 | Modern Practice Newsletter |  | | April 7, 2011 FindLaw.com Modern Practice Newsletter |
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FEATURED ARTICLES: SOFTWARE OVERLOAD - ARE PROBLEMS WITH TECHNOLOGY OR PROCESSES?
(Law Practice Management Articles) - Smaller law firms have all sorts of challenges when it comes to technology. They need software that works well with a minimum of fuss, and it must be compatible with the other software programs the firm uses. Small firms also generally lack the financial resources and IT staff that larger firms have. As a result, they have more stringent budget constraints and search out software that is intuitive and doesn't require extensive training.
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| GOOGLE BUZZ SETTLEMENT: PRIVACY AUDITS FOR 20 YEARS
(Eric Sinrod) - Google has entered into a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to address perceived privacy violations relating to the social network, Google Buzz. The Google Buzz settlement requires Google to implement a comprehensive privacy program and to be subject to independent privacy audits for the next 20 years. Why could this end up being a big deal? Google found itself in the cross-hairs of the FTC with respect to alleged deceptive tactics and violations of Google's privacy practices having to do with Google Buzz.
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| PANDORA SUBPOENAED OVER PRIVACY OF APPLE, ANDROID APPS
(FindLaw's Technologist) - When internet radio giant Pandora updated its SEC filing recently, it announced to the world that the mobile app market could potentially be in for a big change. Pandora disclosed that a grand jury in New Jersey had issued the company a subpoena to produce information about data collection methods for its Android and iPhone mobile applications. The subpoena is allegedly part of an industry-wide criminal investigation into how mobile apps collect and utilize user information, reports Ars Technica. Other developers have also been subpoenaed.
| NOKIA FILES NEW PATENT INFRINGEMENT COMPLAINT AGAINST APPLE
(FindLaw's Technologist) - The smart phone war is being waged in the courts, and the Nokia-Apple battle is heating up. The two phone manufacturers have been engaged in a patent dispute since 2009. Adding to the never-ending litigation, Nokia has added seven more allegedly infringed patents to its list this week. The new complaints follow a ruling by a U.S. trade panel judge dismissing five others.
| APPLE SUES AMAZON OVER ITS ABOUT-TO-OPEN "APPSTORE"
(FindLaw's Technologist) - Appstore or App Store? Let's first get this straight. Appstore (lowercase "s" and no space) is the name of Amazon's newly opened Android store. App Store belongs to iPhone and iPad behemoth, Apple. App Store clearly came first. Now that that's out of the way, you may have heard that Apple filed suit last week charging that Amazon has violated its App Store trademark. The Battle of the Apps is going to be quite the spectacle.
| WESTLAWNEXT 2011 NAMED NEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR BY LAW LIBRARIES
(FindLaw's Strategist) - In February 2010, after five years in development, Thomson Reuters released WestlawNext, which has since been subject to much fanfare. The product, which is a sleeker, cheaper, and more efficient version of the company's traditional Westlaw service, was just named the best new product of 2011 by the American Association of Law Libraries. Here's why. Developers worked with hundreds of legal professionals, handing each one a difficult legal research project. They tracked search terms, retrieved documents, and logs, watching how legal professionals move from document to document.
| WILLIE NELSON CAN SING FOR HIS FREEDOM, TEXAS PROSECUTOR SAYS
(FindLaw's Strategist) - Negotiating settlements and plea deals as a solo (or at a small firm) can sometimes be tedious. To mix things up, how would you like to broker a deal to have a country music legend sing for his freedom? That's exactly what is happening with Willie Nelson's most recent pot bust in West Texas. The prosecutor has offered to let Willie get off if he hands over a C Note and sings for his freedom... literally.
| ASSOCIATE CHARGED IN $32M INSIDER TRADING AT 3 BIGLAW FIRMS
(FindLaw's Greedy Associates) - Being a greedy associate at a law firm can mean more than just wanting a monster spring bonus. Sometimes it means being really, really greedy. A former associate has been charged in an alleged $32-million insider trading scheme based on information he obtained while working at three of America's largest law firms, officials said. Matthew Kluger, who specialized in merger and acquisitions for Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, will be arraigned in federal court in Newark Wednesday, The Star-Ledger reports.
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