You may not notice, but this blog has just been transitioned to a shiny new virtual machine. Seems a bit snappier. More details to follow. Anyway, despite some rather thorough testing (or at least what I thought was thorough), I’ve…
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no driving and typing – now law
A new law that bans using hand-held devices to talk, email, or send text messages while behind the wheel has been passed by the Ontario legislature. The new rules, which don’t come into effect immediately, include a fine of up…
skadden’s 2008 it law review
Great recap of significant developments in US IT/e-commerce law from the folks at Skadden. Well worth the read if you’re into such things.
Tagged with: contracting, contracts, e-commerce, e-mail, electronic agreements, it, law, privacy, skadden, trademark, us
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internet e-mail is not secure
From time to time I have moaned and groaned about the lack of security regarding e-mail. Oddly enough, many people who use e-mail on a daily basis for sensitive business communications don’t realize that, generally speaking, e-mail is, by default,…
Tagged with: communication, e-mail, encryption, insider trading, outlook, pgp, security
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multitasking
This one isn’t quite law related or quite technology rated, though it sort of touches on both. Just wanted to share something quite remarkable I saw this evening. I was riding home in a cab with my wife and young…
Wikiality – Part III
Bit of an elaboration on a previous post on the use of Wikipedia in judgements. I cited part of a New York Times article, which had in turn quoted from a letter to the editor from Professor Kenneth Ryesky. The…
Killer E-mails
Just one more before my “lunch” ends…. still trying to catch up. Anyway, a recent article highlights a real low point in spam. This is even worse than the Nigerian scams (which actually resulted in several real-word deaths). Anyway, the…
