In a world where technology enables so much, it is time for law firm leaders to acknowledge and embrace the fact that employees can access information and provide good counsel from almost anywhere. That makes telecommuting viable for anyone. What does this mean for law firms?
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The U.S. said Wednesday it will give other governments and the private sector a greater oversight role in ICANN, an organization whose decisions affect how computers relay traffic such as e-mail and Twitter posts. But the U.S. stopped short of cutting all ties with the organization.
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PARKERSBURG, W.Va. - Claims sounding in tort against DuPont for exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) released over the years from the Washington Works chemical refinery that contaminated the Parkersburg Water District utility water are unsustainable as a matter of law, but the putative class can pursue medical monitoring claims, a federal judge in West Virginia […]
The economy has employers jittery about company secrets getting out, so they’re hiring staff to monitor e-mail use, according to a recent Proofpoint survey. And it’s not just the inappropriate use of e-mail that has companies worried. Social networks are also compounding data leak fears.
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Delaware’s new Inn of Court is the first of its kind in the country. It aims to help judges, attorneys and students understand technology as a core competency within the law and stay abreast of new technologies and their effect on legal practice, especially in the area of e-discovery.
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Most people have never heard of contributory trademark infringement, but when a luxury retailer’s lawyer argued that nobody was doing anything to stop the online sales of knockoff purses, a jury got the point and delivered a $32 million judgment against two Web hosting companies.
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LOS ANGELES - An ERISA-governed disability insurer that terminated benefits to a claimant with chronic neck pain abused its discretion, a federal judge in California ruled Sept. 15, finding that the insurer cited select evidence to support its decision and relied on ambiguous reviews (Graciela Saffon v. Wells Fargo & Company Long Term Disability Plan, […]
PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas jury on Sept. 25 found that Prempro was a proximate cause of an Illinois woman’s development of breast cancer and that she deserves $3.7 million in compensatory damages (Connie Barton v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc., Case No. 040406301, Pa. Comm. Pls., Philadelphia Co.).
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DALLAS - A Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 28 reversed a nanny’s conviction for the murder of one of her charges, finding that the trial court’s exclusion of a cabinet-maker’s testimony was error and that admission of DNA test results violated her rights under the confrontation clause (Ada Betty Cuadros-Fernandez v. […]
There are online ratings for books and restaurants. Why not have similar systems for mediators and arbitrators? The International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution’s arbitrator rating system is slated to launch in January; if it succeeds, it could put the concept on the map.
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