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<b><i>Breaking News:</b></i> Microsoft Prevails on Appeal in Dodging Warrant for Foreign E-mails Image

<b><i>Breaking News:</b></i> Microsoft Prevails on Appeal in Dodging Warrant for Foreign E-mails

Mark Hamblett

Microsoft and other U.S.-based internet service providers won a major victory on July 14 at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which reversed a lower court in finding the company is not required to comply with a U.S. warrant for customer e-mails stored on a server in Dublin.

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Online Discount Pricing Policies Face Increasing Scrutiny Image

Online Discount Pricing Policies Face Increasing Scrutiny

Andrew B. Lustigman & Scott A. Shaffer

Consumers, particularly online shoppers, are constantly looking for a discount. Given that "nobody pays retail anymore," online retailers are facing increased challenges when comparing their own discounted prices to original or suggested retail prices. As a result, retailers are being accused with greater frequency of exaggerating discounts in comparison to inflated original prices.

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Banks and Landlords: Competing Lien Interests

John G. Kelly

Banks that provide financing for commercial tenants and the real estate landlords for those same tenants both want additional security in the tenant's personal property located at the premises. This article provides a discussion of the varied interests of the landlord and the tenant's lender in the tenant's personal property, along with suggested compromise solutions.

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<i>Kirtsaeng</i> Clarifies Attorney's Fees Standard In Copyright Cases, Injects More Uncertainty Into Availability of Fee Awards Image

<i>Kirtsaeng</i> Clarifies Attorney's Fees Standard In Copyright Cases, Injects More Uncertainty Into Availability of Fee Awards

James A. Trigg & Sabina Vayner

Issuing its second decision in Supap Kirtsaeng's long-standing dispute with John Wiley &amp; Sons ' and its first copyright decision in nearly two years ' the SCOTUS recently clarified the applicable standard for evaluating the appropriateness of an attorney's fee award under Section 505 of the Copyright Act, holding that a district court should give substantial weight to the objective reasonableness of the losing party's position, while also taking into consideration all other circumstances relevant to the attorney's fees inquiry.

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Under the Radar Industries Prime for Cyber Hackers Image

Under the Radar Industries Prime for Cyber Hackers

Collin Hite

It is no surprise to anyone that certain industries are more of a target for cyber criminals than others, although today all businesses are likely on the radar. The financial institutions and large retailers usually get most of the attention. However, four industries are high-value targets, and lag behind the preparation curve: hospitality, healthcare, higher education and legal.

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Additional Insured Form Undergoes Change Image

Additional Insured Form Undergoes Change

Jason L. Shaw

Transactional attorneys involved in negotiating commercial leases, construction contracts, or any contract in which one party requires the other party to provide insurance against personal injury or property damage should have a good understanding of the new "additional insured" form endorsement to a Commercial General Liability (CGL) insurance policy.

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<b><i>Legal Tech: Case Study</b></i> Jackson Walker Forges Ahead in an Ambitious Quest to Permanently Replace the Paper File Image

<b><i>Legal Tech: Case Study</b></i> Jackson Walker Forges Ahead in an Ambitious Quest to Permanently Replace the Paper File

Sharon Kasachkoff

It was just five years ago when our managing partner, Wade Cooper, shared his long-term vision for Jackson Walker's file management strategy. He challenged us to stop talking about going paperless and actually do something about it.

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IP News

Jeffrey S. Ginsberg & David Cooperberg

Federal Circuit Remands PTAB Decision Due to Claim Construction Change <br>Supreme Court Restricts Challenges to PTAB's Institution Decisions and Upholds Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard in IPR Proceedings

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What Do Law Firms Need to Know About Cloud Cybersecurity? Image

What Do Law Firms Need to Know About Cloud Cybersecurity?

Alvin Tedjamulia

Here's the premise: The cloud is a fundamental technology solution option that truly solves all kinds of law firm business and legal IT challenges including innovation, security, governance, global availability, etc. Modern law firms want the efficiency, the security and the global access of the cloud, while satisfying the security demands of their clients.

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Fundamental Issues in U.S. Taxation of Foreign Entertainers and Athletes Image

Fundamental Issues in U.S. Taxation of Foreign Entertainers and Athletes

Robert M. Jason

Even if a foreign athlete or entertainer has spent "too many" days in the United States and satisfies the "substantial presence test" (i.e., the individual's weighted sum of days over a three-year period is at least 183 days), there are two important ways in which the individual might nevertheless be treated as a nonresident, rather than a resident, alien.

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