Content to Defend Employment-Related Lawsuits
October 02, 2014
Because social media is a major vehicle for interacting with the world and exchanging information, it is no surprise that such a ubiquitous aspect of American culture would contain information relevant to litigation. It is therefore important that attorneys be able to recognize when and how social media content may provide valuable evidence in a case.
Time to Upgrade 28-Year-Old Electronic Privacy Law?
October 02, 2014
Apple Inc., Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are putting new pressure on Congress to update a 28-year-old law that governs how the federal government can obtain U.S. citizens' electronic data.
Identity Theft and Taxes
October 02, 2014
In 2013, 13.1 million people were victims of some sort of identity theft. Often, you may think of identity theft as being confined to credit card or ATM fraud, yet there is an epidemic of fraudulent electronically filed tax returns. Identity-related tax fraud is the third-largest theft of federal funds after Medicare/Medicaid and unemployment insurance fraud.
Rap Music Plays Role in First Amendment Case
October 02, 2014
The musical tastes of several U.S. Supreme Court justices run toward opera. But as the start of its fall term approached, the court was getting an intense education in another genre: the rhythmic, slangy ' sometimes violent ' poetry of rap music.
Criminal Subpoenas for Online Data
October 02, 2014
Never before has so much personal data been available anywhere but also completely outside the immediate control of the person who created it. Companies like Google and Facebook are the entities responding to government search warrants and subpoenas for individuals' personal information. Federal courts continue to struggle ' and sharply disagree ' over the scope of Fourth Amendment protections for this data.
<i><b>Online Extra:</i></b>Facebook Fights to Snuff Out Privacy Suit
September 30, 2014
U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton was set last month to be the latest jurist in the Northern District of California to grapple with how decades-old federal wiretapping laws apply to today's technology.

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  • Private Equity Valuation: A Significant Decision
    Insiders (and others) in the private equity business are accustomed to seeing a good deal of discussion ' academic and trade ' on the question of the appropriate methods of valuing private equity positions and securities which are otherwise illiquid. An interesting recent decision in the Southern District has been brought to our attention. The case is <i>In Re Allied Capital Corp.</i>, CCH Fed. SEC L. Rep. 92411 (US DC, S.D.N.Y., Apr. 25, 2003). Judge Lynch's decision is well written, the Judge reviewing a motion to dismiss by a business development company, Allied Capital, against a strike suit claiming that Allied's method of valuing its portfolio failed adequately to account for i) conditions at the companies themselves and ii) market conditions. The complaint appears to be, as is often the case, slap dash, content to point out that Allied revalued some of its positions, marking them down for a variety of reasons, and the stock price went down - all this, in the view of plaintiff's counsel, amounting to violations of Rule 10b-5.
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