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Lawyers Sue Company for Buying Their Names as Keywords in Adwords: Is That Really Trademark Infringement?

 

On March 23, 2017, two competing personal injury lawyers Scott W. Schiff and Kevin F. Kurgis joined forces to sue a marketing company that was buying their names as keywords in Adwords. The complaint (Schiff et al v. Exclusive Legal Marketing, Inc. et al) was filed in U.S. District Court of Southern Ohio claiming that…

Half of Americans’ Faces Are in FBI’s Facial Recognition Program

  

On March 22, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing to review the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s use of facial recognition technology and other programs. Facial recognition technology uses an algorithm to analyze a subject’s facial features, such as length and width of a person’s nose, eyes and ears. Law enforcement…

Customs Agents Downloading U.S. Citizen Data

Customs Agents are Downloading U.S. Citizens’ Data and It’s Legal

  

A Democratic Senator is pushing for a privacy focused overhaul regarding device searches at the border. The suspicious scientist Sidd Bikkannavar, a U.S. born citizen and employee at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, left for a trip to South America on January 15. When he returned two weeks later, the Trump administration’s travel ban was four…

Virtual Reality in the Courtroom

Virtual Reality in the Courtroom is Helping Jurors See the Facts

Imagine twelve jurors sitting in the jury box, listening as the defense attorney presents them with imagery of a crime scene, showing various views of the scene and pointing out salient details. But instead of viewing a projection or large prints, they are seeing the evidence through virtual reality goggles strapped to their heads. This…

Alexa… Help Me Solve this Murder

In a first of its kind case, police ask Amazon for data to help solve a murder. UPDATE, 3/7/2017: Arkansas murder defendant James Bates, charged with murdering a man in his hot tub, has given police permission to review information that may be revealed in his smart home Echo recordings. Police hope to find aural…

The Future of Net Neutrality Under the Trump Administration

  

While President Trump has outlined his plans for strengthening the nation’s cyber security, his stances on privacy and net neutrality are unclear. However, his newly appointed FCC chair, Ajit Pai, has a consistent track record and is expected to oppose an open internet. In fact, on February 28th, Pai said net neutrality was “a mistake.”…

Legal Tech Solutions

Legal Tech Solutions to help your firm get organized

Legal technology in all its iterations helps the already innovative legal powerhouse mind who uses it. Many new software products designed for use by attorneys are often billed as being game changing and innovative. Some of the newest technology may be a must have for many law offices, advancing how the offices conduct business and…

Law Firm Brand Asset

Are you keeping track of your firm’s brand assets?

In a highly competitive marketplace, your firm needs to regularly produce interesting and focused legal content. That legal content – videos, papers, ebooks, brochures – should be high-quality and consistent. Legal marketing is an ongoing task that requires ready access to a variety of digital assets. Most law firms have a collection of items that…

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