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The gift giving season is upon us…which also means it’s the gift buying season. Which is great for retailers, but not-so-great for your bank account. However, the folks at North American loyalty-marketing expert LoyaltyOne (by way of the North American Precis Sydicate), have put together some fantastic tips on how you can delight the people…

People call it the holiday season, but retailers have a more lucrative name for it: gift giving season. Or, more accurately: gift buying season. And that means whether you’re a Secret Santa or you need that perfect gift for that special someone (or that imperfect gift for that ordinary someone), you’re going to be hitting…

Messagingarchitects.com reports that, as companies rush to the wild digital frontier so they can strike Social Media gold, there’s a key factor that many of them should – but aren’t – paying enough attention to: eDiscovery compliance. And that’s a big (read: costly, angry judge, reputation damaging) problem waiting to happen, because as mountains of…

A core conversation lies beneath any big policy debate – health care spending, judicial reform, economic stimulus, foreign affairs, why they keep making those awful Bachelorette reality shows – is whether the right way forward is through sweeping reform or stricter policies. And right now, eDiscovery is facing this fork in the policy road; especially…

Planning on uploading those festive water-skiing pictures to MySpace, or that “funny one” with you skateboarding while balancing a latte on your head to Facebook? Go for it –just make sure that you aren’t trying to win a personal injury suit at the same time; one that claims you can’t do the things your MySpace…

These days, email between lawyers and their clients is standard; in fact, it’s often the preferred medium of communication. It’s fast. It’s easy. It helps keep things organized. It can be done in a bathrobe. And it saves money. Oh, and it can also lose the case. And that’s almost what happened in Charm v.…

As reported by Messaging Architects, today’s CIOs have one more looming responsibility to add to their overloaded to-do list: eDiscovery. The news is courtesy of a United States Investigation Services (USIS) study, which found that CIOs are playing a more significant role in eDiscovery development, policies and solutions. Specifically, CIOs are being asked — or,…

As explored on law.com by Rich Melville, the litigation support manager for Maynard, Cooper & Gale, PC, there’s a brand new reason not to give into that “I’m alone here at work” temptation and photocopy a body part of choice: it may end up on the Internet. And it’s not just regrettable scans that could…

Step aside Judge Judy. Take a seat Judge Joe Brown. Bet you (or Rusty, your trusty and curiously armed bailiff) never saw this coming, Judge Wapner. Behold: what could be a new low in both reality television and court TV, all wrapped in one weird little “episode.” The star of this episode is San Diego…

While many (we won’t say all) of you won’t be dressing up and pleading for candy from neighbours on October 31st – probably because you heard too many “aren’t you a bit old for this?” the last time you tried that – you may have little ones in the house who are craving the day…