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<i>Online Extra</i> Koh Drops Ax on Privacy Claims Against Apple Image

<i>Online Extra</i> Koh Drops Ax on Privacy Claims Against Apple

Julia Love

A federal judge has disposed of one of the most mature privacy class actions filed against a Silicon Valley company, concluding that plaintiffs' claims against Apple Inc. were doomed by their ignorance of its policies.

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<i>Online Extra</i>Google Will Pay AGs $17 Million to Settle Privacy Claims Image

<i>Online Extra</i>Google Will Pay AGs $17 Million to Settle Privacy Claims

Cheryl Miller

California will receive $1 million as its share of a $17 million multi-state payment from Google Inc. to settle complaints that the Mountain View search engine improperly tracked users of Apple Safari web browsers over two years.

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IP News

Howard J. Shire & Wyatt Delfino

Federal Circuit Upholds Permanent Injunction in 'Design Win' Market <br>Federal Circuit Upholds Inequitable Conduct Ruling<br>EFF Files for <i>Inter Partes</i> Review of Podcasting Patent

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It's a Licensee Eats Licensee World

Scott J. Slavick

These days, it is commonplace for companies to license multiple parties in various distinct geographical areas to use the same trademark. Because different licensees may be competitors of one another in different product lines, the question often arises as to whether one licensee may challenge another's right to use a licensed mark and, if so, where.

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Making Your Firm More Productive

Todd Scallan

Owners and partners at law firms must learn more about the commercial realities of competition, pay attention to client retention, counter the increased security risks to private data on the cloud and understand how technology can reduce operating costs.

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Approaching Discovery as a Strategic Business Process

Abtin Buergari

Litigation is an unavoidable legal event. Each litigation event triggers another, evolves through several phases and eventually reaches a resolution. It is a discrete event with a beginning, middle and end.

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The 'Friendly Fraud' Chargeback

Monica Eaton-Cardone

The abuse of the chargeback option has resulted in a "friendly fraud" epidemic harming not only merchants, but the very consumers the programs were designed to help.

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New Developments In Social Media Discovery In Employment Cases

Evandro C. Gigante & Jacklina A. Len

As social media websites have become increasingly popular, courts have continued to address the legal issues raised by social media, particularly in the area of discovery. This article focuses on recent developments in the discovery of social media content in employment discrimination cases.

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<i>Inter Partes</i> Reviews

Steve Hemminger & Chris Kelly

In September of last year, the America Invents Act introduced a number of powerful tools for challenging the validity of an issued patent at the USPTO ' Inter Partes Review (IPR), Covered Business Method Review (CBMR), and Post-Grant Review (PGR). By a large margin, however, the most popular of these procedures has been the IPR.

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Google Beats Web Browser Privacy Class Action<br>Washington University Debuts Cybersecurity Master's Program

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