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Social Networking, Mobile Devices And The Cloud:The Newest Frontiers Of Privacy Law
Social networking, mobile devices, and cloud computing are enabling new forms of commerce and communication. In turn, businesses, regulators, and courts are confronting the expanded role of social media and cloud services in litigation and investigations and particularly the privacy issues raised...
Read MoreA Cross-Border Practice With A Dash Of Microfinance
Editor: Please tell our readers about yourself and your practice. Grikscheit: The focus of my practice is international transactions and alternative investment funds. Historically most of my cross-border transactions have involved Latin America, but my practice has expanded to other emerging...
Read MoreScheduled Maintenance
Businesses perform regularly scheduled maintenance on computer networks, vehicle fleets, and manufacturing equipment; why not your patent portfolio?You may be missing opportunities to focus your patenting efforts, generate revenue, and save money. Companies file patent applications for a...
Read MoreProxy Access Is Coming - Steps To Take Now
Editor: Joe, tell us about your background. Johnson: I have been at Goodwin Procter since 1986. My practice involves a substantial amount of M&A work, but at least half is representing both activist shareholders and companies in proxy contests and other situations where control of...
Read MoreThe Importance Of A Well-Planned Cross-Examination
Editor: Please describe your respective backgrounds in the U.S. Attorneys Offices in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Strassberg: Before I was a partner at Goodwin Procter, I was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York for eight years, and for the last three...
Read MoreGoodwin Procter:Finding New Opportunities To Advance Pro Bono
Editor: Ken, as Chairman of Goodwin Procter's Products Liability & Mass Torts practice, you also find time to chair the firm's Pro Bono committee. What has led to your interest in pro bono? Parsigian: After serving for five years as a volunteer at VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) I...
Read MoreThe Year Of Advertising Dangerously?
As if shrinking advertising budgets, failing business units, and toxic levels of consumer cynicism were not enough to contend with, the changeover to a new administration and at key leadership positions in Congress presage a challenging year for advertisers on legal and regulatory fronts.Numerous...
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