FEATURED ARTICLES

• Applying Judicial Common Sense to Electronic Discovery Burdens
* FindLaw's Interactive Guide to E-Discovery
• HP to Buy EDS for About $12.6 Billion in Cash
• Icahn to Yahoo Board: Sell to Microsoft or Leave
• Woman Indicted in Missouri MySpace Suicide Case
* VIDEO: Legal Issues for Social Networking Sites and Users
• CBS in $1.8B Deal for Online News, Info Site CNet
• First Music Download Trial May Get a Do-Over
* When "Free" Downloads Are Also Legal
• Craigslist Countersues eBay, Saying It's Competing Illegally
* EBay Says Craigslist Unfairly Diluted eBay's Stake

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Crossing Borders: Managing Multi-Jurisdictional E-Discovery Matters
• Archiving Straight Talk from a Former Analyst
• New e-Discovery Trends and Perspectives for Corporate Legal Departments

FEATURED ARTICLES:

APPLYING JUDICIAL COMMON SENSE TO ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY BURDENS
(Eric Sinrod) - Since the enactment of the electronic discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in late-2006, parties have been paranoid that the scope of their production obligations would be gargantuan, and that they would be compelled to search for and provide a wide array of electronic information, at a tremendous financial cost. Read more...

Related Resources
• FindLaw's Interactive Guide to E-Discovery

HP TO BUY EDS FOR ABOUT $12.6 BILLION IN CASH
(AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to buy Electronic Data Systems Corp. for about $12.6 billion to build a technology-services company that could challenge IBM. Read more...

Related Resources
• FindLaw's Hardware Page for Legal Professionals

ICAHN TO YAHOO BOARD: SELL TO MICROSOFT OR LEAVE
(AP) - Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang spent months fending off Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid. Now he may only have a few weeks to persuade the software maker to revive its last offer of $47.5 billion, or risk being fired in a shareholder mutiny led by activist investor Carl Icahn. Read more...

Related Resources
• FindLaw's Networking & Storage Section

WOMAN INDICTED IN MISSOURI MYSPACE SUICIDE CASE
(AP) - A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Missouri woman for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor girl who then committed suicide. Read more...

Related Resources
• VIDEO: Legal Issues for Social Networking Sites and Users

CBS IN $1.8B DEAL FOR ONLINE NEWS, INFO SITE CNET
(AP) - Media and entertainment company CBS Corp. is buying CNet Networks Inc., an online news and information provider, for $1.8 billion in cash in its latest bid to expand its reach on the Internet, the companies announced Thursday. Read more...

Related Resources
• More Articles on Internet Issues

FIRST MUSIC DOWNLOAD TRIAL MAY GET A DO-OVER
(AP) - A Minnesota woman ordered to pay $222,000 in the nation's first music download trial may get another chance with a jury. Read more...

Related Resources
• When "Free" Downloads Are Also Legal

CRAIGSLIST COUNTERSUES EBAY, SAYING IT'S COMPETING ILLEGALLY
(AP) - Craigslist is countersuing its minority owner, eBay Inc., alleging it is competing illegally, infringing on their trademark and breaching its duty to shareholders. Read more...

Related Resources
• EBay Says Craigslist Unfairly Diluted eBay's Stake

UPCOMING EVENTS:

CROSSING BORDERS: MANAGING MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL E-DISCOVERY MATTERS
May 21, 2008 / Webinar. "Crossing Borders: Managing Multi-Jurisdictional E-Discovery Matters" is a free webinar featuring experienced litigation professionals and e-discovery experts who will examine current challenges posed by global multi-jurisdictional matters in the U.S. and abroad. Experts will address ways to efficiently manage ever-expanding e-discovery matters crossing interstate and international borders, common global setbacks and pitfalls to avoid, and insight on the impact of the new FRCP amendments for international businesses. Read more...

ARCHIVING STRAIGHT TALK FROM A FORMER ANALYST
May 21, 2008 / Web Seminar. It's true. The former archiving, eDiscovery, and records management analyst at Forrester Research has chosen a side! Barry Murphy left Forrester Research to become a thought leader in a company offering next-generation live content archiving technology---Mimosa Systems, Inc. Mimosa is benefitting from Barry’s industry experience and so can you! Read more...

NEW E-DISCOVERY TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES FOR CORPORATE LEGAL DEPARTMENTS
May 21, 2008 / Webcast. As e-discovery becomes increasingly more complex, companies are proactively changing how they respond to litigation and investingations. This webcast will unveil insights from independent research with leading Fortune 100 corporate legal departments. Read more...