By Lizzy McLellan | The American Lawyer | October 2, 2017
It's not unusual for law firms to issue a formal response after they've been confronted with criticism, hit with litigation or stung by bad publicity.
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By Julian Sheppard and Michele C.S. Lange, KrolLDiscovery, Cybersecurity Law & Strategy | September 25, 2017
Analyzing data from mobile devices is still uncharted territory for many in Legal and IT. Accordingly, today's modern legal and technology professionals need to brush up on all things mobile.
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By Robert Storace | September 18, 2017
The defamation and invasion of privacy suit is targeted at a story headlined "Sex, Drugs and Spring Break – College Students Descend on Miami to Party in Oceans of Booze and Haze of Pot Smoke."
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By Ben Hancock | September 15, 2017
For an institution that is supposed to appear at all times above the fray, it can get tricky when members of the judiciary decide to accept a Facebook…
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By Roy Strom | September 13, 2017
No more than a day since President Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Akerman partner James “Trey” Trainor III as a commissioner on the Federal Election Commission, and the former election lawyer for the Trump presidential campaign is already under fire on multiple fronts.
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By John Council | September 12, 2017
A Central Texas personal injury lawyer has resigned from his law firm after tweeting "I'm not wishing for it ... but I'd be ok if #BetsyDevos was sexually assaulted. #SexualAssault #TitleIX."
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By Martha Mendoza | September 12, 2017
Worried relatives, generous volunteers, frantic neighbors, even medical providers are turning to social media now that Hurricane Irma wiped out electricity and cell service to communities across Florida, cutting off most contact with remote islands in the Keys.
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By PAUL BUBNY | September 12, 2017
NEW YORK CITY—A pair of back-to-back hurricanes in the space of a week may cause a near-term rise in CMBS delinquencies, according to Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings. The exposure of billions of dollars in securitized commercial mortgages to the effects of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma comes as maturity performance is largely in line with expectations and the delinquency rate continues to decline.
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By Peter B. Skelos, Lesli P. Hiller and Robert M. Harper | September 11, 2017
Peter B. Skelos, Lesli P. Hiller and Robert M. Harper write: Email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Tumbler, online banking, online shopping and other forms of electronic communications comprise our digital footprint. They are seemingly ubiquitous and omnipresent in the life of our business, social, and personal affairs. But, on death, who has the right of access to a decedent's digital footprint? More importantly, what is the scope of that access? Can a fiduciary figuratively step into the decedent's shoes and gain full access to the decedent's digital assets and electronic communications?
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By C. Ryan Barber | September 8, 2017
The Federal Trade Commission in several cases has faulted social media "influencers" for failing to disclose the payments behind their seemingly organic endorsements. But the FTC had only reached settlements with the companies, raising a question of when—if ever—the agency would directly go after the influencers. That time has come. The agency this week took its first action against an influencer.
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