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• What Every Business Owner Needs To Know About Electronic Discovery ( May 2005 )
  Timothy J. Hogan of Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P.

  "Electronic discovery" does not refer to a simple, cheap means of responding to requests for information and documents in litigation. It involves searching your company's computer network to locate and produce potentially large volumes of electronically stored items, e.g. emails, attachments, spreadsheets and drawings, and may include producing metadata (data hidden in documents regarding authors and times of document creation) and drafts of documents that have been "deleted" from computers.

• Data Life Cycle Management ( July 2004 )
  George L. Paul of Lewis and Roca LLP

  Electronic information management is now a primary business and legal concern. Sarbanes Oxley, information security, expanded electronic discovery demands, and new penalties for spoliation of evidence have made "document retention" an issue of urgency for general counsel.

• The Law Protects The "Unauthorized" Access To Computer Data: How You Can Shape The Law While At The Same Time Protecting Your Data ( January 2004 )
  Nick  Akerman of Dorsey & Whitney, LLP

  The computer and the Internet have dramatically changed the playing field of industrial espionage. Now, customer lists, marketing and strategic plans and financial information can be passed to the competition with a simple click of the mouse, and a high school hacker can break into computers that store a wealth of personal information.

• Intellectual Property Strategies in Security and Privacy ( September 2003 )
  Dennis S Fernandez of

  Current technological advances ranging from biotech and nanotechnology to electronics and software can be used to both protect and jeopardize the security and privacy of individuals. This paper highlights some Intellectual Property (IP) strategies to successfully navigate the competitive landscape of these technical industries.

• SEC's Electronic Filing System Has Been Updated to Accept Recently Adopted Forms and Exhibits ( July 2003 )
  Morrison & Foerster LLP

  Effective July 28, 2003, the SEC’s electronic filing system (“EDGAR”) was updated to accept Form 8-K filings under Item 11 (temporary suspension of trading under a company’s employee benefit plans) and Item 12 (earnings announcements or releases) and to accept CEO and CFO certifications as exhibits 31 and 32 to quarterly and annual reports.

• Standards Wars: Rights, Responsibilities, and Strategies ( June 2003 )
  Steven J. Henry, Edward J. Russavage and Liza  Vertinsky of Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

  Participation in standard-setting organizations (SSOs) raises issues with grave implications for many companies. SSOs promote interoperability in technology systems through the adoption of technical standards. Conflicting demands for standardization, free dispersion of information, and the need to protect proprietary technologies, have left technology companies caught in the middle of industry standard "wars."

• The Changing World of Electronic Signatures ( June 2003 )
  Don F. Dagenais and Randell D. Wallace of Lathrop Gage

  A federal law that took effect about a year and a half ago is changing the world in terms of how legal documents are signed. If it hasn't affected your business already, it probably soon will. The full title of the law is the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, but it has become commonly known in legal circles as "E-Sign."

• Security Check: Reducing Risks to Your Computer Systems ( June 2003 )
  Federal Trade Commission

  Sound security for businesses means regular risk assessment, effective coordination and oversight, and prompt response to new developments. Basic steps in information security planning include identifying internal and external risks to the security, designing and implementing safeguards, and periodically monitoring and testing the safeguards.

• Intergraph's Patent Victory over Intel: FindLaw Interview with George M. Schwab of Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP ( May 2003 )
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  Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, a 150-attorney law firm specializing in intellectual property and complex litigation, secured a major patent victory on behalf of computer software developer Intergraph Corporation over microprocessor giant Intel. Following a bench trial, U.S. District Court Judge T. John Ward of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Texas held that Intel's Itanium processors infringe two Intergraph patents directed to parallel instruction computing.