Communications Law

This is FindLaw’s collection of Communications Law articles, part of the Corporate Counsel Center Law Library. Communications law is concerned with the regulation of radio and TV broadcasting to ensure satisfactory service and to prevent chaos. The law covers a variety of issues – media law, First Amendment, cable and broadcasting law, computer and internet law, and telecommunications. The federal government has largely governed broadcasting because by its nature broadcasting transcends state boundaries. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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E-Mail at the Workplace: I Spy, Should I?

A version of this article appeared in , March 1998 o snoop or not to snoop, that is the question when it comes to dealing with electronic mail in the workplace. For some employers, it may seem distasteful or an invasion of privacy to monitor ...
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Effects of the CAN-SPAM Act on E-Mail Marketing

This article was originally published in the Spring 2004 edition (Vol. 4, No. 1) of Thelen Reid's Intellectual Property and Tade Regulation Journal. A common marketing technique today is for businesses to send unsolicited e-mail messages to a ...
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Electronic Communication Policies: How Private Is E-mail?

In today's electronic environment, associations need to use e-mail's ability to connect members, staff, vendors, and buyers to remain relevant. But e-mail use also raises various legal issues: At the moment, the answers are yes, no, no, and no ...
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Electronic Information – A Trap for the Unwary in Business Litigation

In 2005, a court-ordered statement of facts, attributable in part to the spoliation of electronic information, led to a $1.45 billon jury award against Morgan Stanley & Co. This case is one of many confirming that courts are not willing to relax ...
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Electronic Privacy In Employment

The electronic workplace has arrived. Voice mail, e-mail, modems, and integrated computer networks now dominate the American workplace. Millions of employees have access to the World Wide Web at work, and thousands of employers have developed ...
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Electronic Theft and Espionage: Federal Law Provides a Remedy

I. INTRODUCTIONThe federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“Act”), 18 U.S.C. § 1030, gives employers a helpful tool to use against former employees who wrongfully use information from the employer’s computer system to assist competitors in competing ...
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Employers May Utilize Electronic I-9 Forms

President Bush recently signed into law HR 4306, allowing for the electronic storage of, and new electronic signatures on, I-9 forms. This law will immediately go into effect on April 28, 2005, unless the Department of Homeland Security issues ...
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Employment Issues in Communications Technology

The Internet has, without a doubt, seen a dramatic increase in its user population. Individuals and businesses now dominate what was, just a few years ago, a government and academic medium. A recent study shows that the "more than 97 million people ...
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Enactment of UCITA in Virginia

(Last week, the Virginia General Assembly adopted the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (.UCITA.). UCITA introduces many changes to the law regarding the licensing of .computer information,. including computer software and databases. In ...
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Ex-Employee Is Liable For “Spamming”

A California Superior Court judge granted Intel Corporation summary judgment in its trespass lawsuit against a former employee who sent thousands of derogatory e-mails into the company's system. In Intel Corp. v. Hamidi, No. 98AS05067 (Cal. App ...
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