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Protecting Your Brand in a New gTLD World Image

Protecting Your Brand in a New gTLD World

David K. Mitnick

For nearly a decade ICANN has been working on a plan to expand the Internet. That process is underway right now, and the expansion will be taking place in just a few months as a slew of top level domains like .nyc, .apple, .citi, .green, .apple, .app, .llc, .club and hundreds more will be going live in the next few months.

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Marketing Tech: Using Technology to Streamline Content Marketing Image

Marketing Tech: Using Technology to Streamline Content Marketing

Jasmine C. Trillos-Decarie & Peter Ozolin

Google the phrase "content marketing" and the CPU on your notebook or tablet will almost explode with search results. Content marketing is hot, especially if you're trying to market legal services.

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'Moneyball' for Litigators Image

'Moneyball' for Litigators

Jim Michalowicz

Big data is ubiquitous these days, but still largely untapped in legal circles. Litigators can take a page out of a sports team's playbook and use the patterns and trends found in data to make more informed decisions about case staffing, spend management, case strategy and probable outcomes.

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<i>Online Extra</i>Apple Digs in for Appeal, Damages Fight in E-Books Case Image

<i>Online Extra</i>Apple Digs in for Appeal, Damages Fight in E-Books Case

Jan Wolfe

After failing to remove its court-appointed antitrust monitor, Apple urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit this week to reverse the e-books price-fixing judgment that led to the monitorship in the first place. Meanwhile, things are heating up in parallel suits brought on behalf of consumers, with Apple trying to move the cases out New York federal court.

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> FCC To Craft New Net Neutrality Rules Image

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> FCC To Craft New Net Neutrality Rules

Jenna Greene

Hoping the third time will be the charm, the FCC announced on Feb. 19 that it will craft new rules for net neutrality that will pass muster with the courts.

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<i>Online Extra</i>Cost of Target Data Breach: $61M ' So Far Image

<i>Online Extra</i>Cost of Target Data Breach: $61M ' So Far

Andrew Ramonas

The recent massive data breach at Target Corp. so far has saddled the retail giant with a $61 million tab ' one that could rise in the future, the company said on Feb. 26.

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Practice Tip: Making Your Practice Mobile Image

Practice Tip: Making Your Practice Mobile

Julia Swain

Whether you are trying a custody case, presenting a CLE, or negotiating a settlement, mobile devices allow you to access data and resources remotely with ease and speed. Here's how to optimize their use.

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Go Time for Windows XP

Sherry Karabin

From hardware to software, change is the rule and attorneys who don't want their offices or firms to be a casualty of advancing technology need to be proactive.

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Improving Mobile App Privacy Image

Improving Mobile App Privacy

Min Lee

Companies that create and distribute mobile apps are under increasing pressure to protect user data. In 2013, the FTC and the California Attorney General each published privacy recommendations for mobile apps. Among other things, the FTC urges "privacy by design," advising companies to build privacy protections into apps from the outset.

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<i>Commentary</i> New Laws Needed To Protect Student Data Image

<i>Commentary</i> New Laws Needed To Protect Student Data

Bradley S. Shear

Students and schools around the country are utilizing new digital technologies in ways many people did not imagine at the turn of the century ' and those technologies offer great promise. Unfortunately, the current legal framework designed to protect student privacy and safety has not kept up with the rapid advancements that have been created by the Digital Age.

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