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e-Discovery 3.0: Preparing for a New Era of Forensic Collections
May 02, 2013
When a corporation involved in a high-profile lawsuit last year wanted to find an incriminating text message that a former employee intentionally deleted from his mobile phone, its legal team did not conduct a nationwide manhunt for the sender's device or subpoena his wireless carrier. In the modern era of high-tech litigation, the company's forensic specialists simply used the UFED Touch Ultimate data extraction, decoding and analysis tool from Israel-based Cellebrite Ltd.
The War on Cybercrime Heats Up
May 02, 2013
Cybercrime is neither rare nor isolated these days. You no longer need to be a major bank, retailer, credit card company, social media site or government to become a target. Every company with an online presence, or even a connection to the Internet, has become fair game.
TV Broadcasters Petition for <i>En Banc</i> Review of <i>Aereo</i> Ruling
April 30, 2013
Major New York broadcasters eager to shut down streaming television service Aereo have petitioned the Second Circuit Court of Appeals for an <i>en banc</i> review of a ruling that upheld a lower court decision denying an injunction against the broadcasting startup.
DMCA 'Safe Harbor' Consensus Among Circuits Evolves
April 30, 2013
The Ninth Circuit recently issued an important ruling in <i>UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Veoh Networks, Inc.</i>, relating to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 'safe harbor' protection.
Social Media Use as Evidence of Juror Misconduct
April 30, 2013
Jury service is an important element of civic participation, but necessarily involves hours of waiting and quiet observation of proceedings, evoking, for some, a hunger for expression or quick entertainment. Smartphones, with easy social networking capabilities, give jurors an avenue to let off steam. However, they also allow jurors to disobey the court's instructions and discuss elements of the case before the trial is complete.
NJ: Blogger's Sources Protected
April 30, 2013
A New Jersey state court judge has extended the protections of New Jersey's newspersons' Shield Law to independent bloggers, even those who crusade against perceived government corruption and mismanagement.
Will the FTC Follow the EU's Lead in Protecting Digital Privacy?
April 30, 2013
Are Google's March 2012 privacy policy changes legal? This is a question that the European data protection authorities have been working on since Google first announced its intention to change its privacy policies in January 2012.
Insurance Coverage for Cyber Attacks
April 29, 2013
Companies should carefully examine their insurance programs, evaluate what coverage already may be available, and see what may be done to enhance the available coverage. To the extent that there may be gaps in available coverage, companies should consider how those gaps can be filled, including through specialty "cyber" risk policies.
Practice Tip: How to Mediate a Product Liability Case
April 29, 2013
Mediation is a common feature of product liability practice. If done well, it earns you favor with your clients. But before entering into mediation, preparation is crucial.
Why Lawyers Need to Write Less Like Marshall and More Like MapQuest
April 29, 2013
Though we tend to think that good writing never changes, writing in many parts of the legal and business worlds has probably changed more in the last decade than in any comparable period over the last five centuries. Those who fail to adapt will pay the consequences.

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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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