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The Enigmatic Posse List

Ari L. Kaplan

About eight years ago, Washington, DC, bankruptcy lawyer Greg Bufithis semi-retired and began participating in large document review projects. After a few, he realized that there was no centralized source for temporary attorneys to learn about these opportunities. Ever the entrepreneur, he created one.

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Challenges and Solutions for Electronic Billing

Ryan E. Ladisic

Coming into 2010, it has become clear that, for law firms, not only is electronic billing here to stay, but adoption by corporate clients will continue to accelerate.

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Open Source Routers

Brett Burney

While open source operating systems may not be prevalent in the consumer computer market, the concept has successfully spread to other nooks and crannies of technology. Open source software powers servers all over the Internet, including routers.

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IT's Importance in Proper ESI Management

Regina A. Jytyla & Kelly D. Kubacki

Corporations are increasingly taking more control of the e-discovery process, particularly in the early stage of information management, launching an evolution in the roles IT professionals and corporate attorneys play. Consequently, IT and legal must participate in a carefully choreographed dance in order to respond successfully to ESI requests.

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ConnectU Sued for Slice of $65M Facebook Deal

Sheri Qualters

A Boston software developer is suing the now-defunct social media site ConnectU, its founders, its law firm, Washington-based Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, and Scott Mosko, a Palo Alto, CA, partner at the firm, for allegedly cutting him out of Facebook's $65 million settlement with ConnectU's founders.

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Second Circuit Reinstates Antitrust Claim Against Online Music Providers

Mark Hamblett

A federal appeals court has reinstated an antitrust suit alleging price fixing by Sony BMG Music Entertainment and other producers, licensors and distributors of music on the Internet.

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Five Steps to Managing Social Media Risks

Douglas J. Wood

On the one hand, companies want to capture the attention of potential customers roaming the social media space. On the other hand, conversations in the blogosphere are largely uncontrollable, and raise a myriad of risks. Social media can cause serious losses if not handled correctly.

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Third Circuit Tackles Teen 'Sexting' As Child Pornography

Shannon P. Duffy

As the nation's first case involving criminal prosecutions of teenagers for "sexting" made its way to a federal appeals court in Philadelphia, all three judges seemed skeptical of the prosecutor's claim that child pornography laws are violated when a teen transmits a nude image of herself.

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Google Your Case

Robert J. Ambrogi

With Google in command of my e-mail platform, my blogging platform, my search platform, my RSS reader, my photo-storage platform, and even my document collaboration platform, I certainly should be worried that Google could become the Big Brother I never wanted. Even so, I am lulled into complacency by the simple fact that Google does what it does so well. So it is with Google's entry into case law research, with its recent announcement that Google Scholar now allows users to search full-text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state appellate and trial courts.

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