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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Ninth Circuit Agrees to Revisit Ruling in Model Rape Case
February 27, 2015
With urging from Facebook, Craigslist, eBay and others, the Ninth Circuit has agreed to reconsider a controversial ruling about website operators' duty to warn about potential harm by third parties.
<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Troll or Copyright Crusader? Freeplay Trades Lawsuits with YouTube Giants
February 27, 2015
A week after being labelled a 'troll' for allegedly extorting licensing fees from businesses that manage YouTube video channels, the music publisher Freeplay Music Inc. showed it's nowhere near backing down from enforcing its copyrights.
<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Suit Over Teacher's Anti-Gay Facebook Comments Can Proceed
February 27, 2015
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.
<b><i>Online Extra</b></i>FCC Approves Net Neutrality Proposal
February 27, 2015
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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February 27, 2015
SXSW Music Conference 2015 CLE Program. Austin, TX, March 20-21
Case Notes
February 25, 2015
Analysis of a case involving the SEC.
Case Notes
February 25, 2015
PIP Grace Period Doesn't Automatically Save Late Claim An insurance coverage claimant's apparent failure to transmit medical records in a timely fashion ' without a showing that it was impractical to do so ' has resulted in the dismissal on summary judgment of his complaint that benefits were improperly withheld under Delaware's personal injury protection statute, a New Castle County Superior Court judge has ruled. '
<b><i>Online Extra</b></i>$2.5M Verdict Awarded in First Phila. Risperdal Trial
February 24, 2015
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.
<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> FTC Stakes Claim As Data Security Cop
February 02, 2015
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.
<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Turning Cybersecurity Into a Serious 'Game of Threats'
February 02, 2015
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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