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How to Successfully Publish a Legal Article With a Commercial Publisher

How to Successfully Publish a Legal Article With a Commercial Publisher

LinkedIn Pulse — There are several good reasons why a law firm might want to publish an article with a niche publisher before posting it to the law firm's blog. This post gives a framework for looking at this issue along with negotiating tips to ensure the firm gets the most exposure possible for its work.
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ICANN's Many Trips Up Capitol Hill, Part 2

ICANN's Many Trips Up Capitol Hill, Part 2

Bloomberg BNA — Where were we? 2006, I believe. My earlier post chronicling ICANN's string of public hearings in Congress left off on Sept. 21, 2006, just a few days before ICANN and the Department of Commerce signed their latest post-nuptial agreement, the Joint Project Agreement. The JPA extended federal oversight of ICANN for another three years. ICANN did not appear before Congress again until 2009, when the topic of shredding or redrafting the JPA was once again ripe for consideration.
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ICANN's Many Trips Up Capitol Hill, Part 1

ICANN's Many Trips Up Capitol Hill, Part 1

Bloomberg BNA — Looking back on the two recent congressional hearings involving the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - the May 13 morning House Judiciary Committee hearing Stakeholder Perspectives on ICANN: The .Sucks Domain and Essential Steps to Guarantee Trust and Accountability in the Internet's Operation and the House Commerce Committee matinee later that afternoon Stakeholder Perspectives on the IANA Transition - I wondered, "How many times has Congress held a hearing about ICANN?" Quite a few, it turns out.
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TISA: Is It the Future of E-Commerce Law?

TISA: Is It the Future of E-Commerce Law?

Bloomberg BNA — In the not too distant future, the principal source of online business law could be international agreements, with laws written at the national level being mere implementations of bargains hammered out by trade officials far, far away. It can seem that way, based on the e-commerce provisions in the leaked draft of the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA).
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How Law Firms Can SEO Enhance PDF Versions of Published Work

How Law Firms Can SEO Enhance PDF Versions of Published Work

secondchairmedia.com — So ... you've just published a great article with a legal publisher or a niche news site. Naturally you want to publicize your newly validated expertise and upload a copy of the article to your website immediatamente. Not so fast. That beautifully formatted PDF file provided by the publisher looks great on the outside.
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Breaking Down Barriers to Global Digital Trade

Breaking Down Barriers to Global Digital Trade

Bloomberg BNA — Cross-border e-commerce has always been a part of the cyberlaw discussion, though lately it seems to have become a front-burner issue, frequently referred to as "digital trade" and "digital markets."
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Law Blogging Styles of the Rich and Famous

Law Blogging Styles of the Rich and Famous

secondchairmedia.com — I've lately been examining the blogging habits of the top law firms in the world. Granted, this is not the white-hot epicenter of law blogging, but it is a window into attitudes about blogging among firms that can throw considerable resources at online content generation, if they wanted to.
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