Science, Computers and Technology Law

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New Year’s E-Resolutions

he start of a new year is a good time for resolving to undertake fresh initiatives. Accordingly, what follows are ten e-resolutions for companies, governments and other organizations dealing with the legal challenges posed by technology, including ...
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Notice of Electronic Monitoring Act: 1984 Revisited?

The Notice of Electronic Monitoring Act ("NEMA") is rapidly working its way through Congress and may well become law before year-end. NEMA will regulate all electronic monitoring in the workplace. According to the American Management Association's ...
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Number Portability Developing Into a Telemarketing Quagmire

On November 24, 2003 the Federal Communication Commission's ("FCC") number portability rule ("Rule") went into effect in the largest 100 metropolitan statistical areas. The remaining areas will have until May 24, 2004 to comply. In addition to ...
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OIG Sets Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol

What do you do if, during your compliance activities, you discover an overpayment that needs to be disclosed to the government? The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services released its answer to this question ...
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One-Year Non-Compete Too Long For Web

Citing the pace of innovation in the information technology industry, the Southern District of New York has refused to enforce a restriction in an employment agreement that would have prevented a Web site content manager from working for his new ...
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Online Brokerages Under Siege for Trading Outages and Delays

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett A version of this article appeared in , April 1999 ©1999 wallstreetlawyer.com. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission of , 150 Clove Road, Little Falls, NJ 07424 (800) 308-1700. he growth in online trading has ...
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Online Consumer Protection

Over the past several years various legislative initiatives have made doing business online more legally certain. For example, the so-called "electronic commerce statutes", such as Ontario's Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 (and its various ...
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Online Privacy Under Attack

As use of the Internet continues to grow, so does concern regarding the loss of privacy. On February 10 2000, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a Washington-based advocacy and litigation group which focuses on privacy issues involved ...
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Opening Up is Hard to Do

In March 1997, members of a U.S. satellite industry advisory panel to the U.S. Government celebrated passage of the World Trade Organization's Basic Telecommunications Agreement (WTO Agreement), both with relief and in anticipation of new ...
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Overview of Mergers & Acquisitions Activity in Canada

The aggregate disclosed value of announced M&A transactions involving Canadian companies in the first nine months of 2004 was C$86.5 billion, up 38% from C$62.7 billion for the first nine months of 2003. Included in this total is C$44.0 billion of ...
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