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NLRB Changes Rules for Determining Joint Employers

Charles G. Miller

The long-awaited decision of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in <i>Browning-Ferris Industries of California</i> set forth new guidelines under which a company could be determined to be a joint employer so that it would be subject to collective bargaining.

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2015 Trends: Balancing Judicial vs. Corporate e-Discovery Practices

Bill Piwonka

The changing data landscape and prevalence of new data sources continues to impact how e-discovery is addressed. I had the opportunity to discuss these impacts with Andrea D'Ambra, senior counsel for Norton Rose Fulbright, as part of a recent webcast. We compared and contrasted findings from Norton Rose Fulbright's Litigation Trends Annual Survey of in-house counsel and Exterro's 2015 Federal Judges' Survey. Following are the takeaways we discussed.

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<i>Ariosa Diagnostics v. Sequenom </i>

David L. Walker & Angela L. Morrison

On June 12, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in <i>Ariosa Diagnostics,</i> affirmed a grant of summary judgment of invalidity of another patent in the biotech space. The decision adds to a long and growing list of patents that have fallen in the wake of the Supreme Court's recent 35 U.S.C. '101 jurisprudence.

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Ninth Circuit Rejects Pay for Student-Athletes Image

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Ninth Circuit Rejects Pay for Student-Athletes

Marisa Kendall

Colleges can't be required to let star athletes cash in on their celebrity status, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled on Sept. 30, reversing part of a landmark antitrust decision that had called into question the NCAA's entire business model.

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> DOJ Wants Massive Government Data Breach Suits Consolidated Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> DOJ Wants Massive Government Data Breach Suits Consolidated

Amanda Bronstad

It was the worst data breach in the history of the U.S. government, and now the Justice Department says the ensuing lawsuits filed in six different jurisdictions belong in a single court in Washington, DC.

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Senate Cybersecurity Bill Vote Stalled Again

Chris DiMarco

Following months of debate, the U.S. Senate has delayed voting on the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, S. 754 (CISA), ahead of its summer recess. As part of an agreement reached on Aug. 5, the Act will be back on the Hill this month and will carry a number of new amendments when it resurfaces.

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Analyzing Second Circuit's Ruling on Internships

Thomas E. Chase

This summer, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided <i>Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures,</i> an important decision concerning whether Fox's unpaid interns were "employees" under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and the New York Labor Law and, therefore, entitled to recover minimum wage, plus time-and-a-half for overtime, for the periods they worked at Fox.

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FATCA's Due Diligence Expansion

Manuel Garcia-Linares & George L. Metcalfe, Jr.

In 2010, Congress enacted the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in order to target U.S. taxpayers using offshore accounts to hide monies overseas. Although Congress' purpose and intent in passing FATCA was met, it has been achieved at a cost of imposing heavy burdens on those already compliant.

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Federal Circuit Expands Liability For Divided Patent Infringement

Elizabeth B. Hagan & David K. Tellekson

Having been urged to do so by the Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit recently expanded liability under 35 U.S.C. '271(a) for direct infringement of a method patent involving more than one actor (divided infringement).

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Uniting Legal, IT and Records Management

Doug Yarabinetz

When organizations discuss ESI, it almost always revolves around three core groups: legal and/or compliance; records management; and, of course, IT. Despite the fact that they all are responsible for important business functions associated with this data, they are seldom on the same page.

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