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Policies prohibiting use of e-mail for union organizing held Lawful

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
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  • USA
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  • January 7 2008

In a long-awaited decision, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that companies may prohibit employees from using company-owned e-mail systems to organize unions

RFID deployments are expected to grow

  • Wiley Rein LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 7 2008

More and more businesses are exploring how they can use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to streamline their internal operations, supplementing its now well-established use in tracking items traveling through supply chains

$160 million jury verdict against Microsoft stands after unsuccessful challenge

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • USA
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  • December 28 2007

Letting stand a $160 million judgment against Microsoft, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a jury verdict finding that Microsoft willfully infringed Z4 Technologies’ patents relating to methods for preventing computer software piracy

More open source litigation, as predicted

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • December 31 2007

This article serves to alert any person in any company that distributes computer software or devices which contain software: your software may be susceptible to a copyright infringement lawsuit

NLRB issues new email solicitation standard

  • Venable LLP
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  • USA
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  • December 30 2007

In The Guard Publishing Company, dba The Register-Guard, 351 NLRB No. 70 (December 16, 2007), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in a 3-2 decision, upheld an employer’s “nosolicitation” policy that prohibited employees from using the employer’s e-mail system for any “nonjob- related solicitations.”

NLRB issues long-awaited ruling on e-mail policies

  • Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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  • USA
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  • December 27 2007

After holding employers in suspense for several years, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has recently issued its much-anticipated ruling on the application of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) to restrictions on employee use of employer-provided e-mail systems

Sony BMG settles FTC charges regarding anti-piracy CDs

  • Venable LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 8 2007

Sony BMG Music Entertainment has entered into an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission settling both unfairness and deception charges that stemmed from software installed by the company’s CDs

New e-discovery rules

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 6 2007

With file sizes growing, you would think computers that can rapidly process large files and storage capability would be all the rage

Electronic discovery rules - targeting your computer data

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
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  • USA
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  • February 22 2007

On December 1, 2006, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were changed to reflect amendments specifically addressing discovery of "electronically stored information."

FTC reports 2006 identity theft complaint data

  • Wiley Rein LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 1 2007

On February 7, the Federal Trade Commission released its annual Report on Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft Complaint Data covering 2006