Global General Counsel
"For in-house counsel around the world."
Author: James C. Roberts is the founder of Global Capital Law Group and Global Capital Strategic Group, and he is based in Los Angeles and Milan. He also authors Transactions & Strategy.
Blawg Related Categories: Contracts • Corporate Law • In-house Counsel • Intellectual Property Law • States • Delaware • Consultant • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Global General Counsel
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Drafting “Reasonable Efforts” Clauses with British Help.
Every attorney--and some clients--has wondered about the substantive meaning of "reasonable efforts" and similar phrases but there is a paucity of cases providing elaboration. Now, a UK High Court provides detailed guidance--useful in drafting.
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FTC to Bloggers: Tell the Truth about the Endorsements.
The Federal Trade Commission has issued regulations affecting bloggers who endorse products. Put simply: Disclose material connections--like payments or receipt of new products.
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The Debate Begins: The Industry Response on Online Data Policies
The online advertising has responded to the FTC Staff Report on online data collection and use policies and it has some useful points--both for the debate and for revising online agreements.
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Oops. No Blog Entries.
My apologies for not posting for many weeks but everyone knows that life sometimes gets in the way of one’s plans. In this case, I got the Swine Flu while abroad. Fortunately, the version infecting…
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Terms of Use at Issue Once Again: Financial Times v. Blackstone Group
TOUs are in court again.
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Blockbuster Breaks TOUs
A new case is one in a developing line of cases that put online agreements (TOUs and EULAs) as currently drafted at risk of being thrown out. Over-reaching and bad drafting create terrible offspring.
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Google Trends Can Be Used for Powerful Data Analysis
Google provides analytic tools from its search term feed or datastream that Google researchers have plotted against economic activity. Looks like a powerful set of tools--and this is only the beginning.
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EVENT: Valuing Media Assets in a Down Market, May 4th, Digital Hollywood
"Valuing Media Assets in a Down Market" panel to discuss legal landmines affecting the value of digital assets.
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Why Major Digital Initiatives Will Fail: Bad GUIs
This is about rampant (un)usability--which will affect the ROI on venture investment. While we do not know the solution from a legal perspective, perhaps that should not matter: Perhaps usability should affect how you look…
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Cloned Camels Means More than just More Camels
Dubai announced last week that it has cloned a camel--which is important to the region's economy. It also will raise some interesting issues of jurisdiction.