Science, Computers and Technology Law

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USG’s Legal Team Maximizes Efficiencies With Extranet

USG Corporation, one of the world's leading producers of building materials, has an in-house team of experienced lawyers who work in the corporate headquarters in Chicago. But they hardly work alone. Dealing with the same product liability cases ...
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Utah Protects Employees From Genetic Testing/Information Discrimination

Effective January 1, 2003, Utah joined approximately 30 other states in precluding genetic discrimination in employment. Under the Genetic Testing Privacy Act, Utah employers engaged in hiring, promotion, retention or other related decisions may ...
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Want Answers? Check the LawMarketing Discussion List

You ve accepted the task of marketing your law firm. At the end of a day of brainstorming, you ve outlined a rainmaking plan that already includes excellent ideas, itemized in detail. But as you ponder them, small questions stir a growing paranoia ...
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We’ve Got Algorithm: Software Patents Boom

©1999 Distributed Computing, all rights reserved; reprinted with permission. he race to be first with an Internet business model or hot software product never slows down. In fact, the purse for the victors has just gotten sweeter -- a certified ...
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Web Site Construction: Are You Legal?

The SAXLAW Report Fall 1998 If you're considering contracting the services of an independent web site developer to create your Internet presence, you'll have to consider the following legal and operational issues. First, and most important, file to ...
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Web Site Story 5: The Emerging Limits To Out-of-State Jurisdiction Over Web Sites

A dramatic change in Internet law was announced by the Ninth Circuit in December. The Court ruled, for the first time, that no state could exercise jurisdiction over a passive out-of-state Web site as a matter of constitutional law. A previous ...
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Web Site Story: A Legal Primer For Web Site Owners And Designers

Now that it has become de rigueur to have a web site on the Internet, it is time to reconsider what wrinkles the law has in store for Internet web site designers and hosts. What do you have to worry about with web sites that you didn't have to worry ...
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What a Tangled Web We Weave

Most public companies now use their web site as an efficient, inexpensive way to distribute information to investors, customers, the media, and the public at large. But the unique communications culture of the web also makes it a growing source of ...
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What’s Law Got To Do With It: February 2000 Feature

Before launching into a discussion of the specific Web sites that should be on your Web travel plans, allow me to offer a few general observations: The birth of Internet commerce has coincided with a period of intense activity in development of ...
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What the Telecommunications Act of 1996 Means for People With Disabilities

On February 8, 1996, President Clinton signed into law the first major overhaul of American telecommunications policy in nearly 62 years, the Telecommunications Act of 1996. One of the goals of this historic legislation is to promote the ...
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