Thomas B. Scheffey
In a bold experiment, Stamford, CT-based General Electric Commercial Finance is buying outside legal services over the next 2 years through reverse-auction bidding ' in Internet chat rooms ' this month.
Laura Pearlman
There must be something in the fiber-optic cable in Philadelphia. Why else would the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit be such a hotbed for Internet policy making? For Stefan Presser, the longtime legal director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania, it is a hotbed blooming with work. Presser is a member of the legal team that filed a lawsuit against Pennsylvania attorney general Mike Fisher in September. The suit challenges a statute that allows the AG to force Internet service providers to block particular Web sites from being viewed by Pennsylvania residents that his office alleges contain child pornography.
Julian S. Millstein, Edward A. Pisacreta
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Jeffrey D. Neuburger
Recent developments in e-commerce law and in the e-commerce industry.
Bea Strickland Wray
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Judith Silver
In the second of two articles on use of software escrow in e-commerce projects, we take a look at how to avoid some technology pitfalls.
D. Reed Freeman Jr.
After a furious round of litigation at the trial and appellate court levels, the national Do Not Call Registry emerged in mid-October intact and enforceable. In the first few weeks of the Registry's effective date, the FTC received over 50,000 consumer complaints. Commission officials midmonth were reviewing these complaints for patterns and repeat violators, and hoped through these efforts to be in a position to bring the first enforcement actions before the end of the year.
Julian S. Millstein, Edward A. Pisacreta
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Jeffrey D. Neuburger
Recent court rulings in e-commerce.
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Thomas C. Carey
Open-source software is a key e-commerce building block. For example, Apache, the world's most popular Web-server software, is open source. A lawsuit filed this year threatens not only the Linux operating system, but also the open-source license under which it is made available. This article addresses one of the legal theories attacking that license.
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ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
Because so many New York residents have strong ties to Florida and other southern states through second homes and relatives, New York family law attorneys should be aware that a recent decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has altered precedent concerning wiretap legality in Florida, Georgia and Alabama.
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ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
Recent decisions of importance to your practice.
Kenneth David Burrows
Because Connecticut serves both as a bedroom community and a weekend haven for New Yorkers, New York matrimonial lawyers often find themselves required to make a judgment as to whether a matrimonial action can be brought in Connecticut and if so, which jurisdiction is more favorable to their clients. Connecticut's matrimonial jurisprudence, while similar to New York's, differs both substantively and procedurally at a number of significant points. Unfortunately, the similarities may create something of a trap for the unwary since, by and large, the differences between New York and Connecticut matrimonial law tend to be in the details rather than in the broad strokes. This article discusses a number of the most significant points at which the laws of the two jurisdictions come together or diverge.
