LJN Newsletters

  • Defining Political Spam

    The effects of e-mail on American political campaigns are dramatic, as demonstrated last November, when e-communication played a decisive factor in several election victories. The Internet as cyber forum offers candidates the opportunity to contact a million voters for about $100 using unsolicited bulk e-mails, often called spam. Under the First Amendment, political spam is generally lawful, but political spam used for fundraising and other specific types of communication may cause legal difficulties for candidates and their agencies ' from canvassers to other entities sending the spam, however well-intentioned.

    March 15, 2005Jonathan Bick

  • Virtual Cost Cutting

    Predictions were that e-mail would revolutionize business communication ' and slash its cost. In fact, the doyens and novices alike of e-mail promised that this admittedly useful, and now ubiquitous, tool would eliminate postage and paper expenses, as well as the hidden-delay costs of waiting for even an overnight package to arrive.
    But in an era when deals are negotiated and closed entirely online, has e-mail's reality lived up to its promise? While business is certainly being done more quickly than in the dark ages before e-mail ' remember, say, the early 1990s? ' is it being done more efficiently?

    March 15, 2005Stanley P. Jaskiewicz

  • Hyperlinking As Infringement

    Can hyperlinks on one Web site that link to another site where copyrighted materials are displayed constitute copyright infringement?
    Although courts in at least two decisions have declined to recognize the potential of copyright infringement from the mere use of such hyperlinks, the recent Indiana federal district court case, Batesville Services, Inc v. Funeral Depot, Inc., concluded that a defendant's use of hyperlinks on a Web site that link to copyrighted material on another Web site could constitute unlawful copyright infringement.

    March 15, 2005Frederick Whitmer

  • Court Says $10K 'Bet' Can't Settle e-Retailer Fight

    A $10,000 "side bet" wasn't enough to persuade a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals en banc panel to answer whether federal courts have jurisdiction over out-of-state Internet retailers.

    March 15, 2005Jeff Chorney

  • An Extra e-Safety Net

    As technology advancements and competition combine to drive information technology (IT) costs down, law firms of all sizes are poised to take advantage…

    March 15, 2005Michael Morizio

  • Upcoming Events

    SXSW Music and Media Conference and Festival 2005 CLE Program, sponsored by SXSW. In Austin, TX, March 18-19. Will cover music law year in review, live performance and touring issues, alternative digital deals, artist career co-ventures, structuring agreements in the music industry and legal ethics in the digital age. For further information: 512-467-7979 or www.sxsw.com. …

    February 25, 2005ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • IP News

    Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.

    February 25, 2005Compiled by Eric Agovino

  • Index

    Everything that's contained in this issue, in one easy list.

    February 25, 2005ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Development

    All the latest cases for your review.

    February 25, 2005ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |