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Consumer Review Legislation, Litigation Appear On the Horizon
Viewing, evaluating, or even writing consumer reviews, has become a ubiquitous element of the present day Internet experience for most users. Authentic customer reviews manifest indicia of reliability and candor that are believed not to be present in reviews that are motivated by financial interest, though many review sites do contain numerous reviews from advertisers masquerading as objective consumers.
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8 Ways to Secure Your Law Firm in the Ubiquitous Cloud
The cloud will soon be as ubiquitous in legal as it is in other businesses. It's inevitable. As our reliance on the cloud grows, it's more important than ever for lawyers to understand how they connect to the cloud, the evolving risks that apply to them and what questions they need to ask to ensure confidentiality and privacy for their firms and their clients.
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How to Use Mobility To Create Maximum Business Value for Legal Research
Today, everything seems mobile. Legal professionals have been slightly less hurried to embrace the wonders of mobility as a part of their work. Certainly, they use mobile devices and apps in their personal life just like everybody else, but because of tradition and habit, many have been hesitant to adopt these things as part of their working lives. However, this is changing ' and in some cases dramatically.
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How Startups Can Protect Consumer Privacy and Enhance Cybersecurity
Many startup businesses collect and store vast amounts of personally identifiable information (PII) from consumers, but often fail to adequately protect the privacy of this consumer information. There could be many reasons for this, but it is likely the result of limited budgets and priorities.
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Google's Gleaning Of Children's Info Eyed By Third Circuit
A debate over whether Google has the ability to glean children's personal information from websites they visit took center stage last month during arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
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The Inevitable Reinvention of the e-Discovery Industry
Electronic discovery professionals should consider a future where their current skills no longer merit the salaries they are accustomed to commanding. The current talents and knowledge bases that allow for professional leverage or vertical mobility in today's e-discovery job market still have, and will always have, immense value to their employers. However, the growing reality is that employers will not need ' or be able ' to compensate the professional population with premiums in salary.
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111010001: An Article of Commerce?
In <i>ClearCorrect Operating, LLC v. ITC,</i> the Federal Circuit limited the ITC's jurisdiction over digital commerce. In a 2-1 decision, the panel held that the ITC lacks authority to regulate digital imports.
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Infringement In The Cloud
The delivery and discovery of media over the Internet has left the hackers and pirates behind and become part of the licensed distribution chain, just as videotape did. The term "file sharing" is now more likely to describe a multi-billion dollar, cloud-based collaboration platform than a piracy site. And courts are beginning to examine the law of contributory infringement in that complex new context, as U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter did recently in <i>Smith v. BarnesandNoble.com.</i>
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Social Media and Technological Concerns In Divorce Law
Social media now permeates nearly all areas of our lives ' and the law. Not surprisingly, divorces are frequently impacted by social media. While participating in social media is quick, easy and entertaining, it is important to recognize the serious implications such participation could have in a divorce case. A significant piece of evidence could be a simple click, post, chat or Tweet away. Courts have considered a variety of social media evidence in reaching life-changing decisions in family law cases.
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Preparing for a Data Breach with Cyber Insurance
Data breaches continue to escalate and garner national attention. The most recent news-making incident was the hack of electronic toy maker, VTech.
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