Clik here to view.
Procter & Gamble Found Guilty Of ‘Reverse Domain Name Hijacking’
By IT-Lex Intern Karina Saranovic (LinkedIn) Procter & Gamble has been found guilty of attempted reverse domain name hijacking after a World Intellectual Property Organization panel reviewed the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Lawsuit May Lead To No More Kodak Moments
By IT-Lex Intern Karina Saranovic (LinkedIn) Remember the Kodak Theatre? The Academy Awards were held at this globally-renowned landmark until this year. Due to Kodak’s recent financial hardships,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SEC Finally Allows Companies To Use Social Media, But…
By: IT-Lex Intern Eric Everson (LinkedIn) Perhaps you remember Netflix’s recent run in with the SEC, where company CEO Reed Hastings faced action over a Facebook post wherein he bragged about how the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Emails Form Valid, Staute Of Frauds-Friendly, Real-Estate Option Contract
Email correspondences are no longer just means of communicating with friends; they have become tools for binding legal contracts. We’ve talked in the past about how the elementary concepts of offer and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Judge Allows Blogging, Bans Tweeting, In Courtroom
By IT-Lex Intern Joey Chindamo (LinkedIn) Twitter is often described as a microblogging platform. Is Twitter, therefore, distinguishable from conventional blogs when it comes to reporters’ use of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
California: Holding Smartphone GPS While Driving Is An Illegal Distraction
Last month, we posted about a recent New York opinion that narrowed how a driver in that state could permissibly use their cell phone. Playing back voicemail recordings was not okay, as you may recall,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Reminder: Don’t Text When You’re On A Jury
How’s this for some glorious symmetry: our very first post on IT-Lex, back in June, concerned jurors’ use of social media. This happens to be our 500th post – hold for applause – and it, too involves a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In Ohio, A Lawyer May Solicit A Potential Client Via Text
Last month, the Supreme Court of Ohio’s Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline issued an opinion on a very current issue. The question they sought to answer was: May Ohio lawyers use text...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Florida Bar Concerned About Hidden Text And Meta Tags
The Florida Bar is currently considering a proposed advisory opinion that concerns the way lawyers advertise through their websites. More specifically, it’s aimed at the supposed menace of hidden text...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“Email Failures” Cost Financial Company $9 Million In Fines
A news release from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) caught out attention earlier this week. The investments and securities watchdog announced that it had fined LPL Financial LLC...
View Article
