Cyberspace Land Rush Coming
August 29, 2011
Only time will tell whether the new gTLD program will generate a cyberspace rush, but ICANN experts expect there to be anywhere between 300 and 1,000 new gTLD applications. Those ready to stake their claim should be prepared ' it won't be as simple as showing up in January and being the first to register.
Internet Service Providers Found Immune over Posted Comments in NY
August 29, 2011
The NY court's decision will be cited in CDA cases across the country and is likely to limit, but not eliminate, future litigation against ISPs, as future cases are likely to focus on the extent to which an ISP can be considered a "content provider.
Google+ Rethinks Online Privacy ' But Not in the Way You'd Expect
August 29, 2011
There's a fairly robust legal community developing on Google+. Legal professionals are attracted to the ability to maintain personal and professional connections in one place while honing in on posts that are important to them, their firms or their clients <i>right now</i>. For the most part, folks on Google+ are high-speed on the information superhighway and the information they are sharing is valuable ' and when it isn't, it is easily filtered out.
Employer's Guide to GINA
August 29, 2011
GINA was enacted out of concern that discrimination based upon a person's genetic information could result in the loss of health coverage or employment. Here's what employers need to know.
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: Finding the Line in the Sand
July 29, 2011
The scope of the CFAA is the subject of an emerging split among federal courts of appeals as highlighted by a recent opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which rejected the claim that its decision would make criminals out of millions of employees who might utilize their work computers for personal use.
What's Your Twitter Level?
July 29, 2011
There was a time when big, respectable law firms would never use silly words like "tweet," "Twitter" and "Twitterverse," but that seems to be changing, at least for some firms. Let's look at which American firms are actively tweeting and how they are making Twitter part of their marketing strategy.
Office 2010 Purchase and Installation Decisions
July 28, 2011
We all know how budget constraints, deployment, support, client needs and training resources can ' and often do ' affect IT managers' decisions on which software to purchase and deploy. However, when updating to Office 2010, there is more to it than meets the eye ' and the Microsoft Office 2010 marketing presentations can be very enticing.
Best Practices for Conducting Secure and Reliable Online Jury Research
July 28, 2011
Online jury research is a practice growing in acceptance and is becoming an increasingly important weapon for litigators as they discover more about its effectiveness. In addition, because litigators can use this online tool to cost-effectively poll so many more jurors, legal professionals are using online panels for a much wider range of cases.
