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Hey Techies!? Apple’s Taking Pre-Orders on iPad

Hey Techies!? Apple’s Taking Pre-Orders on iPad

For those looking to be the first in line for Apple’s new iPad, your wait is over.  Apple announced it will start take pre-orders “online at apple.com at 5:30am Pacific time on Friday, March 12.”
The first of Apple’s new tablet computer will be in stores April 3 and only connect to Wi-Fi networks at a [...]

March 11 2010 | Read More »

Russia Bans Highest-Grossing Video Game

Russia Bans Highest-Grossing Video Game

Last Tuesday, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, blasted past 300 million dollars in sales on its opening day, become the highest-grossing launch in all entertainment categories, ever.In its first day, the new video game sold 4.7 million copies and racked up 310 million dollars in sales in the United States and Britain alone when [...]

November 16 2009 | Read More »

Lawyers Warn: Bosses Who ‘Friend’ Face Liability Issues

Lawyers Warn: Bosses Who ‘Friend’ Face Liability Issues

“Friend” requesting colleagues is often harmless and even may be appreciated by other co-workers; but if the boss “friends” their subordinates, employment lawyers say it smacks of liability issues.
Bosses who send friend requests via Twitter, Facebook and other social sites is becoming very commonplace, but lawyers say it needs to stop, reports Law.com.  Online relationships between [...]

October 24 2009 | Read More »

European Court Adviser Says Google AdWords Don’t Violate Trademark Law

European Court Adviser Says Google AdWords Don’t Violate Trademark Law

An adviser to the European Court of Justice says the use of a competitor’s trademark as a keyword by companies advertising on Google doesn’t violate trademark law, but added they should be liable for their wrongful use.
Google is currently in litigation over its AdWords business model in countries including England, France and Germany says the [...]

September 22 2009 | Read More »

Google Likes The Espresso Book Machine: Order Up!

Google Likes The Espresso Book Machine: Order Up!

Google is teaming up with New York-based On Demand Books,  maker of Espresso Book Machine, a machine that gives another meaning to the term, “hot off the press”.  The unit will allow Google Book users to print bound copies of some digitized books about as fast as a barista creating a tall, nonfat, vanilla latte.
On Demand Books says that [...]

September 18 2009 | Read More »

Be Careful Little Hands What You Post

Be Careful Little Hands What You Post

Facebook, Twitter and Blogs used by lawyers and judges have landed them in hot water with legal ethics regulators and judges – the eyes of the world are watching.
A lawsuit begins today in Tyler, Texas, lawyer Richard Frenkel, former in-house council for Cisco Systems, is accused of defaming intellectual property litigator Eric Albritton, in anonymous postings on his Patent Troll Tracker blog, according [...]

September 14 2009 | Read More »

‘Our Courts’ Interactive Web-Based Video Game Debuts

‘Our Courts’ Interactive Web-Based Video Game Debuts

A first of its kind interactive computer game, backed by retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, is being used to help educate middle school students (and anyone else of interest) on the fundamentals of law and the judicial process.
The project called Our Courts is designed to use games to teach the students and [...]

August 21 2009 | Read More »

Regent University And Christian Legal Society Partner And Launch New Resource Website

Regent University And Christian Legal Society Partner And Launch New Resource Website

The Institute for Christian Legal Studies, a joint ministry of Regent University School of Law and the Christian Legal Society (CLS) has launched a new web site, Cross & Gavel, as a ” comprehensive resource for Christian lawyers and law students”.
“Cross & Gavel is not just designed to encourage our own (Regent) students, but outside [...]

July 10 2009 | Read More »

Google Wave May Change Law Firm Communications

Google Wave May Change Law Firm Communications

Google has just announced a new product that will revolutionize how Internet users collaborate with one another. The yet to be released product, named Google Wave, is “a new model for communication and collaboration on the web.”
Google Wave,  mixes old technologies like e-mail, IM and online documents in a unified, socially-oriented view. Wave users are [...]

May 29 2009 | Read More »

Hey You, Be Careful What You “Tweet”

Hey You, Be Careful What You “Tweet”

Be careful what you “Tweet” or you may be headed for a potential litigation minefield for your yourself, the law firm, clients and other businesses.
When you answer in 140 words or less the question “What are you doing now?” corporate and professional employees “may convey proprietary information, may reveal other privileged or private information and [...]

May 15 2009 | Read More »