LexThink! Resolutions

April 5, 2005

Sherry Fowler posts today on some of her LexThink! observations and the collective resolutions of the group at the end of our day. Thanks, Sherry!

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Civil Liability for Identity Theft

April 5, 2005

Michael Fitzgibbon and David Fraser have been cooking up some blog resources on the growing concern over civil liability for breach of security that facilitates identity theft. Details at David’s blog.

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Canadians Will Need Biometric Passports to Visit U.S.

April 5, 2005

The U.S. State Department announced today that anyone entering the U.S., including its own citizens, will by 2008 need a passport – eventually, it will have to be biometric. This includes Canadians, of course, who generally do not currently require a passport to enter the U.S. Via David Akin.

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Feedburner Announces a VC Round

April 5, 2005

Feedburner has announced a $7M round of financing. One of many we’ll see in syndication technologies over the next few months, I expect.

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Breaching Publication Bans

April 5, 2005

It’s no secret now that there have been explosive recent developments at the Gomery Commission. What is a secret (but only to Canadians) is what those developments are. A U.S. blogger with an inside source has reported on the developments, and (at least) two Canadian newspapers have now reported on the blogger’s story. Quite apart […]

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CRTC Rules VoIP Must Offer 911

April 5, 2005

Hot on the heels of a high-profile Texas case involving a failed attempt to make a VoIP 911 call during an armed burglary, the CRTC has ruled that VoIP services must offer 911 service, with the service depending on the type of VoIP.

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LexThink! Chicago 2005

April 4, 2005

I’m back home after spending the weekend in Chicago. Saturday was acclimatization, sight-seeing and meeting some people there for ABA Techshow, Sunday as a participant in LexThink! Chicago. LexThink! is a new annual (we hope) conference organized by Matt Homann, Dennis Kennedy and Sherry Fowler around the idea of building the perfect professional services firm. […]

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Plaxo’s Corporate Blogging Policy

April 3, 2005

Mark Jen of Plaxo (ex of Google) has posted Plaxo’s draft blogging policy for comment. Thanks to David Jacobson for the tip.

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The End of Customer Rebates?

April 3, 2005

The Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting that because of customer complaints Best Buy has decided to eliminate customer rebates within two years. It has long been known that customers find rebates to be frustrating, but one wonders whether this was the final straw for Best Buy: Last month, the Federal Trade Commission said for the […]

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Avoiding the VC “No”

April 2, 2005

Ross Mayfield has some observations on Bill Burnham’s recent post about the VC “No”, including on how to avoid it.

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Corporate and Employee Blogging Resources

April 2, 2005

I moved my page on corporate blogging policies and employee blogging resources. You can now find it here.

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Another Interesting Boutique Law Firm

April 2, 2005

Information Overlord posts on the recent formation of a new London sports law boutique firm: Senior lawyers from Clifford Chance and sports marketing group IMG have teamed up to launch a new niche firm, onside law. The brand new sport, fashion and entertainment law firm has been launched by former Cifford Chance senior associate Simon […]

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