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R. Robin McDonald
A suit against Hollywood writers and producers by 54 refugees who became known as 'the Lost Boys' after they fled brutal persecution in Sudan has cleared an initial legal hurdle, a federal judge in Atlanta has ruled.
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R. Robin McDonald
The Home Depot will pay $13 million to resolve claims by customers whose personal information was exposed to hackers during a massive data security breach in 2014. The settlement agreement, filed in March in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, would certify a class of Home Depot customers to include all U.S. residents whose personal information was compromised after they used payment cards at self-checkout lanes at U.S. Home Depot stores between April 10, 2014, and Sept.'
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Nell Gluckman
For several years law firms have been a key target for hackers seeking to obtain confidential information about initial public offerings, intellectual property and M&A deals, claim cybersecurity consultants, but rarely does word about specific attacks become public.On March 29, Crain's Chicago Business reported that 48 top firms, most of which appear in the Am Law 100 rankings, were targeted recently by a Russian hacker living in Ukraine seeking to trade on M&A information stolen from law firms.
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Rebekah Mintzer
It hasn't been an easy couple of months for Denver-based fast casual food giant Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. And now a decision from the National Labor Relations Board has shone a negative light on the company's social media policies and labor practices too.
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SXSW Music Conference 2016 CLE Program. Austin, TX, March 18-19.
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Stan Soocher
Determining the Statute of Limitations for Common Law Copyright Infringement Claims<br>Continuous Accrual Doctrine Applied To Songwriter Heirs' Royalty Suit over Disney's Movie
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The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association has released its 2016 calendar of events.
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Mary Hladky
Greenberg Traurig corporate and securities shareholders Kara MacCullough and Flora Perez barely slept for eight days. That's the time they had to complete a secondary public offering for their client Restaurant Brands International, or RBI, parent of Miami-based Burger King and Oakville, Ontario-based coffee, doughnuts and sandwich chain Tim Hortons.
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Steven Chabinsky
Lawyers are increasingly expected to understand the implications of cybersecurity when providing advice relating to a long list of matters that include privacy compliance, contract compliance, data breach response, data breach litigation, M&A due diligence, and insurance coverage. As a result, it is important that lawyers understand the latest trends in cyber intrusions that may expose their stakeholders to unwarranted risk and allow adversaries to exploit technical and human vulnerabilities.
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Joel Stashenko
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) had little choice but to fire its principal oboist for his repeated clashes with the symphony's conductor, other musicians and staff, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York found in upholding the "fair and just" findings of an arbitrator.
