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News & Analysis as of May 25, 2013

Who Owns an Employee’s LinkedIn Account?

by John Martin | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/6/2013

LinkedIn is a social media site catering exclusively to professionals with 200 million registered users in 200 countries. For many businesses, marketing via social media is a critical component to success. Employees use...more

Sheriff Joe Costs Maricopa County Another $1.4M in Lawsuits

by Aaron Kase | Lawyers.com on 5/3/2013

An Arizona developer has settled a lawsuit against Maricopa Country, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas for $1.4 million. Conley Wolfswinkel had filed suit after his office was publicly...more

Ontario Court of Appeal Recognizes Tort of Invasion of Privacy

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 1/24/2012

On January 18, 2012, the Ontario Court of Appeal recognized a common law tort of “intrusion upon seclusion” in Ontario law in its decision in Jones v. Tsige. This decision has potentially significant implications, not just...more

What can I do if a debt collector is reporting a debt to credit bureaus that I dispute?

by George Bourguignon on 10/5/2011

Have you started getting collection calls or collection letters for a debt that you do now owe? Were you the victim of identity theft? Have you discovered items on your credit report that aren't yours? Are you having...more

California Employment Law Notes

by Anthony Oncidi on 9/10/2011

Employee Who Provided False social Security Number and Other Information Was Barred from Suing For Disability Discrimination Employer Did Not Violate CFRA by Transferring Employee upon Her Return from 19-Week Stress Leave...more

Dismissal of CFAA Claims for Lack of Jurisdiction

by Nick Akerman on 7/5/2010

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) is the omnibus federal computer crime statute outlawing theft and destruction of data, hacking, use of viruses, theft of passwords and extortionate threats to damage computers. 18...more

Piercing the Registrant’s Veil - Trademark Infringement on the Internet, Identifying and Pursuing Infringers, and the Pros and...

by Brett R. Harris on 6/15/2009

The pursuit of trademark infringers on the Internet, specifically the use of a party’s trademark by an unauthorized second party, poses problems that are unique in trademark infringement law. How do you uncover who is the...more