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Extreme Magical Thinking: TEchnology Won't Take You Off the Hook

I have been encountering a lot of magical thinking recently when talking with law firm partners about Legal Project Management. One partner, hoping that the IT and KM folks can simply buy a tech solution so that he could...more

Are LinkedIn Contacts Trade Secrets?

A judge “across the pond” ruled that an employee’s LinkedIn contacts were, in essence, trade secrets of his former employer where those contacts were created during the term of employment and mimicked the employer’s...more

Use of Visuals and Digital Presentations At Trial – Pricing Out Small Firm/Solo Litigators?

Juries in this media age expect to see visuals and digital presentations at trial. Is this expectation giving big firms with significant litigation budgets an advantage at trial? Is it pricing small firms and solo litigators...more

NEMET CHEVROLET v. CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM

4th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Libel Case Over Comments on Website

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has backed gripe site ConsumerAffairs.com in a defamation lawsuit filed by a car dealers. The appellate Court ruled that the federal Communications Decency Act gives the site immunity from...more

iFart Mobile v. Pull My Finger Press Release

Press Release related to Complaint filing in the InfoMedia Inc v. Air-O-Matic Inc dispute over the use of "pull my finger" in InfoMedia's marketing efforts for its iPhone Application "iFart."...more