In this era of multiple online communication channels, and in an environment of increased employee mobility, employers need to focus on the legal and practical ways of securing their ownership of online company accounts that are registered or otherwise created by employees or contractors. Whose Tweet Is It Anyway? PhoneDog LLC v. Kravitz , No. MORE >>

LexisNexis today is formally launching its next-generation legal research platform, Lexis Advance. As WestlawNext did for Westlaw , Lexis Advance does for Lexis.com, incorporating a streamlined, simplified, Google-like search bar that searches universally across all libraries and then lets you use smart filters to zero in on precisely what you want. MORE >>

For the past decade, ever since Napster changed the world of digital distribution, we’ve been telling ourselves a story about big businesses trying to fight little people, old companies trying to block new ideas, the past trying to stop the future. This supposed to be the happy ending. balance of trade, as well as the economy as a whole. MORE >>

This article is was originally published in Billboard Magazine and has been reprinted with permission. George Clinton v. Universal Music Group Highlights Time Limits On Royalty Claims , BILLBOARD, Sept. 29, 2011. by Tamera H. Bennett. In 1980, Clinton signed a production agreement with Casablanca Records, which is now owned by Universal Music Group. MORE >>

DeVoy Congress, in its infinite wisdom, is effectively trying to make pizza a vegetable so that it can be served even more frequently in school lunches. Is that even possible? Republicans have added provisions into a spending bill that would have the following effects on existing USDA laws and regulations: Block the Agriculture Department [.]. MORE >>