Type any store name into Google and a list of similar stores shows up in the results - with the search term sometimes not even listed at the top. If a competitor purchases your company's trademark through keyword bidding and uses it as a metatag, potential infringement issues emerge. This article explores the legal issues of such use, and offers suggestions as to how you can best protect your company.
Open source software is being used more and more frequently, and in-house attorneys need to get a firm grip on all that the software entails, especially in terms of compliance. This article takes a look at your first steps in doing this, assessing the risks, litigation and licenses involved in using it, outsourcing and acquisitions where it is involved, and the management of its use.
With so much electronically stored information (ESI), it can be difficult to find the specific answers you are looking for. "Keyword searching" has emerged as a solution to this issue. This article discusses the complicated nature of this solution.
Discusses whether internet tools, meant to make information more accessible, have affected and altered our cognitive abilities.
Dr. Ray Kurzweil coined the theory known as the "Law of Accelerating Returns," especially applicable to technology. In this article, find out how this theory applies to the job of in-house counsel.
Ever heard of Facebook? Chances are some of your employees have, and they may even mention your company name in their profiles. Yes, in-house counsel should be aware of social networking sites, but maybe not in order to police them-but to join them. Find out about this type of online social networking, and explore some of its potential benefits, as well as some of the issues you need to know.
The management responsiblities of a chief legal officer (CLO) sometimes extend into the realm of real estate and property of the company. This responsibility can often involve making crucial decisions into how the property should be maintained. This article explores the different dimensions of the job, and varying methods for management.
This issue discusses in-house salaries, electronic monitoring in the global workplace, building successful relationships with work councils in Europe, and more.
Discusses legal outsourcing, consumer and commercial customer protection, and the state of technology in Canada.
The information revolution is responsible for quantum leaps in productivity and economic prosperity, but a downside has been the rise in a whole new class of crimes. With 8 primary elements, the comprehensive privacy protection and information security program described in this article is centered on people, processes, and technical management that is standards-based whenever possible.