Duane Morris is pleased to announce that Joseph M. Burton of the firm’s San Francisco office will receive a Burton Award for Legal Achievement at a gala ceremony to be held June 15, 2015, at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. This honor is given to only 35 authors selected from entries from the nation’s top 1,000 most prestigious and largest law firms. Continue reading “Duane Morris Cybersecurity Lawyer Joseph Burton Receives National Legal Writing Award”
Duane Morris Partner Eric Sinrod to Moderate Panel on “Data Portability”
Duane Morris partner Eric Sinrod will moderate a panel on “Data Portability” at the 10th Annual Standford E-Commerce Best Practices Conference on Friday, June 28, 2013, at Stanford Law School.
The Stanford E-Commerce Best Practices Conference is the premier educational event for in-house counsel and practitioners in the e-commerce industry. Leading insiders from industry, legal practice and academia will address current issues facing the industry and offer practical solutions for dealing with the many legal uncertainties that arise when doing business online. The program will feature a roundtable of general counsel from leading e-commerce companies and will provide perspectives on a wide-range of current topics.
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A New Legal Perspective on ACH Fraud
A Missouri court recently handed down a judgement in an ACH/wire fraud dispute between Choice Escrow and BancorpSouth, and in a change from rulings in similar cases, this judgment favored the bank. The judge’s findings may well impact how other cases are decided in the future.
Partner Joseph Burton comments in Bank Info Security on the case and what the decision may mean going forward. Click here to read the article and listen to the interview.
Your Life in Photos: Privacy and a New Kind of Camera
What if you could capture your entire life in photos? The New York Times reported that a Swedish company Memoto has developed a wearable camera that accomplishes just that. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/meet-memoto-the-lifelogging-camera/. This application goes way beyond Instagram.
Memoto’s website says: “The Memoto camera is a tiny camera and GPS that you clip on and wear. It’s an entirely new kind of digital camera with no controls. Instead, it automatically takes photos as you go. The Memoto app then seamlessly and effortlessly organizes them for you.”
Read more about the pros and cons of this new device at the New Media and Entertainment Law Blog.
A Copyright Alert about a Copyright Alert: Internet Service Providers Undertake a New Program
It’s good to be an Internet Service Provider. While content owners worry about piracy and erosion of copyright, and thus revenue, ISP’s (the companies that provide us with Internet access) do not have substantial copyright worries. They are considered, in effect, common carriers and as a result are generally no more liable for copyright infringement by its customers than the telephone company would be liable if you slander someone during a phone call. The concern is the copyright misbehavior of ISP customers, namely people like us.
Click here to read Mark Fischer’s blog entry on ISP’s and copyright issues.
Want to “Unlock” That New Mobile Phone? The Rules Have Changed.
It’s a little-known fact that the Librarian of Congress has the power to determine if you can “unlock” your mobile phone/PDA in order to change the telephone/ISP service accessible on the device. You might not think a librarian could be that powerful, but it’s the law.
Learn more about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) and the Librarian of Congress’ role in unlocking mobile phones in this blog entry from partner Mark Fischer on the New Media and Entertainment Law Blog.
Monetizing Open Source Platforms — Something New?
Sharing software code via free open source has been around since the 1980s and has enjoyed much success. Open source has been applied to content, websites, technological parts, and other materials. Can and should an open source platform be monetized?
Partner Mark Fischer takes a look at GitHub (a collaborative website allowing individuals to share code) and its place in monetizing open source code in this blog entry from the New Media and Entertainment Law Blog.
Partner Eric Sinrod to Discuss “Social Media & Ethics: Avoiding Costly Mistakes”
Duane Morris partner Eric Sinrod will be part of a roundtable discussion on “Social Media & Ethics: Avoiding Costly Mistakes” on Wednesday, January 23, 2013.
The panel will explore ethical pitfalls in using social media to investigate and prepare cases, and will cover competence; advertising/solicitation; social media relationships; and investigations.
Electronic Discovery Can Save Litigation Costs
Partner Sheila Raftery Wiggins was featured in an article on eDiscovery in NJBiz. Here is an excerpt:
Sheila Raftery Wiggins, a partner at Duane Morris LLP, says people communicate more from home, while traveling and over the Internet, creating more possible evidence for companies to store.
During litigation, the process of electronic discovery — reviewing and identifying what electronically stored information, out of potentially millions of documents, needs to be turned over to the opposing party — often is cumbersome and costly for companies, but a recent court ruling might lead to the more widespread acceptance of technology that could save companies money and time.
Read the rest of the article on the NJBiz website.
The ‘Computer Geek’ Whose Md. Lawsuit Could Help Clear Out Your Junk Mail
Eric Sinrod, a partner in the San Francisco office of Duane Morris LLP, was quoted by The Washington Post in an article about a federal email spam jury trial. Click here to access the full article.