Apex Technology v. Doe: May a Court Enter an Injunction Requiring an ISP to Take Down an Allegedly Defamatory Third Party Post?
January 25, 2010
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Communications Decency Act update: A New Jersey Superior Court judge recently evoked controversy among First Amendment and media law experts by ordering GoDaddy, Domains by Proxy, ASP.net and Verisign to "shut down and disable" three websites which published allegedly
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How Attorneys Are Using Kindle in Their Practice
November 22, 2009
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In 2007, Beyonce, Fergie, Nelly Furtado, Gwen Stefani and Avril Lavigne were among the celebrated musicians. Two and a Half Men, CSI, Grey's Anatomy and Survivor — China were the hit TV shows. Forest Whitaker won the gold statue for Best Actor (in The Last King of Scotland). And, the first Kindle was introduced on November 19 and sold for $399. It sold out in five and a half hours and wasn't restocked until April 2008. Two years later, a law professor and author, Larry Ribstein, wr
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November 09, 2009
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Eric Gerding wrote a couple of days ago about the "Death of 'Big Law School.'" He has some dismal predictions of what the Death of Big Law (taking off from my paper) means for legal education:
- Lower-paying jobs mean lower tuition income and less alumni support.
- More emphasis on training of practice-ready lawye read more
The Domain Name as Collateral: Considerations for Creditors Seeking to Use a Domain Name as a Security Interest or as a Source of Payment on a Judgment
October 05, 2009
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For many firms, on-line property, such as their domain names and the interactive software that they permits users to access, constitutes the vast majority of the value of their business. Firms such as Amazon.com and eBay heavily market their domain names, with the result that their domain names have become their primary trademarks and are worth billions of dollars. Lenders would na
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Pants lawsuit could cost D.C. judge his $100,000 job
June 17, 2007
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