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How Employing e-Discovery Counsel Can Pay Dividends
e-Discovery issues are becoming increasingly more complex while associated review costs keep rising dramatically ' often threatening to overshadow the substantive issues of the litigation or investigation at hand. Because of this, more and more corporations are turning to a two-tiered model when it comes to new matters: one law firm (or separate group within the law firm) that will focus on preservation, collection and review; and a separate team of lawyers that will focus on the actual merits of the case.
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How e-Discovery Applications Are Changing the Face of Litigation Support
Bringing e-discovery software in-house can significantly reduce costs and improve efficiency. However, there are many needs related to e-discovery that go beyond simply managing discovery documents. At Thompson & Knight (TK), our litigation support team has found ways to use our e-discovery software for tasks ranging from project management to data analysis.
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Managing Section Breaks in Word 2010
This column provides an overview of section breaks, how to examine existing section breaks, and setting new section breaks.
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Re-registration of Current Domain Name By New Owner Not ACPA 'Registration'
The Ninth Circuit has now concluded that the ACPA does not apply to a domain name that is first registered prior to the time the trademark at issue becomes distinctive, even if the domain name is later re-registered by a new owner. However, the Ninth Circuit also held that the ACPA can apply to new domain names registered by the new owner after the mark acquires distinctiveness.
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Are International Cybercrime Laws a Hopeless Fantasy?
The aspect of the Internet euphemistically described as "the cloud" has created a seemingly bountiful opportunity for the unscrupulous to acquire the means to attack innocent and vulnerable victims remotely and anonymously. And unlike the fictional portrayal of the apocalyptical children's tale of Chicken Little and his "The sky is falling!" warning, the current digital version is hardly a flight of fantasy.
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Online International Trademark Issues: Some Practical Considerations
What happens when a U.S. company's trademark is misused on the Internet outside of the United States? Short of litigating in that country, is all hope lost in addressing the problem? With the Internet and its global reach, even minor abuses are easily found and can cause real problems for a brand owner. Given the obvious jurisdictional roadblocks that exist in litigating in the U.S. against a foreign person or entity, there are some practical tactics that could prove useful in addressing and preventing this type of problematic behavior.
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Internet Service Providers' Access to e-Mail Content Is Not an Invasion of Privacy
e-Mail and privacy are cornerstones of online commerce that successful e-commerce firms spend significant capital to operate properly, efficiently and legally. e-Commerce counsel should bear in mind, however, that the e-mail-content protection that some parties may enjoy against government and private access does not extend to certain entities that process e-mail.
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Right-of-Publicity Claims and Advertiser Sponsored User-Generated Content Campaigns
This article concentrates on the scope of Communications Decency Act(CDA) immunity advertisers that operate user-generated content (UGC) campaigns may enjoy, limitations of the CDA in protecting against these claims and ways to structure UGC campaigns to minimize the risk of liability arising from unauthorized use of individuals' name, likeness and other personal attributes possibly included in UGC submitted as part of a sponsored UGC campaign.
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.XXX General Availability Period: A Green Light to Block Red Light Domain Names
Now is the time for trademark, domain name and brand owners to purchase .XXX domains to pro-actively race to stake a claim in their brand ' if only as a defensive measure to prevent other domain owners from registering/using their name in a .XXX context. In the event that yours wasn't the first hand to pull the trigger in the .XXX domain name shoot 'em up, what are the ramifications of having your mark incorporated into an active .XXX domain?
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<B><I>BREAKING NEWS:</b></i> <b>Facebook Settles with FTC over Privacy Violations</b>
Facebook has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived its users and failed to keep their information private, agreeing on Tuesday to establish a comprehensive privacy program that includes independent audits for the next 20 years.
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