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Speculation is Cheap: Hartford Has No Duty to Defend a Claim That Could Have Been

June 10, 2013

Will The Ninth Circuit See Things Differently? On March 19, 2013, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that Hartford Casualty did not have a…

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Walter B. Prince Quoted in Wall Street Journal Regarding Whitey Bulger Trial

June 4, 2013

Walter B. Prince, a founding partner of Boston law firm Prince Lobel Tye LLP, was asked about the upcoming federal trial of Whitey Bulger, who was captured two years ago after 16…

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Crowdfunding Update – Where Do Things Stand One Year Later?

May 22, 2013

It’s been almost a year since my last crowdfunding update, and with the encouraging news that MicroVentures (a combined equity crowdfunding platform and broker-dealer in the US), having announced that…

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Mitch McConnell, Ashley Judd, and Wiretapping Laws: Can You Tape an Overheard Conversation?

May 13, 2013

Last month, the political class was briefly set abuzz when a surreptitious recording of a meeting among Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and members of his staff was released to…

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A First Step Toward Universal Cybersecurity Standards?

May 13, 2013

On May 5, 2013, Zack Whittaker, an industry reporter, wrote a story published on ZDNet.com revealing that security researchers have discovered a previously unreported zero-day attack that targets U.S. government…

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Pros and Cons of Guardianships for Parents of Impaired Adults

May 13, 2013

When we think about guardianships, we often think about young children whose parents have died, elderly patients with dementia, or even young adults who have been so severely injured that…

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To Make Website Terms Enforceable, Make Users Click

May 9, 2013

In a decision that could significantly affect the enforceability of online contracts, the Massachusetts Appeals Court this week ruled that an email service cannot necessarily require its account users to…

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Are Terror Suspects’ Government Benefits a “Public Record”?

April 26, 2013

Friday, April 25, 2013 The Boston Herald’s report that Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his parents received state welfare benefits has set off a public debate over whether, as the Herald put…

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Estate Planning Trends You Need to Know About

April 22, 2013

Now that the $5 million federal exemption is permanent, estate planners need to refocus their energies—and their clients—on creating estate plans that are less concerned with avoiding federal taxes and…

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FTC Updates Digital Advertising Guidelines — How to Comply in a Social Media World

April 18, 2013

Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its latest guidelines: “.com Disclosures: How to Make Effective Disclosures in Digital Advertising.” The guidelines attempt to reconcile consumer protection laws in…