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Have You Inherited A Deceased Employee's e-Mail?
Clearly, if an employer possesses the desired e-mails because the employer saved a copy of each e-mail sent to it, or because it owned its employee's computer within which the desired e-mails reside, then it would also own the e-mail. But the more problematic facts include what would happen if the employer didn't possess the desired e-mails.
Supreme Court Clears the Way For Wine To Flow In And Out Of States
The Supreme Court gave a cork-popping victory to the wine industry May 16, striking down state laws that barred consumers from receiving direct shipment of wines from out-of-state wineries. <br>And the decision is likely to elevate e-sales of wine.
Spitzer Files Spyware Suit
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued a major Internet marketer last month, blaming it for secretly installing software that delivers nuisance pop-up advertisements and can slow and crash personal computers.
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Net News
Recent developments of note in the Internet industry. This month:<br>MPAA Targets TV Download Sites <br>Yahoo Sued over Child Porn Site <br>Star Wars' Sith Victim of Internet Sieve<br>Microsoft, Massachusetts Target Spammers in Lawsuit <br>2004 Internet Ad Rev Surpasses Dot-com Boom Levels
Supreme Court Ruling Gives Winemakers a Reason to Raise Glasses
The U.S. Supreme Court gave a cork-popping victory to the wine industry last month, striking down state laws that barred consumers from receiving direct shipment of wines from out-of-state wineries.
Canada Strikes at Spam
Canada's national spam task force delivered its report on May 17 to Industry Minister David Emerson. <i>Internet Law & Strategy</i> Board of Editors member Michael Geist was a member of the task force and served as the co-chair of the law and regulatory working group. This article discusses the task force's report, recommendations and impact.
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Internet Law and Charities
Historically, states, not the federal government, have been responsible for regulating charities. State regulation is designed to protect consumers from fraud and abuse. The federal government's role is generally limited to providing tax incentives that inure to the benefit of valid charities.
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The latest rulings from around the nation.
The Benefits of Booker for Cooperating Defendants
The Supreme Court's decision in <i>United States v. Booker</i>, 125 S.Ct. 738 (2005), brought significant changes to federal criminal procedure. Mandatory sentences under the federal Sentencing Guidelines (Guidelines) became advisory, and with this change came some subtle but important opportunities for criminal defendants who cooperate or provide "substantial assistance" in prosecutions. Now, convicted corporations and employees may be able to provide more input to courts about their cooperation with or assistance to the government. This may make sentencing judges more willing to grant downward departures from sentences calculated by Guidelines formulas.
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The Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege Survives
The dangers to the proper functioning of the corporate attorney-client privilege in the wake of recent federal and state law enforcement activities have been well-documented and widely discussed. The year is only half over and already two reports on the issue have been produced and a third major inquiry is underway. A survey by the Association of Corporation Counsel disclosed that 30% of the respondents' corporate clients had "personally experienced an erosion in protections offered by privilege/work product." A similar survey of outside counsel conducted by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers reported 47% of corporate clients had experienced such an erosion. Both organizations have taken up the difficult task of 'debunking the myth' that assertion of the privilege is inappropriate or a sign of guilt.
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