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5 Tips for Avoiding Email Compliance Traps
In this electronic age, ubiquitous email can be the smoking gun that enforcement agencies rely on to demonstrate corporate wrongdoing. For compliance officers, that means having a clear understanding of how employees may be misusing technology to dodge the rules.
Judge Rules for DOJ in Dispute Over Cell Tower Data
Federal agents acted in good faith in relying on court orders and not a warrant to obtain cell phone tower data associated with the target of a drug trafficking probe, a federal judge in Washington said in a ruling that marked a win for the U.S. Justice Department.
Proposed Law Aims to Give More Privacy to Email
Under the current law, government agencies wishing to seize emails from third-party servers owned by web messaging providers such as Yahoo and Gmail need a warrant only for emails less than 180 days old. This "makes no sense today" for legislators pushing to amend the law.
Microsoft Windows 8 to Ship in Late October
The Microsoft Windows 8 operating system will be generally available in late October, with enterprise customers gaining earlier access, executives of the software giant confirmed Monday.
Information Age Saps Jurors' Attention
With smart phones and personal digital assistants, jurors live in a dynamic information marketplace that bombards them with data day and night. Attorneys accustomed to presenting complex cases orally, without visual stimulus, can no longer expect to capture a jury's attention.Federal Circuit Grants Microsoft New Patent Trial
Microsoft has been given another chance to prove it did not infringe a University of California patent covering Web browser technology and thereby sidestep a $521 million jury verdict. The Federal Circuit ruled Wednesday that a lower court erred in preventing Microsoft from presenting evidence to a jury that could invalidate the patent, which UC licensed exclusively to Eolas Technologies. The decision sends the closely watched case back to U.S. district court for a new trial on the Eolas patent's validity.
A Proposed 'American Rule' for E-Discovery
The "American Rule" is that each litigant pays their own way. A corollary might be that neither party can shift their discovery costs to the other side, or cause the other side to incur expenses beyond what is "normal" for the case. Do these rules work in an electronic context?
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