Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal articles from June 2003

Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal archives from June 2003

Evidence at the electronic frontier: introducing e-mail at trial in commercial litigation.
June 22, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION Electronic mail or "e-mail" has become the very fabric of commercial litigation. Yet, despite the fact that a veritable cottage industry has sprung up to assist litigators in discovering such evidence, and an extensive body...

Honeypots: a sticky legal landscape?(catching computer hackers)
June 22, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION With today's enhanced focus on cybersecurity, governments and businesses are looking for effective tools to prevent and detect attacks on their critical information systems. Effectiveness needs to be measured not only in...

The USA PATRIOT Act and telecommunications: privacy under attack.
June 22, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, (1) signed into law on October 26, 2001, became a formidable weapon in the United States' war against terrorism. Enacted quickly in response to the September 11th terrorist attacks, Congress...

Minnesota passes the nation's first Internet privacy law.
June 22, 2003... This Article will examine the new Internet privacy law passed by the Minnesota state legislature. The law restricts an Internet service provider's disclosure of information that identifies a consumer by physical or electronic address or...

Online shareholder meetings: corporate law anomalies or the future of governance?
June 22, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION Individual shareholders with a small stake in corporations rarely attend annual shareholder meetings. (1) Whether they are reluctant to spend the time and money to travel to the meetings, or they believe that their presence...

How to pry with maps: the Fourth Amendment privacy implications of governmental wetland Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
June 22, 2003... Cut the bank for the fill./ Dump sand/ pumped out of the river/ into the old swale// killing whatever was/ there before--including/ even the muskrats. Who did it?/ There's the guy.// Him in the blue shirt and/ turquoise...

Harvard as a model in trademark and domain name protection.
June 22, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION Collegiate licensing has developed into a booming industry (1) since the advent of such programs in the early- to mid-1980s. (2) Colleges and universities learned that their names, logos, and designs, which are the "basic...

Thirty-fifth selected Bibliography on computers, technology and the law (January 2002 through December 2002).(Bibliography)
June 22, 2003... INTRODUCTION Each year, the Journal provides a compilation of the most important and timely articles on computers, technology, and the law. The Bibliography, indexed by subject matter, is designed to be a research guide to assist our...