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• Automatic Copying of Emails Doesn’t Kill Privilege, Court Finds

  A man who used a Web-based e-mail service to communicate with his lawyer did not forfeit attorney-client privilege in those messages just because they were automatically copied to his company-owned laptop computer when he viewed them, a Massachusetts court has ruled.

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• Bloggers, Confidential Sources and . . . Discovery?

  In the 2006 case, O'Grady v. Superior Ct., the Sixth Appellate District in California has interpreted the Stored Communications Act as limiting the ability of civil litigants to obtain the contents of stored communications from Internet Service Providers (ISPs) through the subpoena process. While this is a narrow application of the law, the interpretation will significantly affect e-discovery strategies and tactics in California - especially when litigants cannot obtain the original communications from the recipient.

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• Court Affirms Infringement by BlackBerry Maker

  The nation's leading court on patent law has ruled that the Canadian company that makes the popular BlackBerry wireless e-mail device engaged in patent infringement.

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• What Lawyers Need to Know about the General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR)

  Attorneys, who already handle sensitive information about their clients, may find themselves subject to GDPR rules depending on their clientele. As businesses globalize, more law firms will likely need to have these regulations on their radar.

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• The Courtroom 21 Project: A Light At The End Of The Legal Technology Tunnel

  With the rate of crime steadily on the rise and budgets continually dwindling, courts now have to deal with congested facilities, backlogged dockets, and decreasing and overburdened personnel. The implementation of cutting edge legal technologies is greatly enhancing the capabilities of the courts to assuage these problems, while maintaining the accuracy and propriety of the proceedings.

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• Interview: EFF Senior Counsel Fred von Lohmann

  Interview with Fred von Lohmann, Senior Counsel of the Electronic Freedom Foundation.

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• List of Communications Law Highlights for 2006

  We've assembled some of the top issues in the communications field that have appeared in the Legal Technology Center over the course of the past year, and we offer them up so you can relive the highs and lows that were 2006.  

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• Ninth Circuit Decision Creates Liability Risk for Social Networking Sites

  The Ninth Circuit recently issued a ruling against Roommates.com that could greatly impact other social networking sites by calling into question the immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act that such sites have previously enjoyed.

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• Open Source Code: What Is The Price Of The Freedom To Share?

  Access the internet; find it; download it; then modify it, use it, distribute it, and/or incorporate it into a product. Best of all, it did not even cost a penny! What is It? It is open source code; source code that is licensed to the user under certain terms and conditions, without the requirement to pay a fee for modifying, copying or distributing the source code.

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• Revelations About NSA Access to Phone Records: Laws That Were Probably Broken and Likely Consequences

  With the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping program still highly controversial, just last week, USA Today revealed that President Bush has authorized yet another secret surveillance program. Under this program, the NSA - apparently without the benefit of any court order -- has been compiling millions of Americans' phone records into a giant database.

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