Science, Computers and Technology Law

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District Court Finds Virginia’s Regulation of the Internet Unconstitutional

Disputes/Insurance Litigation Alert: November 2001, No. 14 On October 11, 2001, the Federal District Court for the Western District of Virginia issued a ruling declaring a 1999 Virginia law subjecting web site operators to criminal prosecution for ...
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Do We Have An eDeal?

Some short time ago I wrote a very brief article under the title "Do We Have A Deal". That article went to the distinction between the creation of an enforceable contract and the creation of a non‑binding letter of intent. One response to this ...
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Do You Need An E-Mail And Computer Policy?

The information superhighway has created avenues to enhance workplace efficiency. Over the past decade, cell phones, voice mail, e-mail, and the internet have risen from obscurity to become staples in the American workplace. This advent of ...
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Document Retention Policies Revisited

A year has passed since last spring's prosecution, conviction, and collapse of Arthur Andersen based on that firm's destruction of documents. Last summer's passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which among other changes, broadened obstruction of ...
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Documenting Employee Discipline: Developing and Implementing Documentation Procedures To Protect Your Organization

Many managers or supervisors feel that their time would be better spent performing more mission-critical tasks than documenting the ups and downs of particular employees. Although legal counsel and human resources consultants are constantly ...
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Doing Business in Cyberspace: Protecting Your Company Name

The name of a company can be a valuable asset. Protecting that asset is serious business. Assume you have established a business called Newco. You've made sure to register the name with the Secretary of State and you have also filed to do business ...
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DOJ Initiates Antitrust Probe of Underwriters’ Standard 7% IPO Fee

The United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced on April 30, 1999 that its antitrust division has commenced an investigation into possible collusion among securities' underwriters to fix their fees for initial public offerings ("IPOs") at ...
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Downloadable Media, MP3, Gutenberg & The Future

Play a "Fanfare to the Common Man." Prior to the Gutenberg Press, there was only a Bible known by the various teachings and preaching in a locality. Between 1390 and 1455 the text was made available in a more or less standard format to all and a ...
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Drafting a Privacy Policy? Beware!

Privacy policies have recently become the drafting project du jour for cyberspace law practitioners. This new wave of enthusiasm can be attributed to at least three recent phenomena. First, in June, the FTC released a report entitled "Privacy ...
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Due Diligence and Protection of Confidential Information

The "New Economy" is a catchphrase describing the efforts of entrepreneurs to supply consumers' insatiable demand for information. The demand was always there, but with the advent of the Internet and other technologies it has been unleashed like ...
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