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Proper data management key to e-discovery
News Singapore kicks off new protocol for discovery of electronic documents to be used as court evidence, which experts say reinforces need for better information management.
Tags: Legal, Data Management, IT Governance, Hewlett-Packard Co., Phone, Security, Protocol, Organization, Keystone Law, Singapore
Park right expertise to stay e-legal
News Firms need to pull expert resources into dedicated team to comply with digital forensics requests, says consultant, who outlines common pitfalls they should avoid.
Tags: Data Management, Legal, IT project management, IT Governance, E-discovery, Asia, Backup, IT Manager, Singapore, QA
Cloud computing: Is it worth legal risks?
Insight perspective The cloud throws up a raft of legal and security concerns, but that doesn't mean firms shouldn't embrace it, says U.K.-based lawyer.
Tags: Cloud computing, Legal, Data security, Security Management, Security, IT Services, Cloud computing, Server, payment, software-as-a-service
Challenge to Google Books settlement focuses on class actions
News Lawyer plans to file a new objection to Google's settlement with book rights holders claiming that class action lawsuits were not intended to strike licensing deals.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Legal, Settlement, Class Action, RAM, copyright law, New York Times Co., U.S.
Here come the 'Twitter, we did it first' lawsuits
News Service that makes emergency-management messaging software has sued Twitter over alleged patent infringement. The legal documents, however, are pretty vague.
Tags: Web 2.0, Legal, Twitter, Lawsuit, Emergency Management, Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg, emergency response, Facebook, founder
Time lawyers got to grips with encryption
Insight perspective Encryption is playing an increasingly important role, but in law its status is poorly defined. It's high time that changed, says U.K. legal expert.
Tags: Security Management, Authentication and encryption, Legal, Encryption, Copyright Protection, Computer, blog team, games console, Chameleon, payment
US mulls antitrust challenge to Google-Yahoo deal
News The U.S. Department of Justice has hired an antitrust litigator to head any legal action over the planned search-ad partnership, according to reports.
Tags: Antitrust, Legal, Search, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Yahoo Search
Pirate Bay acquisition still on track
News Apparently, much was made about legal boilerplate but Global Gaming is more "certain than ever" that a deal will get done.
Tags: Acquisitions, Legal, BitTorrent, Grokster Ltd., Investor, Swedish company, Music Industry, copyright violation, computer, founder
How online search traces helped lead to arrest
News Electronic traces ranging from online library searches to credit card records led to charges that a New Mexico man sent 64 threatening letters with a white powder.
Tags: Legal, Web sites, Affidavit, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Yahoo! Inc., FDIC, attorney, Washington Mutual Inc., Internet Search, Computer
Microsoft, Immersion settle legal dispute
News Maker of tactile feedback technology for mice and joysticks reaches a licensing agreement with Microsoft.
Tags: Lawsuits, Legal, Microsoft Corp., Mouse, payment, joystick, technology company, News.com, blog, agreement
BT to begin third Phorm trial
News After a delay of more than half a year, BT on Tuesday will begin another trial of the ad-serving tech that has been opposed by peers, privacy groups, and think tanks.
Tags: Advertising, Marketing, Legal, Trial, Google Inc., British Telecommunications, Advertisement, network, data protection, European Commission
Is the world ready to fight cybercrime?
Insight Experts say lawmakers and judicial systems are still not equipped to provide an adequate response to the growing threat of cybercrime.
Tags: Security, Web sites, Legal, Regulations, Crime, Cybercrime, social networking, hacking, financial, bank
HP-EDS merger draws legal suits
News Unhappy with the price, and the lack of space for negotiation on pricing, a U.S. organization and an EDS shareholder are using legal means to try to halt the deal.
Tags: Legal, Mergers, Services, Hewlett-Packard Co., IT Services, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Information Week, shareholder, U.S., information technology
HP wins German legal battle over ink
News A German court has ordered ink and stationary supplier Pelikan Hardcopy Deutschland to stop advertising certain inkjet print cartridges as "remanufactured" products from HP.
Tags: Hardware, Legal, Lawsuits, Hewlett-Packard Co., Cartridge, Canon Inc., Supplier, Inkjet Printer, Advertisement, printing
Tiffany appeals ruling in eBay counterfeits case
News Jeweler Tiffany & Co. announces that it is appealing a federal court ruling that eBay is not required under trademark law to police counterfeit listings on its site.
Tags: Legal, Corporate law, Lawsuits, E-commerce, Tiffany & Co. Inc., eBay Inc., Search Engine, intellectual property, general counsel, software
