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Modern Evidence in Matrimonial Proceedings

Stephen A. Zorn & Sophie Jacobi

While evidence of adultery used to consist of lipstick smudges on the collar, credit-card receipts from motels and so forth, now it's far more likely to be in the form of text messages, e-mails, IMs or postings on online Web sites. Can these forms of evidence be discovered?

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Containing Costs with Concept Searching Saves Clients Thousands

Bruce N. Furukawa

As my firm's Technology Partner, I oversee the e-discovery process for most of the large cases at Severson & Werson. In 2008, one of our clients, a major national bank, was sued by its recently acquired mortgage lending company just after the subprime mortgage financing collapse. The case hinged upon the interpretation of a term in a contract related to the valuation of certain types of subprime loans in the securitization process.

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CMS Adoption Rate Should Be Higher

Andrew Z. Adkins III

During the fall of 2009, the Legal Technology Institute at the University of Florida Levin College of Law conducted an extensive nationwide survey of the legal profession regarding its use of case, matter and practice management system software.

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Backup Protection and Continuity Keep Firms Running

Darryl d'Aquin

Firms of every size and in every geographic area must protect their electronic data and be prepared for potential IT disasters.

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Third Circuit Asked to Clarify Student Internet Speech Cases

Shannon P. Duffy

Cutting-edge questions in the First Amendment arena have recently stemmed from clashes between students and school districts over the limits ' if any ' that may be imposed on speech posted on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. Now lawyers on both sides of the issue are urging the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate two recent ' and seemingly conflicting ' decisions by two different three-judge panels, and to hold rearguments before the full court.

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Active Inducement In the Post-Grokster World

Richard Raysman & Peter Brown

This article discusses the theory of active inducement in copyright law, the evolution of P2P technology over the past decade, recent U.S. and foreign legal decisions, and developments impacting copyright holders, file-sharing networks and Internet service providers.

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Blogging and Your Business

Barbara E. Hoey

As a marketer, know that if your employees post a blog comment, or an entry on Facebook or Twitter about your company or its products, a number of questions are raised. Is your company responsible for what is said?

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Electronic Data Breaches

Joseph Geoghegan, Laurie A. Kamaiko & Dennis O. Brown

There are a few judicial decisions indicating the likely issues on which a coverage dispute will focus when a claim for a data breach is made under a CGL policy.

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Law Firm Intelligence: CI on the Internet

Mark Gediman

Looking for information on a rival law firm? Trying to get some background on a prospective client? The Internet is full of useful resources that can meet your needs.

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Blogging and Your Business

Barbara E. Hoey

As in-house counsel, if your employees post a blog comment, or an entry on Facebook or Twitter about your company or its products, a number of questions are raised. Is the company responsible?

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