Instead of leaving information technology to the experts, some business lawyers manage it themselves, wasting time better spent driving growth and profitability. Semanoff Ormsby managing member Charles W. Ormsby Jr. says to put IT into the capable hands of professionals.
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When does an online listing turn into an advertisement? Is it subject to state bar regulations? Should consumers pick lawyers based on customer reviews? These questions are being asked as online attorney rating service Avvo expands, and allows attorneys to “claim” their profiles.
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Customers and vendors enter into letters of intent, or authorization, to jump-start an outsourcing transaction that has been mired in protracted negotiations. But LOIs present substantial risks to organizations, says attorney W. Carter Santos, and in most cases should be avoided.
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SAN FRANCISCO - A reasonable consumer would expect that a “fruit snack” that depicts fruit on its packaging would contain juice from the pictured fruit, a federal appeals court held April 21 (Nakia Williams, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Rita Tabiu v. Gerber Products Co., No. 06-55921, U.S. App., 9th Cir.; […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Trade Commission has voted 3-0 to decline to join the U.S. Department of Justice’s May 22 recommendation that the U.S. Supreme Court review a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that Verizon Communications, Inc. v. Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko, LLP does not preclude Internet service providers’ (ISPs) […]
BROOKLYN, NY - The “exceptional circumstances that justify the surrender of federal court jurisdiction” do not exist in an action by an insurer seeking recovery of more than $7.2 million in “no fault” insurance benefits received by a radiology service as a result of allegedly fraudulent claims, a federal judge held May 8, declining to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. - An anti-suit injunction prohibiting an Indonesian energy company from trying to restrict the Karaha Bodas Co.’s (KBC) use of a $319 million money judgment it has recovered should not be disturbed, the U.S. solicitor general says in an amicus brief filed May 23 with the U.S. Supreme Court (Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan […]
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Opposing counsel submits a document request for familiar items like calendar entries and e-mails, but adds “Any and all social networking or business networking information related to the key player(s).” The worlds of Web 2.0 and electronic data discovery have just collided.
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State appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas on May 29 reduced and reversed, respectively, damages awarded to plaintiffs who claimed that the use of Vioxx resulted in injuries and death (Thomas Cona, et al. v. Merck & Co. Inc., No. A-0077-07T1 and John McDarby, et al. v. Merck & Co. Inc., No. A-00776-07T1, N.J. […]