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Jenna Greene
Consumer advocates reacted with dismay to reports that the FCC plans to allow Internet service providers to charge companies a toll for faster access, while FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler defended the proposed rules as consistent with the underlying goals of net neutrality.
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Marcia Coyle
A divided U.S. Supreme Court on April 23 limited the amount of restitution due to child pornography victims whose images are viewed by thousands over the Internet.
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Ann Grayson
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Jim Norman
The amount of data a company generates grows with each passing day. It is important to develop strategies to reduce the amount of data subject to discovery obligations while staying current with legal and technology trends. A strong partnership with a vendor and law firm using sophisticated data review and collection techniques is essential to navigating the discovery minefield in a cost-effective way that is also defensible and fully documented.
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Jenna Greene
Consumer advocates reacted with dismay to reports that the FCC plans to allow Internet service providers to charge companies a toll for faster access, while FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler defended the proposed rules as consistent with the underlying goals of net neutrality.
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Tony Mauro
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 29 appeared reluctant to give police sweeping authority to search the full contents of smartphones without first obtaining a search warrant from a judge.
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Tony Mauro
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 29 appeared reluctant to give police sweeping authority to search the full contents of smartphones without first obtaining a search warrant from a judge.
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Charles S. Modell
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Sawan S. Patel
Franchisors have historically struggled with whether to include provisions calling for mandatory arbitration of all franchise disputes in their franchise agreements. One of the main complaints about arbitration from franchisors and franchisees alike ' and a reason many franchisors opt not to include arbitration provisions in their franchise agreements ' has been the lack of an effective appeal process.
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Richard B. Kapnick, Courtney A. Rosen
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Eric T. Schmitt
Corporate counsel may be surprised to learn that, under certain circumstances, plaintiffs in shareholder litigation have gained access to privileged materials upon a showing of "good cause" under the fiduciary exception. This article discusses the basis for the fiduciary exception, the factors involved in the good-cause analysis, and the circumstances under which courts have turned over privileged materials to plaintiffs.
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William G. Pecau
The cease-and-desist letter is a routine occurrence in the practice of most trademark attorneys. And, often it is treated routinely ' something that is little more than a form and is given little more thought than a form.
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Diane Bieri, Jonathan Gleklen
On Dec. 16, 2013, the FTC announced consent decrees settling charges that two professional associations, the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) and the California Association of Legal Support Professionals (CALSPro), had violated Section 5 of the FTC Act by using their respective codes of ethics to restrain competition among association members.
