Science, Computers and Technology Law

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Have Website, Must Travel (To Court)

The ease with which an online business can deal with customers in other states has a downside. Setting up a website and reaching out to anyone online could expose a business to lawsuits in any state where a disgruntled customer claims injury. This ...
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Help for Online Service Providers, Professional Malpractice Suits, and Y2K Tax Liabilities

Posted with permission from California Lawyer. This file cannot be downloaded from this page. Late last year the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), codified at 17 USC § 512, was enacted. This legislation significantly expands copyright law ...
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High Tech Abuses: Avoiding Liability Related To Employee Misuse of e-mail, The Internet and Other Communication Systems

According to a recent study by Carnegie Mellon University, 83.5 percent of all images on the Internet are of a sexual nature. A 1996 A.C. Neilsen survey conducted of IBM, Apple and AT&T employees discovered that they spent the equivalent of 1,631 ...
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Hospitals Not Immune To Y2K Bug

The Year 2000 (or "Y2K") computer problem has implications reaching far beyond computers. Y2K relates to the inability of most computers to process data information beyond December 31, 1999. Hospitals, clinics, home care providers, nursing homes and ...
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House Slips in Copyright and Internet Legislation

The House of Representatives' attempt to quickly pass a flurry of copyright legislation by tacking numerous provisions onto the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) might end up delaying the enactment of the DMCA because of the growing ...
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How Much Traffic to My Website is Enough Traffic? The Thin Market Concept

Law firms often ask the question "How much traffic should I expect to my website?" To understand my answer to that question, you need to understand the concept of a "thin market" and its implication to the client development strategies of law firms ...
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How’s Your Spam Today?

Only months into the life of the Can Spam Act, officially known as the "Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003," the verdict is still out whether the federal statute is accomplishing what its proponents had ...
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How To Answer When the Government Comes Knocking

Corporations are finding themselves the recipients of subpoenas issued by state or federal government investigators with increasing regularity. This presents corporations with a dilemma: take a large chunk of time and expense to comply with the ...
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How to Participate In the Federal Communications Commission Comments Process

How to Participate In the FCC Process Panel IV--Now It's Your Turn: How to Comment The Federal Communications Commission seeks comments from the public on proceedings and proposed rule makings before the Commission. Individuals interested in ...
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Idaho Passes New Spam Statute That Becomes Effective July 1, 2000

On April 17, 2000, the Idaho legislature passed a new law governing bulk e-mail advertisements (“spam”), which becomes effective on July 1, 2000. The new statute governs e-mail messages that contain the same or similar advertisement and are ...
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