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Internet Web Site Jurisdiction, 20 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 21 (2001), Richard A. Bales, Suzanne Van Wert
Internet Web Site Jurisdiction, 20 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 21 (2001), Richard A. Bales, Suzanne Van Wert
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The Internet is here to stay. Consequently, disputes in this cyberspace are heard in courts nationwide, and one of the most fundamental litigation questions is the personal jurisdiction. In this article, the authors discuss the difficulties courts have in defining the degree of interaction between the Web site operator and online users. The authors first discuss the background of how courts tackle the personal jurisdiction issue. Then, as the society leaps into the cyberspace, authors analyze how this great development in technology and communications creates challenges to courts in grounding personal jurisdictional issues. By going through case analyses, authors show …
Self-Prescribing Medication: Regulating Prescription Drug Sales On The Internet, 20 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 57 (2001), Kristin Yoo
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"Online pharmacies, your friendly neighborhood drugstores." The Internet is not only a great telecommunication medium but also a low-cost and convenient commercial marketplace. It is no exception that online pharmacies flourished as a result, but the consequences of such development pose grave danger to the public and great challenges to regulations. The author discusses the benefits and risk of online pharmacies, the different types of online pharmacies, state governments' involvement in regulating online prescriptions and federal involvements. Despite both state and federal legislations and regulations, proliferation of online pharmacies, established inside and outside of the US, proves to be a …
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act: Does The Answer To The Internet Information Privacy Problem Lie In A Fifteen Year Old Federal Statute? A Detailed Analysis, 20 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 1 (2001), Henry M. Cooper
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In 1986, Congress enacted the Electronic Communications Privacy Act ("ECPA") to update and clarify federal privacy protections and standards in light of changes in new technologies. Since, then, however, the Internet has grown immensely and this article discusses whether a new federal legislation is needed to meet the challenge. The author starts his analysis by defining what is "information privacy right." Then, he discusses how this right is been used and misused on the Internet. Following such definition, he discussed the ECPA Title II in detail. He analyses provisions of the ECPA, including section 2701, the definition of "access," sections …
2001 John Marshall National Moot Court Competition In Information Technology And Privacy Law: Bench Memorandum, 20 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 91 (2001), Ryan Alexander, Robert S. Gurwin, Dominick Lanzito, Nicole D. Milos, Bridget O'Neill
2001 John Marshall National Moot Court Competition In Information Technology And Privacy Law: Bench Memorandum, 20 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 91 (2001), Ryan Alexander, Robert S. Gurwin, Dominick Lanzito, Nicole D. Milos, Bridget O'Neill
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In this bench memo, the Supreme Court of the state of Marshall is asked to decide whether the actions of defendant, Marshall Manatees, evidence a theory of false light invasion of privacy as defined by the Restatement (Second) of Torts and whether defendant's actions of comparing the digital photographic images collected at the Marshall Center to their database and ultimately posting plaintiff's photo on its billboard constituted an actionable claim for misappropriation. Plaintiff, Allen Sanders, attended a professional basketball game where the Marshall Manatees were hosting an opposing team at the Marshall Center. He purchased the ticket online and received …
2001 John Marshall National Moot Court Competition In Information Technology And Privacy Law: Brief For The Petitioner, 20 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 109 (2001), Gregory Brady, Steven Brooks, Christian Sullivan
2001 John Marshall National Moot Court Competition In Information Technology And Privacy Law: Brief For The Petitioner, 20 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 109 (2001), Gregory Brady, Steven Brooks, Christian Sullivan
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No abstract provided.
2001 John Marshall National Moot Court Competition In Information Technology And Privacy Law: Brief For The Respondent, 20 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 151 (2001), Courtney Scantlin, Mekisha Walker, Warren Clint Wells
2001 John Marshall National Moot Court Competition In Information Technology And Privacy Law: Brief For The Respondent, 20 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 151 (2001), Courtney Scantlin, Mekisha Walker, Warren Clint Wells
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No abstract provided.
Consequential Damages Exclusions Under Ucita, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 295 (2001), Douglas E. Phillips
Consequential Damages Exclusions Under Ucita, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 295 (2001), Douglas E. Phillips
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The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act ("UCITA") elicits both love and hate, but decision time is here. Two states have enacted UCITA, several others are considering it, and UCITA choice-of-law clauses are already beginning to appear in software license agreements and other computer information contracts. This article focuses on how UCITA affects a pivotal issue: enforceability of contract clauses that exclude consequential damages. Losses from software development gone awry often far exceed the customer's investment and the developer's return. Under the Uniform Commercial Code, questions remain about the enforceability in certain circumstances of consequential damages exclusions. UCITA answers these questions …
Data Mines And Battlefields: Looking At Financial Aggregators To Understand The Legal Boundaries And Ownership Rights In The Use Of Personal Data, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 313 (2001), Julia Alpert Gladstone
Data Mines And Battlefields: Looking At Financial Aggregators To Understand The Legal Boundaries And Ownership Rights In The Use Of Personal Data, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 313 (2001), Julia Alpert Gladstone
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Financial Web aggregation is a service that allows the customer to view all data from various accounts including financial institutions, stockbrokers, airline frequent flyer and other reward programs. Financial Web aggregation services may be offered on a stand-alone basis but the trend is to offer them in conjunction with other financial services, most commonly bill payment. HyperText Markup Language (“HTML”) technology is used to obtain the account information, this is most often done without the permission of the provider. The alternative to HTML connection is direct feed aggregation…the aggregator requires the implementation of specific software, i.e. Open Financial Exchange software. …
The Regulation Of New Media Broadcasting In Canada Post-Icravetv.Com, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 331 (2001), Danistan Saverimuthu
The Regulation Of New Media Broadcasting In Canada Post-Icravetv.Com, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 331 (2001), Danistan Saverimuthu
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Broadcasters in both the U.S. and Canada were perplexed when iCraveTV.com began intercepting American and Canadian television signals and began broadcasting them for free over the Internet. Broadcasters in Canada contend that these type of actions constitute a violation of section 3 of the Canadian Copyright Act. Provisions of section 31(2) of the Copyright Act appear to allow new media broadcasters to rebroadcast signals in return for paying a tariff, however, these criterion must be meet: the communication must be a retransmission of a local or distant signal, the transmission must be lawful under the Broadcasting Act, the signal must …
Privacy Protection For Electronic Communications And The “Interception Unauthorized Access” Dilemma, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 435 (2001), Carlos Perez-Albuerne, Lawrence Friedman
Privacy Protection For Electronic Communications And The “Interception Unauthorized Access” Dilemma, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 435 (2001), Carlos Perez-Albuerne, Lawrence Friedman
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When Congress foresaw the need for privacy protection for personal and commercial communications, it modified the Wire and Electronic Communications Interception and Interception of Oral Communications Act (“Wire-Tap Act”) through the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and added the Stored Communications Act to broaden the scope of prohibitions against electronic eavesdropping. Some questions, however, are raised by the interpretation of the Wiretap Act’s definition of “intercept” and the Stored Communications Act’s definition of “unauthorized access.” The authors of this comment explore the decisions in the cases Steve Jackson Games v. U.S. and Konop v. Hawaiian Airlines to resolve this question …
The Internal Revenue Service Is Shifting American Taxpayers From A Paper Based Filing System To Electronic Filing - Is The Irs Offering A Capable System That Protects Taxpayer Confidentiality?, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 367 (2001), Anthony D. Skidmore
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The IRS utilizes Internet technology, such as electronic filing, to aid in the enormous task of processing individual tax returns annually. The Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (“1998 Act”) allows signatures to be waived by the IRS or to provide alternative means of signing. Litigation challenging the IRS administration of its electronic filing program to date has been upheld. Recent decisions illustrate the authority the IRS has to set standards for participating in the electroinc filing system. Recent litigation surrounding the validity of refund-anticipation loans has been upheld, despite the annual percentage rate charged. Criminal litigation …
Internet Business Method Patents: The Federal Circuit Vacates The Preliminary Injunction In Amazon.Com V. Barnesandnoble.Com, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 523 (2001), Sue Ann Mota
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This article is a casenote that examines the appellate decision in Amazon.com v. Barnesandnoble.com. The first section of the article reviews the history of business method patents and the precedent case of State St. Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Fin. Group, Inc. The second section looks at the history of the Amazon.com case. The final section examines the major developments in business method patents since the Amazon.com case.
Fair Warning: Preemption And Navigating The Bermuda Triangle Of E-Sign, Ueta, And State Digital Signature Laws, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 401 (2001), Renard Francois
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Problems with authenticity, integrity, and repudiation can create a barrier for both individuals and businesses using the Internet for transactions and negotiations. To help address these issues, the federal government enacted E-Sign. This statute protects consumers and ensures no signature will be denied legal effect. E-Sign is sometimes in conflict with state adopted statute, UETA. E-Sign has preemption provisions that are inconsistent with the goals of creating legal uniformity. This comment suggests amending E-Sign so that it is clear that any modification to UETA will cause the state’s version of UETA to be completely preempted.
Cyberslapp Suits And John Doe Subpoenas: Balancing Anonymity And Accountability In Cyberspace, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 493 (2001), Shaun B. Spencer
Cyberslapp Suits And John Doe Subpoenas: Balancing Anonymity And Accountability In Cyberspace, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 493 (2001), Shaun B. Spencer
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The first section of the article examines the history of cyberSLAPP (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation) suits. The second section looks at the conflicting goals of anonymity and accountability. The third section discusses how existing law does not adequately protection the people whose names are being subpoenaed. The final section proposes an amendment to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
Privacy Rights In Personal Information: Hipaa And The Privacy Gap Between Fundamental Privacy Rights And Medical Information, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 535 (2001), Kevin B. Davis
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Advancements in computers and technology have affected nearly every aspect of health care. Although many of the effects of modern technology have benefited health care, a vast increase in the amount of people with access to medical information has led to numerous privacy concerns. In response to these new problems, and at the direction of Congress through the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), Health and Human Services (“HHS”) implemented the Privacy Rule. The Privacy Rule “protects privacy by regulating the ways in which certain medical information may be used by certain entities.” The constitutional right to …
Cybermedicine: Mainstream Medicine By 2020/Crossing Boundaries, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 557 (2001), Kim Solez, Sheila Moriber Katz
Cybermedicine: Mainstream Medicine By 2020/Crossing Boundaries, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 557 (2001), Kim Solez, Sheila Moriber Katz
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Cybermedicine, or “the discipline of applying the Internet to medicine,” is rapidly becoming more and more mainstream, and it will ultimately transform medicine completely. Cybermedicine uses “global networking to educate, innovate and communicate in ways that promote medical practice, commerce, scholarship, and empowerment.” Cybermedicine is taking place all over the world and in all walks of life. Currently, Web and e-mail based programs connect doctors to patients, doctors to doctors, and patients to patients with numerous beneficial results. E-mail is particularly important today because not everyone has access to high-speed Internet connections. The impending improvements in technology and the possibilities …
Issues For Healthcare Companies When Contracting With Asps, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 569 (2001), Karen K. Harris
Issues For Healthcare Companies When Contracting With Asps, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 569 (2001), Karen K. Harris
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The first section of the article gives the reader information on what to look for when choosing an outsourcing or ASP provider. The second section provides information negotiating a service level agreement, including information on service levels, payment terms, customer responsibility, dispute resolution and confidentiality.
Do You Want To Step Outside? An Overview Of Online Alternative Dispute Resolution, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 457 (2001), William Krause
Do You Want To Step Outside? An Overview Of Online Alternative Dispute Resolution, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 457 (2001), William Krause
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The first section of the article discusses the different sites of online Alternative Means of Dispute Resolution (ADR). The author discusses Virtual Magistrate, settlement sites (focusing on ClickNSettle), SquareTrade, iLevel, Internet Neutral, and the Uniform Domain Name Resolution Process of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. The second section of the article addresses the usefulness and policy issues surrounding online ADR. Among the issues discussed in this section are the effect on consumer confidence, jurisdiction and enforcement, fees, and limited hearings and discovery.
Cybermedicine: How Computing Empowers Doctors And Patients For Better Health Care, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 589 (2001), William B. Powers
Cybermedicine: How Computing Empowers Doctors And Patients For Better Health Care, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 589 (2001), William B. Powers
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In Cybermedicine: How Computing Empowers Doctors and Patients for Better Health Care, Dr. Warner V. Slack takes the reader on an interesting journey from the advent of experimental computer usage in the early 1960s, to comprehensive, hospital-wide computing systems in the 1980s, and into the future. As a professor of medicine and psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and co-president of the Center for Clinical Computing and co-director of the Division for Clinical Computing at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dr. Slack, who has been involved with computers in medicine for some thirty-five years, demonstrates how the use of computers can …
Whose Genetic Information Is It Anyway? A Legal Analysis Of The Effects That Mapping The Human Genome Will Have On Privacy Rights And Genetic Discrimination, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 609 (2001), Deborah L. Mclochlin
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"There is no information more personal and private than one's genetic information" – one's DNA. Under the Human Genome Project, mapping of the human genetic code is under way. From this mapping of genetic code, information such as the likelihood of developing cancer, diabetes, etc. would certainly become available. Although this information may be helpful to one's health providers, companies and governments may begin to use this information to discriminate individuals based on their genetic predispositions. This article focuses on the current federal legislation while proposing a new federal legislation in light of this great genetic endeavor. Legislation "has always …