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ISP Access to e-Mail Content Is Not Invasion of Privacy

Jonathan Bick

An Internet Service Provider (ISP) can legally search the e-mail that it processes. ISPs may lawfully search the content of users' e-mails for many purposes, including assisting law enforcement, ensuring compliance with the ISP's terms-of-use agreement and protecting the ISP from legal difficulties, to name a few. Such activities do not currently constitute an invasion of the e-mail user's privacy.

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Companies and Lobbyists on Both Sides of SOPA

Brian Glaser & Steven Salkin

In mid-November, a number of corporations joined in the debate and lobbying over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a new piece of legislation introduced in October by House Judiciary Committee chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) that is being considered by that committee.

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Authentication of Social Media Evidence

Richard Raysman & Peter Brown

Given the possibility of impersonation and digital fabrication in the online world, the information displayed on social media profiles is not immediately verifiable and presents issues of authentication and admissibility under the Federal Rules of Evidence.

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Thinking Small: Creating a Small-Ticket Leasing Company

Barry Marks

This article discusses both the creation of small-ticket leasing companies by existing leasing businesses and what is needed for startup operations.

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e-Tailing Doing Fine

Michael Lear-Olimpi

Retail e-commerce activity was up ' barely ' in the third quarter from the second quarter of the year, the U.S. Census Bureau announced in mid-November in its four-times-a-year report of total and electronic-commerce retailing.

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Companies and Lobbyists on Both Sides of SOPA

Brian Glaser & Steven Salkin

In mid-November, a number of corporations joined in the debate and lobbying over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a new piece of legislation introduced in October by House Judiciary Committee chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) that is being considered by that committee.

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Best Practices for Social and Mobile Media As Privacy Laws Evolve

David White

As social media and mobile devices and apps continue to proliferate in the corporate enterprise, and e-commerce firms rely evermore on these technologies to assist promotion and sales, these forms of collaboration and information-sharing are putting a new spin on compliance issues.

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Succession Planning for e-Commerce

Stanley P. Jaskiewicz

Everyone in the tech economy mourned the recent passing of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Even in an era of sweeping technological change, his innovations disrupted many business models well beyond Apple's own product markets. But only time will tell if he properly handled a challenge that faces every entrepreneur: succession.

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The Doctrine of 'Unavailability'

Leslie Davis

A frequently disputed issue in cases involving insurance coverage for what many courts refer to as "continuous injuries," is which party ' the policyholder or its insurers ' should bear the portion of loss allocable to periods where the policyholder purchased insurance from now-insolvent carriers.

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