Volume 27 - Number 5 | September 2010
| September 2010 Issue in PDF Format … |
| Unconstitutional Burdens By Stephen Kranz Record-breaking budget shortfalls have caused states to search outside the box for revenue-raising tools that many argue are unconstitutional and violate the consumer privacy that online shoppers have come to expect. Today, with so much of retail activity conducted over the Internet, states are struggling with revenue losses stemming from this constitutional restriction. States are reacting by becoming ever more creative in their attempts to capture this lost revenue by adopting new laws aimed at circumventing the Commerce Clause restrictions. |
| Recent Rulings Highlight Software Licensing Disputes By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown This article discusses software licenses generally, the availability of copyright and contract claims in the event of a breach, and other areas of disagreement that may arise in a software-licensing dispute. |
| Using Technology Can Overcome First Amendment e-Monitoring Worries By Jonathan Bick e-Commerce tools allow e-monitoring of an Internet user’s actions — but the desire of companies and others to know and to track what an Internet user does on the Internet isn’t as simple an issue as just setting up the technology and being done with it. |
| Internet Sale Ruled To Trigger Personal Jurisdiction in Long-Arm Law By Noeleen G. Walder A federal appeals court ruled last month that a trademark-infringement action can be brought against an out-of-state employee of an online retailer who sent a bogus handbag to an address in the Bronx, New York City, from a Web site that offered merchandise to New York consumers. |
