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Losing Customer Data Means Losing Customers, Period After a data breach, a new study says large numbers of customers are unlikely to come back. READ MORE » University of Chicago Bringing in a New GC Kimberly Taylor will be heading to the University of Chicago in the fall to head up the institution's legal department. READ MORE » Summertime, and the Hiring Can Be Complicated Here's a checklist of "must-have" contract clauses when hiring seasonal employees. READ MORE » Forget About 'Jobs'—That's So 20th Century We've seen law practice disaggregation and vacation time-shares. Will those concepts extend to the entire workforce? READ MORE » Controlling Legal Risk of Google Glass and Wearable Tech From an employer's perspective, Google Glass and other wearable devices bring new data privacy and security risks into... READ MORE » Report: Wage and Hour Lawsuits Set a Record The federal suits topped 8,000 for the first time, rising more than 5 percent from the previous recording period. READ MORE »   Meet the GC: Shayam K. Reddy of Euramax International Shyam K. Reddy is the chief administrative officer, general counsel and corporate secretary of Euramax International... READ MORE » Malpractice Suit Against GC Headed to NJ High Court The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to hear a legal malpractice case against the former general counsel of a time-share... READ MORE » Shaw Keller Counsel Takes Part In International IP Conference Stephanie O'Byrne, counsel at the boutique intellectual-property litigation firm Shaw Keller, participated in the Federal... READ MORE » Jack Abramoff Fights Seizure of Tax Refunds Convicted ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff is challenging the federal government's seizure of nearly $450,000 in federal tax... READ MORE » Justices Reject Florida's IQ Test for Death Penalty States violate the U.S. Constitution if they use only an IQ score as a bright-line... READ MORE » Squire Patton Boggs Leaders Predict Merger With Few Conflicts Leaders of Patton Boggs and Squire Sanders on Tuesday called their firms' merger,... READ MORE » Dean Resigns Abruptly at Indiana Tech Law School Administrators at the university in Fort Wayne, Ind., released a brief statement... READ MORE » Suit Cleared Against Officers for Arresting Photographer A federal appeals court has ruled that citizens have a First Amendment right... READ MORE » The Case of the Traveling Trademark The reputation of Bayer's brand didn't stop at the border, especially when a... READ MORE » First Openly Gay NFL Pick Is Helping Expand Views on Legal Equality Michael Sam will transform how we perceive the LGBTQ community.READ MORE »   Paying For Prestige Law schools paid federal appeals judges anywhere from several thousand dollars... READ MORE » Controlling Legal Risk of Google Glass and Wearable Tech From an employer's perspective, Google Glass and other wearable devices bring... READ MORE » Not So Fast One magistrate judge is challenging "overbroad" discovery requests.READ MORE » Not So Fast One magistrate judge is challenging "overbroad" discovery requests.READ MORE » How To Move Firm Tech to the Cloud Switching to software as a service can save money and free up IT staff for value-added... READ MORE » E-Discovery Hits the Silver Screen Joe Looby's new movie debuts in film festivals in New York and New Jersey. READ MORE » How To Use Your iPhone As a Voice Recorder Have something to say? Your iPhone will listen and remember.READ MORE » Professor Sues Student Over Social Media University of Wisconsin student complained about professor on YouTube video. READ MORE » ABA Offers Free Tech Buyer's Guide The American Bar Association, Technology Resource Center, provides a free resource... READ MORE » How Social Media Can Destroy Your Company Ask the Marketers: Five experts identify the worst mistakes legal tech vendors... READ MORE »   AIG: Battling for a Comeback A law department takes body blows, but refuses to give up.READ MORE » Best Legal Departments 2014 In the 2014 version of our Best Legal Departments competition, the winners are... READ MORE » Not So Fast One magistrate judge is challenging "overbroad" discovery requests.READ MORE » Federal Magistrate Judge Tosses Case as Sanction Against Lawyer A federal magistrate judge has ordered a Swarthmore, Pa., lawyer to pay the... READ MORE » Prosecutors Say Traffic Court Judges Defrauded City, State Prosecutors told jurors in federal court Tuesday in the Philadelphia Traffic Court case that the defendants were responsible...READ MORE » Gymnast Taxed $104K in Lost Lawsuit Against Cornell University A gymnast who was unsuccessful in his attempt to collect upwards of $75 million in damages against Cornell University... READ MORE » Federal Magistrate Judge Tosses Case as Sanction Against Lawyer A federal magistrate judge has ordered a Swarthmore, Pa., lawyer to pay the costs associated with seeking sanctions... READ MORE » Q&A With Johnson Matthey President and GC Robert Talley The following is a transcript of a radio program hosted jointly by Executive Leaders Radio and The Legal. GCs took questions...READ MORE » Rethinking Shopping Center Leases as Retail Formats Evolve The retail sector was one of the hardest-hit industries during the recent recession. The downturn, along with transformative...READ MORE » People in the News - May 28, 2014 - Jonathan R. Flora Joins Montgomery McCracken Jonathan R. Flora joined Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads' tax practice group within the firm's business department...READ MORE » Can Pa. Law Firms Start to Close Revolving CMO Door? Filling and keeping filled the chief marketing officer position within Pennsylvania's law firms has often been a struggle. READ MORE » National News from The Legal Intelligencer To view national news articles published in the print edition of The Legal Intelligencer, ... READ MORE » Jones' Same-Sex Marriage Decision Shows Judges Can Bridge Cultural Divides Some judges have a good sense of history when dealing with big cases. Rather than passing the buck to a higher court,...READ MORE » 'Mini-Mass Tort' Thumb Implant Suits End in Accord The cases surrounding the Artelon spacer, a medical device implant that allegedly caused bone tissue to deteriorate... READ MORE »   Best Legal Departments 2014 In the 2014 version of our Best Legal Departments competition, the winners are a diverse bunch and all are multifaceted... READ MORE » University of Chicago Bringing in a New GC Kimberly Taylor will be heading to the University of Chicago in the fall to head up the institution's legal department. READ MORE » Malpractice Suit Against GC Headed to NJ High Court The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to hear a legal malpractice case against the former general counsel of a time-share... READ MORE » Jack Abramoff Fights Seizure of Tax Refunds Convicted ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff is challenging the federal government's seizure of nearly $450,000 in federal tax... READ MORE » After a More Modest Win, Apple Seeks a More Modest Injunction Apple lawyer William Lee says his client wants a ban on specific infringing features and is willing to give Samsung... READ MORE » Federal Circuit Sides With Google in AdSense Patent Fight Judge Sharon Prost rejected a patent asserted by a British Telecom affiliate, finding a post on an Internet bulletin... READ MORE » FTC Calls for Transparency in Data Broker Business Many of the recommendations are already in pending California legislation, though some privacy advocates say neither...READ MORE » Appeals Court OKs CalPERS Suit Against Rating Agencies Defense lawyers for Moody's and S&P had argued the suit should be thrown out under California's anti-SLAPP statute. READ MORE » Lieff Cabraser's Kelly Dermody The plaintiffs lawyer discusses taking on Apple and Google in the "no-poach" litigation and thriving in a male-dominated... READ MORE » On the Move New hires, promotions, appointments and awards in-house, at firms, and in government and academia. READ MORE »   AIG: Battling for a Comeback A law department takes body blows, but refuses to give up.READ MORE » Best Legal Departments 2014 In the 2014 version of our Best Legal Departments competition, the winners are a diverse bunch and all are multifaceted... READ MORE » Federal Magistrate Judge Tosses Case as Sanction Against Lawyer A federal magistrate judge has ordered a Swarthmore, Pa., lawyer to pay the costs associated with seeking sanctions... READ MORE » From Both Sides Now Companies worry about the safety of data in the cloud. READ MORE »