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Parents May Be Liable for Child's Activity on Facebook Image

Parents May Be Liable for Child's Activity on Facebook

Jeffrey N. Rosenthal

It's 10 p.m. Do you know what your children are posting online?

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To Correct or Not Correct Misinformation in Social Media Image

To Correct or Not Correct Misinformation in Social Media

Alan G. Minsk

In June 2014, the FDA issued a draft guidance document on correcting independent third-party misinformation on social media. While the draft guidance is not legally binding, it offers insight on the implications of whether or not to correct misinformation.

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Cybersecurity Practices Booming In Era of the Breach Image

Cybersecurity Practices Booming In Era of the Breach

Gina Passarella & David Gialanella

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> Ninth Circuit Agrees to Revisit Ruling in Model Rape Case Image

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Ninth Circuit Agrees to Revisit Ruling in Model Rape Case

Scott Graham

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.

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Turning Cybersecurity Into a Serious 'Game of Threats' Image

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Turning Cybersecurity Into a Serious 'Game of Threats'

Rebekah Mintzer

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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Viacom and Google Defeat Privacy Claims over Kids' Online Data Image

Viacom and Google Defeat Privacy Claims over Kids' Online Data

Charles Toutant

A federal judge in Newark dismissed multidistrict litigation against Google Inc. and Viacom Inc. in rejecting claims that the companies' online data collection violates the privacy of children under 13.

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Laying a Foundation for Integrated e-Discovery Systems Image

Laying a Foundation for Integrated e-Discovery Systems

Josh Alpern, James FitzGerald & Jim Mittenthal

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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e-Commerce Website Methods Are Patent Eligible Image

e-Commerce Website Methods Are Patent Eligible

Clyde Shuman

On Dec. 5, 2014, a divided Federal Circuit panel held that claims directed to systems and methods of generating a composite Web page combining certain visual elements of a "host" website with content of a third-party merchant were "necessarily rooted in computer technology in order to overcome a problem specifically arising in the realm of computer networks," and, therefore, were patent-eligible. However, the court cautioned that not all claims addressing Internet-centric challenges are patent-eligible.

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In This Facebook Threats Case, No Wait for High Court <br>Judge Gives Go-Ahead To Facebook Privacy Suit<br>Appeals Court: No Privacy for Facebook Photo In Slip-and-Fall Case

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