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• Patent transactions increasingly involve antitrust issues

  May 08 2012 Patent transactions of increasing value are attracting the attention of antitrust regulators, necessitating the use of antitrust experts in a field that previously had... more

• Immigration Firm HEATHER L. POOLE PC Launches Facebook page

  Nov 07 2011 Get the latest information on family-based immigration and news related to complicated family-immigration cases. more

• Facebook v Winklevoss twins feud comes to an end

  Apr 13 2011 Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has won the legal battle against former Harvard classmates who accused him of stealing their idea for Facebook. A three-judge... more

• Eversheds, Pinsent Masons and Allens use social media for recruitment

  Oct 07 2010 Facebook is often regarded as a poor tool for law firm recruitment, with graduates preferring to maintain a division between their professional and personal lives. But... more

• Facebook

  Jun 28 2010 The center is now on facebook more

• Facebook Is 'Unrivaled Leader' for Online Divorce Evidence, Survey Says

  Feb 15 2010 We heard this week from one lawyer who tells his criminal defense clients right off the bat to nix their Facebook accounts. Maybe divorce lawyers ought to consider... more

• Facebook Privacy Settlement Hits Bumps

  Feb 12 2010 Lawyers pushing a Facebook privacy settlement are trying to fend off critics by suggesting in a Thursday filing that privacy organizations are raising objections... more

• Ga. Judge Resigns After Questions Raised About Facebook Contacts

  Jan 08 2010 A Georgia judge has resigned from the bench after questions surfaced about his Facebook relationship with a defendant. more

• Can a judge have Facebook friends?

  Dec 16 2009 A recent legal ethics opinion concerning Florida judges stated that judges may not "friend" lawyers who may appear before them on social networking sites such as... more

• Police use Facebook to target underage drinkers

  Nov 26 2009 Several people have been cited by the La Crosse, Wisconsin, police department for underage drinking based on incriminating photos on social media sites. Social... more

• New Facebook share structure hints at IPO

  Nov 26 2009 Facebook is implementing a new stock structure to make sure the founders retain control, immediately causing rumors about an impending initial public offering (IPO).... more

• Class action suit stops Facebook's Beacons

  Sep 22 2009 A class action lawsuit has led to Facebook agreeing to shutdown the controversial Facebook Beacon service. Through the Facebook Beacon service, Facebook is notified... more

• Facebook and StudiVZ reach settlement in plagiarism dispute

  Sep 11 2009 Facebook and German social network operator StudiVZ have reached a settlement in the alleged plagiarism case, with the StudiVZ paying Facebook an undisclosed sum as... more

• Facebook loses lawsuit against German clone StudiVZ

  Jun 17 2009 Facebook’s legal challenge to shut down its German rival StudiVZ has failed after a Cologne court rejected the social networking site’s argument that StudiVZ copied... more

• New Facebook usernames raise fears of cybersquatting

  Jun 12 2009 Starting this saturday, Facebook will allow its users to choose any "username". Lawyers advise trademark owners to register their trademarks with Facebook to prevent... more

• Major firms disallow access to social networking

  Mar 18 2009 According to firm management blogger Larry Bodine, if you can read this at work, you may be one of the lucky ones. A significant proportion of large firms now block... more

• Facebook's secret $65m settlement revealed in law firm brochure

  Feb 13 2009 A law firm claims that Facebook paid $65 million to settle a ConnectU’s suit. ConnectU was accusing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg of stealing the idea for the... more

• Jack Delany of Delany and O'Brien co-authors paper on juror profiling in the Myspace(R) and Facebook(R) era

  Sep 02 2008 The Internet and information technology has transformed society in general and the mindset of a jury panel. It has reshaped how they think and learn, obtain... more

• Facebook Sues German Social Network StudiVZ

  Jul 19 2008 Facebook is pursuing social networks it believes have copied their design or features by suing German social network StudiVZ. The Financial Times has reported that... more

• Allen & Overy ban on facebook causes insurrection by associates

  May 19 2008 Attention managing partners: Do you like the idea of your associates using valuable bandwidth -- both mental and electronic -- to play Scrabulous or "poke" their... more

• Social networking sites pose danger to law firms

  Jan 23 2008 While corporations and professional firms such as law practices tend to focus their attention on controlling and restricting employee access to Internet sites while at... more

• Facebook fans lost for words in ‘Scrabble’ row

  Jan 20 2008 Office workers and students may have to look for new ways to procrastinate, because one of the world’s most popular online games could soon be shut down. The makers of... more

• Are Facebook’s Social Ads Illegal?

  Nov 11 2007 Mark Zuckerberg promised no less than a revolution with his idea that ads you see on Facebook will be attached to the names and photos of your friends who like the... more

• New York Attorney General Cuomo subpoenas Facebook

  Sep 25 2007 Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced an investigation into the popular online social networking site Facebook after undercover investigators posing as... more