Science, Computers and Technology Law

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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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Election 2000: Impact on Technology Policy-A Political and Policy Analysis

Government Regulations/Government Relations Alert: December 2000, No. 2 Technology policy remains the "favorite son" for U.S. federal legislators on both sides of the political aisle. Though neither presidential candidate directly addressed any ...
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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 Discovery: Understanding Preservation Obligations, the Potential for Cost-Shifting, and Current Developments

The basic question is "how important is the sought-after evidence in comparison to the cost of production?"84 Determining whether cost-shifting is appropriate must not rest on the assumption that relevant evidence will be found; there must be a ...
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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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Embedded System: The “Hidden” Y2K Business Problem

Even businesses which have conducted Y2K compliance audits may still have problems with supplies, operations and shipping due to the failure of "embedded systems." Identification of these computer-controlled non-computer devices is critical to ...
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Employees On the Internet

Employers allow employees access to the Internet to get cost-effective access to information and open up new business opportunities for the company. This can, however, lead to risks and costs that can be reduced by planning . Employees may spend ...
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Employers Potentially Liable for Harassing Postings on Electronic Bulletin Boards Exposure

The dot.com world and the traditional office collided head-on in New Jersey and when the e-smoke cleared, an employer found itself potentially liable for cyberspace harassment. In Blakey v. Continental Airlines, Inc., a decision that sent shock ...
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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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