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This summary outlines many of the basic issues confronting communications law practitioners today. -
The late 1990's were generally an unhappy time for bankruptcy attorneys. A strong economy and expanding financial markets greatly reduced the number of business bankruptcies filed. Chapter 11 business bankruptcy filings dropped from 13,379 cases in the year ending September 1994 to 7,953 cases during the year ending June 1999. This change coincides with an incredible expansion of the information technology (IT) industry, resulting, in large part, from the Internet's integration into U.S. society and business. -
Internet privacy is one of the top policy issues facing Congress, state legislatures and regulators. At the federal level, several bills are pending. Additionally, a growing number of state legislators have concluded that industry self-regulation fails to protect consumers' online privacy. -
Federal law affects more people than the law of any one state, but it is state laws that determine most of the basic rules of society. State law governs such matters as contracts, criminal law, family law, landlord-tenant relations, wills, and intestate succession. The U.S. Constitution limits the powers of the federal government, in theory at least, and those powers not expressly delegated to the United States are reserved to the states under the Tenth Amendment. In practice, the scope of federal power is a hotly contested issue among politicians and in the courts. -
What to do if your child was born out of wedlock or if your husband is not the father or your child. What is a . -
This update reviews the question of whether an employee has a reasonable expectation of privacy in email, voice mail and the internet. -
The "New Economy" is a catchphrase describing the efforts of entrepreneurs to supply consumers' insatiable demand . -
I. Introduction For a U.S. manufacturer of tangible consumer products that wishes to begin selling its products w. -
To take advantage of escalating first day trading prices for many technology companies, venture capitalists often . -
Many Internet users believe the system has an "ethic" of its own. Understandably so. These users regard cyberspace.