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This article discusses how the Virginia General Assembly recently adopted the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA). Virginia is the first state in the nation that had adopted the Act. It will go into effect in July 2001. -
On February 20, 2003, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") rewrote some of its rules for local telephone competition. For a number of reasons the ultimate impact of the FCC's decision on competition is unclear. What seems clear, however, is that the decision signals a dramatic political shift at the FCC at the expense of Chairman Michael Powell. -
Employers face new challenges attempting to prevent harassment and discrimination in the work place. Access to the Internet has become commonplace permitting employees access to explicit and harassing cyberspace material. -
To answer the question "How much traffic should I expect to my website?" you need to understand the concept of a "thin market" and its implication to the client development strategies of law firms. -
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released the fifth in a series of orders since 1998 modifying its rules relating to "slamming" (the unauthorized changing of a subscriber's telecommunications service provider). In the process, the FCC has-in the pursuit of greater consumer protection-significantly increased the responsibilities and burdens of providers of wireline local and long distance telecom services irrespective of whether the service provider is the unauthorized carrier ("slammer"), the authorized ("slammed") carrier, or the executing carrier that processes the change. -
In our March 28, 2003 DWT Telecom Alert, we advised you of new and significant changes to the FCC's "slamming" rules. Since then, a new Federal Court of Appeals decision and two new FCC actions have thrown the rules of the road in this area into even greater turmoil. Indeed, these actions may have serious implications for the entire FCC/state scheme regulating the verification of telecom service changes and enforcement of slamming rules. -
Guide from the Securities and Exchange Commission for consumers on how to find information about microcap stocks, what red flags to consider, and where to turn if you run into trouble. -
This article is intended to alert businesses to some of those legal risks that arise from the internet and how they can be avoided through timely legal counseling. -
This Update covers internet tax policies, business method patents, and the use of meta tags and cookies in e-commerce. -
In 1996 the chemical and energy producer DuPont decided that in the spirit of corporate cost cutting, it needed to .