'Effects Test' for Jurisdiction Gets Another Nod
In its first case on Internet jurisdiction, the North Dakota Supreme Court has affirmed a $3 million libel award to a university professor who was defamed on a student's Web site.
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Are You Breaking the Law?
Internet law has developed in lock step with the Internet, and both interpenetrate every aspect of a company-employee relationship. From how to handle employee data to accommodating disabled Internet users to preventing security breaches that an employee's juvenile family members might cause from a computer in the home that is also used for work purposes, numerous new legal difficulties await the unprepared human resource professional. This is the first of a two-part article detailing the top 10 things companies need to know about Internet law.
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Hacker Attack: Data Loss Considered Covered Property Under First-Party Policy
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has recently weighed in on the applicability of standard-form, first-party property policies to the loss of computer data, finding such data loss resulting from a hacker attack by a former employee of the insured to be covered property damage. <i>NMS Services, Inc. v. The Hartford,</i> No. 01-2491, 2003 WL 1904413 (4th Cir., April 21, 2003)
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Insurance Company Insolvencies: A Primer for Corporate Policy Holders
The past several years have seen some major property-casualty insurance companies on the ropes and worse, far worse. Home Indemnity Company and Legion Insurance Company, two notable insolvency casualties, have left their policyholders without the full protection paid for and required. Sadly, they pale in comparison to the train wreck that is Reliance Insurance Company. The demise of Reliance has had repercussions for insurance buyers and others all over. Once a fixture in the directors' and officers' ('D&O') liability insurance marketplace, among other insurance markets, Reliance is now well underway in the liquidation process, after a brief and unsuccessful attempt at 'rehabilitation.' The Reliance debacle has left policyholders scrambling to protect themselves while state insurance departments wrangle with one another in an attempt to snap up a share of the inadequate pool of assets left behind in the collapse of Reliance.
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Congress vs 'Defensive Medicine'
Due to the rising cost of 'defensive medicine,' the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed legislation to limit or ban punitive damages in product liability lawsuits over injuries allegedly caused by FDA-approved products.
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Move Over Letterman: Top Ten List of Mistakes by Franchise Filers
Dale Cantone, deputy securities commissioner in the Securities Division of the Maryland Attorney General's Office, is the supervisor of the state's reviewers of franchise registration applications. At the recent International Franchise Association Legal Symposium, Cantone offered the following as his 'Top Ten' list of mistakes that he sees from filers of franchise applications.
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