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Never Run Out of Content Ideas: Here’s How

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Your head is empty, the page is blank, and your website is sorely in need of new content. What’s a lawyer to do?  We work with some attorneys who are super excited to start writing for their new website. We say some because...more

Legal Internet Solutions Inc.

Content Writing for Attorneys: 5 Idea Starters

We know that attorneys know how to write. You spend years honing your research and writing skills for briefs, memoranda, motions, academic papers, and client letters. Yet when you’re asked to generate content for a practice...more

Law School Toolbox

Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 262: Researching Law Firms (w/Sadie Jones)

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Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we're talking with ex-BigLaw recruiter Sadie Jones about the best resources to turn to for law firm research, and what information to consider when applying for summer...more

International Lawyers Network

Technology has Changed How We Build Relationships. Lawyers, are you Ready?

We know and are comfortable with the idea that the legal industry is a business of relationships. Lawyers do good work, their clients talk about it (hopefully) and that brings them other clients. That’s the basic principle...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Authenticating Social Media Evidence at Trial

Social media is ubiquitous in our cyber-connected world. For many, the first thing a person does when they wake up, and the last thing that person does when they go to bed is read, post, or otherwise interact with platforms...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: A Dark Time for Data: WHOIS Blackout Period Likely Starting in May

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What do you do when you want to look up the owner of a domain name? You probably perform a "WHOIS search" to find out the owner's name and contact information. The WHOIS system, which makes certain domain registration data...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Website Design Implicated in Two Rulings on Enforceability of Online Terms – Highlights the Importance of Legal Review of Design...

This past summer, we wrote about two instances in which courts refused to enforce website terms presented in browsewrap agreements. As we noted, clickthrough agreements are generally more likely to be found to be enforced. ...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Browsewrap Agreement Held Unenforceable – Website Designers Take Note!

In Nghiem v Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc., No. 16-00097 (C.D. Cal. July 5, 2016), the Central District of California held browsewrap terms to be unenforceable because the hyperlink to the terms was “sandwiched” between two...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

A Little “Mayhem” Reveals Limits to Immunity Provision of Communications Decency Act

As a general rule, a website is not held liable for the content its users post on its platform. The Communications Decency Act (CDA) immunizes websites from lawsuits by not treating the website as the publisher or speaker of...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Making Your Mark

The Internet Archive Wayback Machine: A Useful IP Litigation Tool, But Is It Admissible?

The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine archives copies of websites every few weeks or months, going back to 1996. The Wayback Machine currently has almost 500 billion archived webpages. By entering a website into the Wayback...more

LawVision

Law Firm Selling – Presenting Bios with Pizzaz!

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I’m going to start this post off by saying lawyers test the absolute highest of all professionals in skepticism. So it’s no wonder many lawyers have their own thoughts about the effectiveness of their firm bio and more...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Update on China’s New Restrictions on Internet Content

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Apple’s iTunes and Disney’s DisneyLife websites have reportedly become early targets of China’s internet regulators who are beginning to enforce new rules restricting the publication of online content. The new rules, the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &...

The First Circuit’s “Scungy” Backpage: Copyright And Right Of Publicity Claims Ineffective Against Sex Trafficking

In Doe v. Backpage.com, the First Circuit affirmed the District of Massachusetts in holding that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) shields from civil liability a website used by third parties to facilitate...more

Planet Depos, LLC

Finding Your ‘Major Key’ to Social Media Success

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If you’re a millennial social media junkie like me, chances are you’ve seen the DJ Khaled ‘Major Key’ campaign. It’s been going on for a little while now, but it’s still a conversation in the social world. ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update Volume 7, Issue 1

Three Steps To Help Ensure The Enforceability Of Your Website’s Terms Of Use - Operators of social media platforms and other websites typically manage their risks by imposing terms of use or terms of service for the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &...

Domain Name Strategies for Start-Up Companies

Just as it is important for start-up companies to be mindful of early-stage trademark and copyright protection strategies (see our guides entitled “Trademark Strategies for Start-Up Companies” and “Copyright Strategies for...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Establishing the Boundaries of the OCILLA Safe Harbor

As user-generated content explodes over the Internet, intellectual property disputes over posting or uploading such content without the owner’s consent continue to escalate. As we touched on in a recent post, social media...more

Morgan Lewis

Delaware Enacts First Privacy Law with Focus on Children

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The Delaware Online Privacy and Protection Act takes a broad approach to the collection and disclosure of personally identifiable information. Delaware Governor Jack Markell recently signed the Delaware Online Privacy...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Federal District Court: “Browsewrap” Terms and Conditions Provide Sufficient Notice to Defeat False Advertising Class Action

Websites sometimes present their terms of use (“TOU”) to users merely by including a link to those TOU on the website without requiring users to affirmatively accept the terms by, for example, checking a box or clicking an “I...more

Nancy Myrland - Myrland Marketing & Social...

Lawyers, Are You Paying Attention To Video?

Just when you thought it was going to fade into the sunset (okay, who really thought that?), video as a communication tool is continuing to come on strong as a viable, valuable marketing tool for lawyers, legal marketers and...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Social Media Adds Kick to Beer-Themed Trademark Battle

As social media and the numerous platforms continue their exponential growth in popularity and constant evolvement, legal issues surrounding their use also will inevitably emerge. A recent case filed in the Western District...more

Nancy Myrland - Myrland Marketing & Social...

Lawyers, It’s Time To Stack The Deck In Your Favor

Do you know anyone like this? They question the need for marketing because they know their clients come from referrals. Their clients tell them regularly that they asked several of their colleagues who they recommend...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Does Your Website or Mobile App Discriminate?

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Are you confident that your business complies with federal anti-discrimination laws? If you offer goods or services to the public through the Internet, the answer may not be as simple as you think. Increasingly, lawsuits...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Trademarks, Copyrights and Registered Marks: Corporate Website Housekeeping

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Among all of the other areas of your business that you need to keep in order, don’t forget your website. Your website is the company’s digital store front to all of your customers and the public. Protecting it is paramount to...more

Gray Reed

You’ve Looked At My Site And Now You Have Waived Your Right To Sue Me. Is That Legal?

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I’ll admit, General Mills did not go that far. What they did, according to The New York Times was notify customers that if they downloaded a coupon, joined a forum or entered a sweepstakes, the customer would waive their...more

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