Tech Law News
This is FindLaw's Legal Technology Center's collection of Technology Law News articles. Information on cyberspace law, internet law, ecommerce, court decisions that involve technology companies and more is provided here.
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It seems that everyone is a member of a social network these days. Whether it's your kids on MySpace and Facebook, or your colleagues on LinkedIn, people are taking advantage of these new online meeting spaces to make friends, communicate and expand business opportunities. But what are the legal obligations that arise out of the use of social networks, both for the user and the sites themselves? -
The implementation of cutting edge legal technologies is greatly enhancing the capabilities of the courts to assuage these problems, while maintaining the accuracy and propriety of the proceedings. -
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and its provisions have been the subject of significant criticism, particularly following the prosecution of Internet activist Aaron Swartz. Various federal circuit courts of appeal interpret the CFAA differently, and it appears difficult to reconcile these competing cases. -
Think the eyes are windows to the soul? If so, you may want to reconsider that notion, as a recently released scientific study challenges commonly held beliefs and intuition regarding the importance of facial expression in conveying emotion. Cues from the body, as it turns out, are more powerful than facial expressions when it comes to perceiving intense emotions, according to the study results. -
The California Supreme Court ruled that the provisions of the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act, which prohibits the collection of "personal identification information" as a condition of credit card payment, does not apply to online retailers selling products that are downloaded electronically. -
One law firm is turning to technology to track the comings and goings of its attorneys and staff. And you thought your law firm was tough. -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has lost its first contested action over the agency's fair-disclosure rule, or Regulation FD, against Siebel Systems and two of its top officers for allegedly releasing positive information about the business-software company to only a few institutional investors. -
The nation's leading court on patent law has ruled that the Canadian company that makes the popular BlackBerry wireless e-mail device engaged in patent infringement.</p -
Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit addressed a controversial 2005 order of the Federal Communications Commission in American Council on Education v. FCC, a decision which denied a petition for review of an FCC ruling that providers of broadband Internet access and voice over Internet protocol ("VoIP") services are regulable as "telecommunications carriers" under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act ("CALEA"). -
The debate over government interception of Internet communications has expanded to a new technology, namely Voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") transmissions. Indeed, representatives of the FBI's Electronic Surveillance Technology Section in Chantilly, Virginia have been meeting secretly with the Federal Communications Commission since July, 2003, exploring ways to provide the FBI with more regulatory authority to "wiretap" Internet communications, and in particular VoIP transmissions.