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Facebook gives a little, gets a little with new privacy settings

December 18, 2012 Posted in Firm News

Dec. 12, 2012 - TechNewsWorld - Facebook has changed its privacy controls after conducting a vote on the matter that was doomed from the start to be irrelevant.

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Getting and staying on the "good" list

December 6, 2012 Posted in Corporate Compliance, Firm News

Dec. 6, 2012 - Corporate Compliance Insights - As children, we are told that Santa Clause knows if we have been naughty or nice. Whether we get that new bicycle or video game depends heavily on our behavior all year long.

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Obama's win to turn up heat on privacy regulation

November 6, 2012 Posted in Firm News

Nov. 6, 2012 - Law 360 - With his re-election Tuesday, President Barack Obama will likely continue to push for the creation of binding security obligations and aggressive regulation by the Federal Trade Commission to combat pressing privacy concerns raging from the online collection of consumers' personal information to the protection of the nation's critical infrastructure, attorneys say.

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Alberto Manrara joins Salazar Jackson as associate

October 29, 2012 Posted in Firm News

MIAMI, FL (October 29, 2012) Alberto M. Manrara has joined Miami-based Salazar Jackson as an associate. He will work with the firm’s Trial and Litigation Team.

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FTC's privacy "nutrition label" may not fit complex data use

October 24, 2012 Posted in Firm News

Oct. 24, 2012 - Law360 - The Federal Trade Commision said Tuesday that it was developing a template modeled after nutrition labels that would allow companies to succinctly and uniformly disclose their data collection practices, but industry attorneys are skeptical, saying the complex nature of how companies use and share data would make such a simple solution untenable.

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What happens if your city goes broke, files bankruptcy?

October 14, 2012 Posted in Firm News

Oct. 14, 2012 - Bankrate Inc. - Municipal bankruptcies are nothing new, but several recent landmark filings have transformed Chapter 9 of the U.S. bankruptcy code for municipal reorganization from a relatively obscure body of law into a hot topic.

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Crowdfunding offers great opportunities for financing — but poses pitfalls

October 9, 2012 Posted in Firm News

Oct. 9, 2012 - Daily Business Review - For the past 80 years, companies seeking to raise capital from investors have been forced to go through the expensive and arduous process of registering and selling securities, or using a private offering that could only reach limited investors.

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Attorneys rewarded for Sunwest work

October 6, 2012 Posted in Firm News

Oct. 6, 2012 - Statesman Journal - A federal judge has taken the unusual step of awarding cash bonuses, ranging from $25,000 to $150,000, to seven attorneys involved in resolving the Sunwest bankruptcy case.

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Romney tape likely violates federal and state privacy laws

October 3, 2012 Posted in Firm News

Oct. 3, 2012 - Daily Business Review - By Luis Salazar - This summer, Mitt Romney visited a private home in Boca Raton and delivered his now highly publicized 47 percent analysis. Secretly recorded, that speech has since been exhaustively covered by the media.

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Can West Palm Beach keep 'tent site' in wake of Digital Domain bankruptcy?

September 30, 2012 Posted in Firm News

Sept. 29. 2012 - Palm Beach Post - Does the city of West Palm Beach have a chance to recoup the “tent site” land from Digital Domain Media Group?

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