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Internet Firms Back New Anti-Spam Bill in Senate

Samuel Fineman, Esq.

Internet companies welcomed a new Senate bill aimed at protecting consumers from the miasma of spam, or unwanted junk e-mail.

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Planning A Web Site With Some Punch

Bruce MacEwen

Law firm Web sites have largely converged toward a "standard model" that presents a few implicitly agreed-upon subjects. Consider the analogy to newspapers: Consensus has been achieved that the logical way to organize them is national news, opinion, local news, business, sports, lifestyle, etc. Within this consensus, tremendous variety in paper stock, layout, color, writing style and so forth can all thrive, but the "bone structure" is agreed upon.

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The Virtual Lawyer

Samuel Fineman, Esq.

Law and Policy in Cyberspace

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Getting Wired Is Part Of Research

Damon C. Anastasia

Just a few years ago, attorneys and their staff did a lot of waiting - waiting for papers to be served, or rulings to come in the mail, and for librarians to research and find relevant case information. The time lag created questions and the questions resulted in more client inquiries and multiple trips to the courthouse. Then technology came to the practice of law, and, as most attorneys who are "in the know" now recognize, there are plenty of options beyond PACER in the world of online case research technology. To get off the waiting line, technology-conscious partners should make it a point to stay abreast of the latest trends in the world of online case and docket research.

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Going Wireless On The Web: WiFi Is Liberating, But Beware The Security Risks Image

Going Wireless On The Web: WiFi Is Liberating, But Beware The Security Risks

Matt Kelly

By now many lawyers have probably heard about it from friends, seen it at the coffee shop or watched someone doing it at the airport: surfing the Internet on Wireless Fidelity, better known as WiFi.

Where Pundits Gather These Lawyers' Sites Touch On The Law ... And More Image

Where Pundits Gather These Lawyers' Sites Touch On The Law ... And More

Robert J. Ambrogi

When Trent Lott resigned as Senate Republican leader, several political observers attributed his downfall to the criticism leveled at him through a hitherto little-noticed medium: Web logs, or, as they are more commonly called, blogs.

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New Punitives Ruling Means New Battles

Marcia Coyle

The Supreme Court's April 7 ruling on punitive damages, greeted with relief and enthusiasm by corporate defendants, opens new battlegrounds in litigation seeking those awards. The ruling significantly expanded the High Court's prior attempts to guide lower courts and lawyers on when punitive damages awards may run afoul of the Constitution. <i>State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Campbell</i>, No. 01-1289.

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Investigating Fraudulent Claims, Part 2 (This article is part of an ongoing series)

Anthony J. Golowski II

The first article in this series (<i>Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin</i> Volume 2, Number 1, February 2003) provided an overview of upcoming articles, and addressed the issue of fraud at the inception of an insurance claim. This second installment focuses on insurance carriers' analysis of fraudulent claims and the use of forensic experts to defend against claims. It also addresses the issue of fraudulent enhancement of otherwise valid claims.

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Can the Innocent Survive Rescission? The Innocent-Insured Exception to the Wrongful-Acts Exclusion Image

Can the Innocent Survive Rescission? The Innocent-Insured Exception to the Wrongful-Acts Exclusion

Donald R. McMinn

Professional liability policies typically exclude coverage for claims arising out of an insured's knowing, wrongful acts, but, in recognition of the fact that a single policy may extend coverage to multiple insureds working together in association, insurance companies sell the policies with language reinstating coverage for innocent insureds, those of the insureds who had no knowledge of the allegedly wrongful acts of their colleagues. Recently, this innocent-insured coverage has received scrutiny.

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