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The Impact of Technological Developments On the Workplace
This two-part article examines several different contexts where changing technology is affecting the workplace and presenting new, and sometimes unique, challenges to Human Resources professionals.
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e-Commerce Docket Sheet
Web Arbitration Clause Before Purchase Does Not Cancel Unconscionability<br>Web Host Gets CDA Immunity for Alleged Defamatory Site Content <br>Game 'Cheat' Software Circumventing Security Does Not Violate DMCA<br>Late Option Exercise Under License Not Excused on Equitable Grounds <br>Print-on-Demand Publisher Not Liable for Alleged Defamatory Book
Third Quarter e-Commerce Report
The federal government's estimated third-quarter bricks-and-mortar retail and e-commerce retail spending are in. And there's good news and there's bad news.
New Settlements Suggest Online Retailers Should Focus on Web Site Accessibility
In the last few months, two major retailers ' Target and Apple ' have entered into settlements with the National Federation of the Blind ("NFB") over allegations that the retailers' Web sites violated the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") because they were not accessible to the blind.
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e-Curing the Holiday Humbug
Anyone trying to keep an e-commerce site afloat didn't ' and still doesn't ' need to read the newspaper to realize the business downturn: the grim news appears every day in the cash till, in the aging-of-receivables report, and in overdue payables. While the down times are as inevitable a part of a business cycle as the booming times, that realization doesn't satisfy the bank, the critical vendor at the door or the payroll processor that must be paid.
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