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  • Tools and Techniques for Defensibly Processing Electronic Data

    Pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, if the parties to litigation fail to take reasonable steps to assure that relevant, non-privileged data is produced to opposing parties in response to discovery requests, courts may impose sanctions and may instruct juries to draw an adverse inference. Consequently, parties to litigation must take special care to adhere to defensible standards and practices when processing electronic data, especially since the overwhelming majority of information generated by…

    November 27, 2012Jason Fliegel, Ashish Prasad and Todd Haley

  • BREAKING NEWS: Hewlett-Packard Claims Autonomy Cooked Books

    Hewlett-Packard Co. said on Nov. 20 that it will take an $8.8 billion write down related to its purchase of Autonomy PLC and alleged that Autonomy executives committed accounting fraud to inflate the company's value during the sale.

    November 21, 2012Evan Koblentz

  • An Analysis of Proposed Federal Cybersecurity Legislation

    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."

    October 31, 2012Todd Taylor

  • No Injunction In Video-on-Demand Litigation

    The digital content era has moved patent issues to the forefront for the entertainment industry. In one recent case, even after winning a patent infringement case, a video-on-demand company still may not get an injunction prohibiting ongoing infringement by defendant Verizon Communications.

    October 31, 2012Eric Osterberg

  • Pinning Your Company's Hopes on Pinterest

    Heralded as the next big thing in social media, Pinterest presents new legal risks for companies engaged in social media marketing. By sharing images and encouraging others to re-pin them, Pinterest users may inadvertently engage in copyright or trademark infringement, violate licensing agreements, or run afoul of FTC rules for commercial endorsements.

    October 31, 2012Scott J. Slavick and Andrew J. Avsec

  • The Future in Law Firm Technology

    As technology has evolved and we've gone from proprietary systems to open ones with standard data types, access to data is much easier. In fact, today's challenge is not accessing information, it's deciding what to access and what to do with it.

    October 31, 2012Rick Hellers

  • Social Document Management Systems: A Thing of the Present

    What is a social document management system? Social DMS is based off the 100% Web concept. This concept envisions that all firm processes, workflows and interactions are accessed and deployed through a 100% Web-based approach. Why? It is the future and reflects how the Web is organized and how consumer culture is organized.

    October 31, 2012Eric Hunter

  • Microsoft Word 2010 Tips and Tricks

    If you're moving from Microsoft Word 2007 to 2010, you won't have quite the initial shock as if you're upgrading from Microsoft Word 2003 or lower. The interface is vastly different. The biggest change you'll see is that Microsoft is now using Ribbon Tabs rather than drop down menu items: keeping your workspace clear while looking for specific features.

    October 31, 2012Sue Hughes

  • FTC v. Google: Lessons Learned

    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.

    September 28, 2012Francoise Gilbert

  • No Vote Yet on National Net Sales Tax Collection Bill

    Congress adjourned Sept. 21 without further action on a House bill that would require remote sellers to collect and pay sales and use taxes on purchases made by residents of states in which the sellers have no physical presence ' after the states implement a simplified collection and payment system.

    September 28, 2012Michael Lear-Olimpi