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MPAA International Piracy War Yields Two Key Wins
November 30, 2015
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) recently announced that two major piracy websites, Popcorn Time and YTS, were shuttered following pro-MPAA court rulings in Canada and New Zealand.
You, Inc.: Why Women Lawyers Need to Build Their Own Brands
November 30, 2015
As we head into a new year, consider committing yourself to making it different, better, more fulfilling. Sure, the life of a female lawyer is nothing if not an exercise in multi-tasking, constant balancing of multiple priorities, and going the extra mile to be acknowledged and rewarded compared to your male counterparts, but the savvy lawyer understands that her legal career is only as satisfying as she molds it to be.
<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Kroll Ontrack Hires Former Legal Tech Exec as SVP, Legal Technology Sales
November 30, 2015
Craig Carpenter has been around the legal technology industry, having worked as a vice president at Recommind, chief marketing officer of AccessData, and president and chief operations officer of AccessData spinoff Resolution1 Security, among other jobs.
<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Big Sports, Big Money and the Future of Fantasy Sports Regulation
November 30, 2015
Daily fantasy sports operators DraftKings and FanDuel are in a fight for their business lives in New York, where the attorney general has accused them of running illegal gambling sites. FanDuel has expanded the fight to California, asking its players to pressure state lawmakers and Attorney General Kamala Harris not to shut down operations in the Golden State.
<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> YouTube to Offer Posters Legal Support to Defend Fair Use of Videos
November 30, 2015
In a sign that YouTube may be willing to push back against indiscriminate allegations of copyright infringement, the company announced it will offer legal support, including covering court costs, to protect some videos on its site that it believes meet the standard of 'fair use' under copyright law but have been challenged with takedown notices.
<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Google Pushes the Bounds of Fair Use ' and Wins
November 30, 2015
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit's decision in The Authors Guild v. Google ' a case that, the court said, "tests the boundaries of fair use" ' held that a Google database including millions of books was protected by fair use.
<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> FanDuel and DraftKings Hit with About 40 Class Actions
November 30, 2015
FanDuel Inc. and DraftKings Inc. are facing about 40 class actions claiming that the online daily fantasy sport sites fraudulently enticed customers into participating in illegal gambling.
<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Cartoon Network Not Liable for Using Video Gamer's Likeness
November 30, 2015
A federal judge in Trenton has dismissed a suit filed against The Cartoon Network by a video gamer who was parodied on one of the network's programs.
Movers & Shakers
November 29, 2015
A Collection of Moves in the Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice Areas
<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Anthem Fires Back at Data Breach Suit
November 29, 2015
Anthem Inc., the nation's second largest health insurer, has taken its first swing at narrowing litigation stemming from a major data breach affecting about 80 million customers.

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