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Is Your Printer A Gateway For Hackers? Five Tips for a Secure Printer Image

Is Your Printer A Gateway For Hackers? Five Tips for a Secure Printer

Mark Gerlach

Printers can contain sensitive information, or can be an entry point for hackers. It's imperative that law firms shield printers against hackers.

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<b>Decision of Note</b> Film Payments Don't Toll Lawsuit Limitations Period Image

<b>Decision of Note</b> Film Payments Don't Toll Lawsuit Limitations Period

Stan Soocher

In its first ruling on the issue, the Court of Appeal of Florida decided that film distribution payments didn't fall under the state's "continuing tort" doctrine for purposes of extending the statute of limitations in a lawsuit alleging tortious interference with business relationship.

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California View: Can <i>Pok'mon Go</i> Players Hold Game Developer Liable? Image

California View: Can <i>Pok'mon Go</i> Players Hold Game Developer Liable?

Brian S. Kabateck & Natalie S. Pang

Within the first week of its release, the enhanced-reality game <i>Pok'mon Go</i> garnered 21 million users in the United States alone. The location-based game received praise for getting people out of the house and harsh criticism as a nuisance and for its role in accidents. Among the litany of legal issues the game raises is whether players can hold the game developers at Niantic liable if they walk off cliffs, crash their cars, illegally cross the border or happen upon a land mine.

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Crowdfunding: Preparing for New Regulations Image

Crowdfunding: Preparing for New Regulations

Katayun I. Jaffari & Kimberly W. Klayman

In preparation for the effectiveness of the crowdfunding rules, the SEC has issued a bulletin that serves as a guide for companies and investors, whose activities will be covered by Regulation Crowdfunding (the bulletin). This article summarizes the practical terms of the crowdfunding rules and the bulletin.

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What's New in the Law Image

What's New in the Law

Robert W. Ihne

A roundup of the latest legislation that affects equipment leasing.

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The Myth of the Newspaper Notice Image

The Myth of the Newspaper Notice

Christopher M. Cahill & Jonathan P. Friedland

Maybe you represent a secured lender. Perhaps you represent a Chapter 11 debtor selling its assets under ' 363, or maybe you are a federal equity receiver, an assignee for the benefit of creditors, or maybe a state court receiver who is selling a company's assets pursuant to state law. Where do you post the information?

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Demand Is Down, So Why Are Billing Rates on the Rise? Image

Demand Is Down, So Why Are Billing Rates on the Rise?

Julie Triedman

Contradicting the ordinary rules of supply and demand, law firms have continued to jack up hourly fees faster than flat demand and a projected 1.7% annual inflation rate would suggest.

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Bit Parts Image

Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Artist Merchandise-Approval Form Doesn't Shield Live Nation From Liability for Willful Infringement of Photographer's Works<br>Country Artist Wins Attorney Fees After Prevailing in Record Label's End-Run Copyright Suit<br>District Court in Fourth Circuit Decides Copyright Office Must Act on Registration Application Before Plaintiff Can Proceed With Infringement Suit<br>

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Money Laundering Case Puts Spotlight On Law Firms' Use of Trust Accounts Image

Money Laundering Case Puts Spotlight On Law Firms' Use of Trust Accounts

Susan Beck

A $3.5 billion asset forfeiture case that the DOJ brought in July grabbed the public's attention for the alleged purchases involved: a luxury jet, a Beverly Hills mansion, Las Vegas casino junkets and a stake in the Leonardo DiCaprio movie <i>The Wolf of Wall Street.</i> But for experts in how law firms handle client funds, another detail in the case may merit special scrutiny.

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Courts Address When an Alleged Employee Hacking Is a Crime Image

Courts Address When an Alleged Employee Hacking Is a Crime

Richard Raysman & Peter Brown

Although other federal appeals courts have weighed on what is access "without authorization" under the CFAA, the latest <i>Nosal</i> opinion appears to be the first that decides this question in the framework of arguable hacking of an employer database.

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