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Simplifying e-Discovery: A Continuing Trend
There were a number of themes in legal technology that I first observed at Legal Tech New York 2012 that I see continuing to grow. A host of new visual messages emerged to collectively announce a new era of legal technology, ranging from simplification and unification to reinvention and collaboration.
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Digital Copiers Don't Forget
The measures discussed in this article can help organizations to manage the risks associated with operating in the digital environment. This is important because, in 2012, ignorance of what your copier remembers is no longer a defense.
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The Evolving Minimal Technology Footprint
The key to a successful LPM and AFA approach, I feel, lies within client integration, and hence embracing the economics of ubiquity as alluded to above. In the information age, information and associated outputs are abundant, but how do we best organize, manage and share meaningful interactions and deliverables seamlessly with our clients?
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ICANN and Pornographers: Comrades in Arms?
According to the press reports, the Florida-based company that bought the .xxx domain last year and reaped millions in registration fees from companies, universities, organizations and individuals seeking to protect their trademarks and names from being associated with pornography (with no intent of ever using the sites) has applied to own three more ' sex, .porn and .adult.
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Courts in Australia And the U.S. Address Google's AdWords Program
Appellate courts in both the United States and Australia recently addressed whether Google, Inc. violated the country's respective trademark laws through the use of third-party trademarks as keywords in Google's AdWords advertising program. Google suffered legal losses in both countries.
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Second Circuit Revives Copyright Case Against Google, YouTube
Viacom International got a second shot at proving that Google's YouTube massively infringed its copyrights by hosting clips from shows like <i>The Daily Show</i> and <i>Family Guy</i> without its permission. And whether Viacom and its lawyers succeed or not, they've already managed to shape the developing case law over copyrighted content that users illegally upload to the Internet.
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Asking Prospective Employees for Social Media Credentials
This article addresses legal concerns in accessing a prospective employee's social media information.
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Second Circuit Revives Copyright Case Against Google, YouTube
Viacom International got a second shot at proving that Google's YouTube massively infringed its copyrights by hosting clips from shows like The Daily Show and Family Guy without its permission. And whether Viacom and its lawyers succeed or not, they've already managed to shape the developing case law over copyrighted content that users illegally upload to the Internet.
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Small Changes <i>Can</i> Lead to Expensive Consequences
Besides the many people in commercial sectors whose business model was decimated ' music sellers and travel agents, at the dawn of e-commerce, and, more recently, publishers of books and music ' sometimes that change can hurt any business and its people, and for no good reason.
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Discoverability of Social Network Information
In recent years, courts have come to varying conclusions as to the discovery of information posted on social networking sites.
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