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Social Networking Sites Present Challenges for Copyright Protection

Ryan W. O'Donnell And Aneesh Mehta

Many social networking site users are likely to be unaware of the potential copyright issues associated with posting such original works. Once the work is on the Internet, it must be assumed that it will be available to all parties, both intended and unintended. What legal remedies are available if somebody copies a photograph or video and uses it for his or her own purposes without the owner's consent?

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Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.

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Recent news you need to know.

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A roundup of recent news important to your practice.

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Jury Awards $25.16 Million on Claim Acne Drug Caused Bowel Illness

Henry Gottlieb

An Atlantic County jury awarded $25.16 million to a Birmingham, AL, man after finding that Roche Laboratories Inc. knew or should have known that Accutane caused inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and failed to warn prescribing physicians.

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How to Avoid Paying for Your Divorce

Mary Pat Gallagher

Two recent New Jersey cases highlight the problems matrimonial attorneys are having collecting their fees, and the creative methods clients are using to avoid payment.

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The Virtual Company

Stanley P. Jaskiewicz

Entrepreneurs have always chafed against the formalities and procedures demanded of them by their attorneys and, more generally, by business laws. Who hasn't had to keep reminding clients of the importance of signing and returning annual minutes ' again and again and again? This is even more so for the tech sector, and e-commerce founders. After all, they created an industry by thinking outside the proverbial "box," so why should their creativity be constrained by legal rules created for the age of the steam engine?

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How Much Is Too Much?

Lynne Gold-Bikin & Andrew Taylor

Few practitioners may be aware that in a handful of jurisdictions, temporary spousal support is calculated by a rigid formula based solely on the litigants' incomes, without regard to the actual need of the dependent spouse. This article focuses on the spousal support Guidelines in Pennsylvania, the only state in the country to employ a flat 40% calculation of the difference in the incomes of payor and payee to determine the award.

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When 'If and When' Becomes 'Here and Now'

Mary Cushing Doherty

Mergers can present some difficult issues to matrimonial attorneys. A discussion of one such merger, pharmaceutical company Wyeth, will illustrate some of the problems and their resolutions. In addition, several sample forms follow this article.

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Generating Leads by Finding Buyers in Trouble

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Legal services are not sold, they are bought. You can't sell something that the other person doesn't want. Hence, the most effective way to detect a lead is to find someone ready to buy.

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