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Development
August 02, 2015
Cases involving use of a special permit; land zoning; and landmark designation.
Broadening the Scope of Privacy Under the Video Protection Statute
August 02, 2015
A recent case from the District of Massachusetts, <i>Yershov v. Gannett Satellite Information Network,</i> suggests a broadening of the view of subscriber privacy in the context of the delivery of video content over online platforms.
Recent Rulings Expand the Scope of the Employment-Related Exclusionary Clause
August 02, 2015
Last month, we discussed the fact that in 2014, the Indiana Court of Appeals expanded the scope of employment-related exclusions when it granted summary judgment in favor of Peerless Indemnity Insurance Company in a coverage dispute with a named partner in a now defunct law firm. The discussion concludes herein with an analysis of the appeal.
Ipro Suite Helps Houston Firm Increase Efficiency
August 02, 2015
Despite our firm's technological savvy, the burden of growing discovery volumes was challenging to manage. We were experiencing performance and workflow issues on all cases with over 150,000 documents, forcing us to send the larger cases to outside vendors, adding time and cost to every case. Our goal was to find a new in-house solution that could process and search vast amounts of data quickly and provide our attorneys with powerful analytic tools to use in early case assessment (ECA) and strategy development.
Case Notes
August 02, 2015
Analysis of a case in which a California Court of Appeal affirmed the right of a shopping center owner to limit the First Amendment rights of citizens from being exercised near store entrances.
Data Sharing in the Cloud
August 02, 2015
Storing and sharing data "in the cloud" has become, in many instances, a business necessity. The practical and economic advantages of cloud computing are clear ' it eliminates the need to send client data via traditional, costly methods, and is significantly less expensive than building and maintaining the same data storage capacity in-house.
The Difference in Due Diligence for Franchisors
August 02, 2015
In any business purchase, investment, merger or acquisition, several threshold questions come to mind. What assets are being acquired? Where is the value in the target company? What liabilities are being acquired? How should these be valued for pricing and future growth? What will the acquirer do with the target company? How far can management take the new target?
<b><i>Media & Communications:</i></b> Five PR Obstacles
August 02, 2015
Whether you are an in-house communications manager or a PR consultant, every day presents new challenges. With experience, how you respond may become automatic, while others require more in-depth thinking for solutions.
Structured Data e-Discovery
August 02, 2015
Courts are increasingly ordering counsel to identify and produce information beyond traditional e-mail and loose files. Whether its employee and payroll data related to a wage and hour dispute or trade data related to a market manipulation investigation, understanding the EDRM as it relates to increasingly larger volumes of structured data has never been a more critical e-discovery capability.
The Art of Cyberwarfare
August 02, 2015
Cybersecurity is at a crossroads. No longer resigned to the confines of server rooms overseen by information technology, decisions regarding the protection of data have been forced into the boardroom by events that include breaches at main street businesses and revelations of clandestine government hacking activities.

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