It’s that time of the year again. Winter’s stronghold has loosened, the grass is green, the sun is out, and now it’s time to “play ball!” There is nothing more American than baseball, except possibly litigation. Unfortunately, over the past decade it seems that both of these American institutions have become intertwined. It has become [...]
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Last week, the Federal Circuit held (PDF) that an auto-saved copy of an email from a Google Engineer to a Google VP in charge of the Android operating system was not protected under attorney-client privilege or the work-product doctrine, despite the inclusion of the final version of the email on [...]
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Michael Jackson’s estate sues former manager for allegedly convincing artist to sign unconscionable contracts.
Some believe Anonymous will be able to disable power grids by next year.
Court grants EFF’s motion to dismiss claim that Continue Reading →
In 2012, trying to envision an America without football seems impossible. Just the notion is downright laughable, especially for those of us living in Nashville, Tennessee: SEC country, where football is king and basketball is that funny sport people play when football season is over. But Economics professors Tyler Cowen and Kevin Grier [...]
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Are you a ski lawyer wondering how to best protect your clients from personal injury, death, or an embarrassing charge of failure to observe ski hazard warnings? Last time we helped ski resort owners use environmental law to their advantage against creditors; in this article, we advise those who want to [...]
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Video game developers Valve and Blizzard have recently clashed over Valve’s filing of a trademark application for the mark “DOTA,” which stands for “Defense of the Ancients.” Blizzard, developer of the video game Warcraft III, claims that Valve does not have the right to the mark of [...]
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The Federal Trade Commission is trying to stick its finger in the dike to keep the North Sea of privacy concerns back. The FTC recently issued a staff report “Mobile Apps for Kids: Current Privacy Disclosures are Disappointing” (.pdf) demonstrating that, besides having a sense of humor, the FTC [...]
Continue Reading →When you die, what happens to your “digital assets”?
Federal Circuit affirms district court’s denial of Google’s attorney-client privilege claim over an autosaved email
Netflix settles video privacy action for $9 million
First Circuit affirms dismissal of songwriter’s [...]
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Facebook has a message for any of its users considering a lawsuit against the company: tread lightly, because Facebook never forgets. Since a user’s profile history is never truly erased from Facebook’s records, that history can easily be brought to light during the discovery phase of a suit. As Facebook’s lawyers have discovered, [...]
Continue Reading →JETLaw is pleased to announce the Class of 2013 Editorial Board.
Shane D. Valenzi Editor In Chief Michael F. Dearington Executive Editor Swathi Padmanabhan Jeremy P. Gove Frances M. Kammeraad Senior Articles Editor Senior Managing Editor Senior Notes Editor Joanna E. Collins Kathryn E. Kuhn Kendall L. Short Senior Development Editor Senior Managing Editor Senior [...]
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