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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has brought another layer of complexity to protecting trademarks from being poached as part of a domain name. As of March 26 2013 trademark owners may now submit their brand names to...

Getty Images is now allowing bloggers to use 35 million of its images for free as long as they're used for non-commercial purposes.

Are your employees covered by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act's whistleblower protection simply because your company contracts with a public company? The Supreme Court made clear this week that the answer to that question is "yes," thus expanding protection...

Late last month, a New York state judge denied AIG’s request to delay approval of Bank of America’s $8.5 billion settlement with private investors in connection with certain mortgage-backed securities that had soured. Bank of America agreed to the...

The Obama administration has publicly offered support to state officials who will not defend their states' bans on same-sex marriage. In a speech Tuesday to a conference of state attorneys general in Washington, DC, Attorney General Eric Holder said,...

On February 26, 2014, the Northern District of California issued its opinion in Dhillon v. Does 1-10. Judge Susan Illston held that the use of a political campaign photograph by one’s political enemies is fair use....

The blended use of technology for both professional and personal communication has had a significant impact on workplace privacy. Gone are the days when all an employer knew about an employee was what could be observed during the workweek and at the...

In a setback to the FAA's ban on the unlicensed use of commercial drones, a federal administrative law judge has ruled that the FAA could not fine a Virginia man who used a model aircraft to take photographs and film for money....

Heroin overdoses, as well as the abuse of prescription opiate drugs, pose an “urgent public health crisis,” says Eric Holder, who Monday urged law enforcement agencies to train and supply employees with naloxone, a medicine that can reverse an opiate overdose if administered quickly.

On March 6, the CFPB released a “snapshot” of servicemember complaints prepared by the Office of Servicemember Affairs (OSA), which analyzes the military consumer complaints received since July 2011. According to the report, servicemembers, veterans,...

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