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October 22nd, 2009


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Employers in Crosshairs of New Administration's Immigration Compliance Policy
By: Nathaniel R. Wolf

On July 1, 2009, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") issued 652 notices of inspection ("NOI") to businesses in order to audit I-9 records that contain information regarding an employee's right to work legally in the U.S. This announcement was a substantial departure from previous enforcement mechanisms. In the entire fiscal year 2008, ICE issued 503 similar notices throughout the entire year. A large percentage of the businesses targeted involved companies with fewer than 100 employees, and fell into a wide range of categories, including manufacturing, restaurants, construction, farming and trucking.
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Additional Threats to Trademark Rights from New Generic Top-Level Domain Names
By: Jennifer A. Puplava

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) continues to move forward with its plan to create new general Top-Level Domains. Although this program can be a great benefit to businesses and consumers, the program also creates substantial threats to trademark owners.


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Using DMCA Takedown Notices to Protect Copyrighted Materials
By: Jennifer A. Puplava

Many businesses and individuals have found that their works (such as photographs, graphics, videos, articles, etc.) have been used without permission on third party websites. Creators of works and entities hosting content should become familiar with their rights and obligations under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
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