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Tools and Techniques for Defensibly Processing Electronic Data Image

Tools and Techniques for Defensibly Processing Electronic Data

Jason Fliegel, Ashish Prasad & Todd Haley

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…

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<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</i> </b><b>Hewlett-Packard Claims Autonomy Cooked Books</b> Image

<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</i> </b><b>Hewlett-Packard Claims Autonomy Cooked Books</b>

Evan Koblentz

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.

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An Analysis of Proposed Federal Cybersecurity Legislation Image

An Analysis of Proposed Federal Cybersecurity Legislation

Todd Taylor

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."

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No Injunction In Video-on-Demand Litigation

Eric Osterberg

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.

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Pinning Your Company's Hopes on Pinterest Image

Pinning Your Company's Hopes on Pinterest

Scott J. Slavick & Andrew J. Avsec

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.

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The Future in Law Firm Technology Image

The Future in Law Firm Technology

Rick Hellers

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.

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Social Document Management Systems: A Thing of the Present Image

Social Document Management Systems: A Thing of the Present

Eric Hunter

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.

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Microsoft Word 2010 Tips and Tricks

Sue Hughes

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.

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<i>FTC v. Google</i>: Lessons Learned Image

<i>FTC v. Google</i>: Lessons Learned

Francoise Gilbert

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.

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No Vote Yet on National Net Sales Tax Collection Bill Image

No Vote Yet on National Net Sales Tax Collection Bill

Michael Lear-Olimpi

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.

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