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To Correct or Not Correct Misinformation in Social Media
In June 2014, the FDA issued a draft guidance document on correcting independent third-party misinformation on social media. While the draft guidance is not legally binding, it offers insight on the implications of whether or not to correct misinformation.
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Commercial Lease Diligence
This article reviews the recommended due diligence efforts of the purchaser's counsel with respect to leased commercial property, and elaborates on the pre- and post-closing rationales for completing such diligence review. The main focus of this article is the due diligence activities and rationale of counsel to a potential purchaser of all of the stock of a selling entity. Where relevant, it incorporates the alternate considerations that might arise in the context of an asset purchase or merger structure.
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Cybersecurity Practices Booming In Era of the Breach
The cybersecurity woes of companies like Target and Sony in 2014 and Anthem last month have meant a busy start to 2015 for law firm data-privacy and security practices.
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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Suit Over Teacher's Anti-Gay Facebook Comments Can Proceed
A teacher in Union Township in Union County, NJ, who faced tenure charges over her anti-gay postings on Facebook can proceed with her civil rights suit against the school district, a federal judge in Newark has ruled.
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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i>FCC Approves Net Neutrality Proposal
By a 3-to-2 vote, the Federal Communications Commission on Feb. 26 approved a significant change in rules to promote 'net neutrality.'
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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i>$2.5M Verdict Awarded in First Phila. Risperdal Trial
A Philadelphia jury on Feb. 24 awarded $2.5 million to the plaintiff in the first of roughly 1,250 Risperdal mass-tort cases in the city's courts.
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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> FTC Stakes Claim As Data Security Cop
On the heels of an appellate win, the Federal Trade Commission on Jan. 23 reiterated its power to hold companies liable for data security breaches.
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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Turning Cybersecurity Into a Serious 'Game of Threats'
The last few years have seen some creative new methods of getting businesses engaged in protecting their networks and data. PricewaterhouseCoopers has created a cybersecurity computer game. PwC's 'Game of Threats' walks businesspeople, playing either as a team of nefarious hackers or as a company being attacked, through the important decisions they have to make during a breach, in hopes of giving them a deeper knowledge of cybersecurity and its challenges.
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Laying a Foundation for Integrated e-Discovery Systems
Typically, the production of data in litigation involves a series of disconnected actions involving several corporate or cloud-based systems. These disassociated e-discovery activities ' identify, preserve, collect, and track (IPCT) ' are then feed into a downstream set of processing, review, and production (PRP) steps often hosted outside the corporate firewall. Fortunately, technology advances are helping counsel and client alike to integrate systems and streamline processes both inside and across the firewall.
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