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Video Sharing Sites and the Debate Over the DMCA Safe Harbor
Service providers and content owners have colorable arguments concerning the boundaries and practical effect of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act safe harbor. Ultimately, policing the internet for infringing material is time-consuming and costly. Holland & Knight's Richard Raysman and Baker Hostetler's Peter Brown explore the discussion about who will carry the DMCA burden.
Microsoft and Google Challenge Geotag's Online Mapping Patent
Plano, Texas-based GeoTag faces challenges to the validity of its online mapping patent from a formidable duo: Microsoft and Google. GeoTag is a prolific patent infringement filer in its own right, having sued nearly 400 defendants. Will it survive the onslaught of the tech tandem?
TimeMap 4 Right on Schedule for Lawyers
TimeMap, a hit with lawyers for turning facts, dates and times into a proportional timescale, ups the ante with TimeMap 4. Not only can TimeMap 4 graph out contract talks and pre-trial strategy, it puts timelines in PowerPoint for courtroom presentations.
4th Circuit Rules Computer Oversight Not 'Excusable Neglect'
The federal rules provide a mechanism that enables tardy litigants to seek an extension of an expired deadline provided the delay was the result of "excusable neglect." The 4th Circuit analyzed the excusable neglect standard in the context of a notice of appeal from a district court judgment filed one day late as a result of a technical error by counsel's computer calendaring system.
Maintaining Files Not as Simple as It Seems
Maintaining files and giving clients copies -- electronic or otherwise -- are not quite as simple as they might seem, writes Samuel C. Stretton, a Pennsylvania attorney.Morgan Stanley Hit With Class Action Alleging Discovery Improprieties
A new class action lawsuit in Florida alleges that financial services giant Morgan Stanley committed violations of discovery rules in as many as 1,000 securities arbitration cases across the country by failing to provide access to all relevant data and communications for resolution of the disputes. In March, Morgan Stanley was hit with a sanction for discovery violations in the $2.7 billion civil fraud suit brought by New York financier Ronald O. Perelman. That trial has yet to reach a conclusion.
Balance Costs and Payoffs Before Deciding to Upgrade
Perhaps more feared by lawyers handling their own IT needs than a statute-of-limitations deadline are the endless upgrades for hardware and software being pushed by the computer industry. But by following a few guidelines -- instead of just blindly following the industry's constant forward march -- you can decide if an upgrade is actually beneficial.Trending Stories
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