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Top StoriesFriday, February 3, 2012
Federal Judge Heeds PhoneDog's Barks Over Twitter Account Ownership
Who owns a Twitter account -- the person who used it or the company for which he worked at the time? That question has yet to be resolved, but a federal magistrate judge has allowed several claims by PhoneDog LLC to move forward over a video blogger's continued use of a Twitter account after he was hired by a competitor of the online review company. PhoneDog is seeking $340,000 in damages for Noah Kravitz's access to 17,000 PhoneDog Twitter followers over an eight-month period.
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DLA Piper's Browning Marean on E-Discovery Proportionality
Browning Marean, senior counsel at DLA Piper, speaks to LTN magazine's editor-in-chief, Monica Bay, about the challenges of fashioning responses to discovery requests that are appropriate -- and proportional -- to a case.
Was Penn State's GC Counsel for University Officials?
2:45 P.M. EST
In-house lawyers understand that they're hired to represent the entity that issues their paychecks, not the executives and staff. But as evidenced by the testimony of two Penn State University officials, a company's lawyers and constituents can understand the relationship differently.
2nd Circuit Affirms Sanctions Against Attorneys in 9/11 Conspiracy Claim
1:15 P.M. EST
Sanctions against two attorneys who insist that former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld caused the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks have been upheld by a unanimous 2nd Circuit panel that refused to disqualify itself from the case.
CNN Doesn't Get Far in Fight Against Closed Captioning
12:40 P.M. EST
In a hearing Thursday, a federal magistrate judge seemed to agree with disability advocates that forcing CNN to provide closed captioning on its Internet videos doesn't violate the First Amendment, since closed captioning doesn't require the news organization to summarize, distill or change its content.
Greenberg Traurig Hit With Suit Alleging Fraud, Breach of Fiduciary Duty
An investor in a now-bankrupt private mortgage broker and real estate loan provider claims in a potential class action brought against Greenberg Traurig that the firm, acting as the broker's counsel, helped hatch a fraudulent scheme that bilked the plaintiff and other investors out of some $700 million.
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