U.S. District Court Judge Mary McLaughlin recently deemed a Delaware state rule unconstitutional, much to the chagrin of the Chancery Court and the slew of corporations that call Delaware home. Three years ago an arbitration program was instated in order to allow Chancery judges to privately mediate commercial litigation, therefore lessening the costs and time [...]
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Illinois Federal Judge James Holderman ruled in August that the Wiretap Act does not apply to unencrypted wireless networks of the kind commonly used in coffee shops, hotels, restaurants, and stores. A company called Innovatio IP Ventures was seeking this preliminary ruling prior to using “packet sniffing” technology to gather evidence for a case against [...] New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly issued a five-page memo—the first of its kind in New York— outlining how undercover officers may use social media in pursuing investigations. The memo outlines the rules for officers involved in probes. Specifically when an officer is using social media, he or she may register their aliases directly with [...] Over half of mobile application users now say that they have either uninstalled an app because it was collecting too much personal information or chose not to install an app in the first place for the same reason, according to a Pew Survey. Even as app users’ personal information, such as their location, becomes more [...] Until recently there was widespread resistance among CIO’s and IT departments to Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD, because of the inherent security risks and increased ability of employees to engage in personal activities at work. However, BYOD is a rapidly accelerating trend among many companies and law firms who view it as an asset [...] More and more often, employees are required to engage in sponsored social media networks such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and others, during the course of their work. This participation may be as simple as maintaining a professional online profile for networking purposes, or as complex as the development of a company brand via simultaneous [...] |
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