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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i><br> Judge Signs Off on Google's $22.5M Settlement in AdWords Class Action
A federal judge in San Jose, CA, has signed off on a $22.5 million deal Google Inc. reached in a long-running class action accusing the company of overcharging certain customers using its AdWords keyword advertising program.
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<i>Online Extra</i><br>Trump Cybersecurity Council Resignations Could Mean Disruption for Cybersecurity Policy
The departure of eight members of the council could signal a strained relationship between the business sector and the government around cybersecurity policy.
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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i><br> Law Firms, Legal Departments Predicted to Focus More on IT Risk
Overall global spending in the information security services and products sector will total $86.4 billion this year, an increase of 7% over last year.
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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i><br> Disney, App Partners Hit With Suit Under Child Privacy Law
The Disney Princess Palace Pets app allows children to play with, bathe and accessorize about 10 different virtual pets. Sounds innocent enough. But according to a new lawsuit, The Walt Disney Co. and its software partners are illegally using the app — and dozens of others aimed at kids — to track the online activity of youngsters to serve them targeted ads.
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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i><br> Christie Signs Fantasy Sports Bill
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill on August 24 that will regulate daily fantasy sports betting, a multimillion-dollar-a-year industry in the state that has, until recently, gone largely unregulated nationwide.
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<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</b></i><br> Appeals Court Finds for Uber, Says App Made Service Terms Clear
Uber made it clear that users were agreeing to terms and conditions, including the waiving of a jury trial in favor of arbitration, when they downloaded and used the app, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled.
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<i><b>Legal Tech</i></b><br> Four Cases Highlighting e-Discovery Trends in the First Half of 2017
A look at important cases in e-discovery so far this year.
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Website Accessibility: The Law and Your Business Priorities
Many businesses have never thought to ask whether their customer-facing websites are accessible to people with disabilities, and only become aware of the issue when they are sent a demand letter or served with a lawsuit alleging that their site violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Although an ever-increasing number of such demand letters and lawsuits are cropping up each year, the issue of website accessibility remains entirely foreign to many, perhaps most, business owners.
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7 Tips to Make a Cyber Attack Comeback
It's important to have a restorative plan in addition to a preventative plan for your IT systems. Here are a few steps a law firm can take to ensure critical case data remains intact and accessible after a cybersecurity breach.
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WannaCry Attack Is A Wake-Up Call for Cyber Preparedness
The scope of WannaCry changed our perceptions of ransomware attacks. Until then, the more highly publicized ransomware incidents were localized targets impacting only one or a small number of businesses. WannaCry made it clear that ransomware could reach a broad cross-section of computers worldwide, at essentially the same time.
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