Maryland's Year 2000 Technology Initiative--June 2000
Saul Ewing LLP
On April 25, 2000, Maryland Governor Parris N. Glendening signed into law multiple pieces of legislation designed t.
The Use of Computerized Crime Mapping by Law Enforcement: Survey Results
Cynthia A. Mamalian of Department of Justice
This article examines how computerized crime mapping technology enables law enforcement agencies to analyze and correlate data sources to create a detailed snapshot of crime incidents and related factors within a community or other geographical area.
Year 2000 Report
Woods Rogers PLC
The following article was written by Clay L. Gibney, Information Technology Director for Woods Rogers & Hazlegrove,.
Year 2000 Compliance--An Issue for All Businesses
Virtually every business, almost without exception, must face the reality that it will have to take steps to become.
Hospitals Not Immune To Y2K Bug
Marcy H. Landis of White and Williams LLP
The Year 2000 (or "Y2K") computer problem has implications reaching far beyond computers.
Less Than Six Months until Y2k -- Is Your Business Compliant?
Patricia L. Dee of Capehart & Scatchard, P.A.
With January 1, 2000 less than 200 days away, businesses around the world are scrambling to re-align their systems .
On Trial Tips: Effective Use of Computer Graphics and Animations
Benjamin K. Riley of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
This report focuses on the importance of computer-generated evidence that can provide a new arena for presenting evidence at trial in a most persuasive manner.
Year 2000: Information and Readiness Disclosure Act
Briggs & Morgan
Many of our business clients are dealing with the flurry of letters from customers and suppliers requesting that th.
SEC's Electronic Filing System Has Been Updated to Accept Recently Adopted Forms and Exhibits
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Effective July 28, 2003, the SECÃÂs electronic filing system (ÃÂEDGARÃÂ) was updated to accept Form 8-K filings under Item 11 (temporary suspension of trading under a companyÃÂs employee benefit plans) and Item 12 (earnings announcements or releases) and to accept CEO and CFO certifications as exhibits 31 and 32 to quarterly and annual reports.
Free Y2K Help
Wilson & Orcutt, P.C.
The Small Business Administration offers a free service to small businesses. Call the toll free number at (877)789.
Subrogation and E-Commerce: E-Subrogation: New Coverage, Claims, and Recoveries
Estella S. Gold of White and Williams LLP
Recently, insurers have expanded their product lines to cover traditional risks in new advertising mediums, such as the Internet.
The Computer as a Lawyer-Saving Device
Marc R. Lauritsen
This article discusses how computers can assist both lawyers and the public.
Data Life Cycle Management
George L. Paul and Robert F. Copple of Lewis and Roca LLP
Electronic information management is now a primary business and legal concern. Sarbanes Oxley, information security, expanded electronic discovery demands, and new penalties for spoliation of evidence have made "document retention" an issue of urgency for general counsel.
Multimedia Trial Presentations Increase Chances of Defense Verdicts at Trial
Gerald A. Klein of Klein & Wilson
Although the costs of taking cases to trial seem to increase each year, increased expenditures have not resulted in.
Insurance and High Technology: CyberInsurance: Consistency In Claims And Coverage Resolution
Nicholas A. Pasciullo of White and Williams LLP
When it comes to computers, invulnerability and complete reliability are outmoded terms in an increasingly networked world. Most insureds will lose the functionality of your computer network several times during a specific term of insurance coverage.
New Traffic Control Technology Proposed for L.a.'s Westside
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
On February 12, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission considered a request by AP Properties, Ltd. and JMB Real.
Standards Wars: Rights, Responsibilities, and Strategies
Steven J. Henry,Edward J. Russavage and Liza Vertinsky of Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
Participation in standard-setting organizations (SSOs) raises issues with grave implications for many companies. SSOs promote interoperability in technology systems through the adoption of technical standards. Conflicting demands for standardization, free dispersion of information, and the need to protect proprietary technologies, have left technology companies caught in the middle of industry standard "wars."
Intergraph's Patent Victory over Intel: FindLaw Interview with George M. Schwab of Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
FindLaw M V
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, a 150-attorney law firm specializing in intellectual property and complex litigation, secured a major patent victory on behalf of computer software developer Intergraph Corporation over microprocessor giant Intel. Following a bench trial, U.S. District Court Judge T. John Ward of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Texas held that Intel's Itanium processors infringe two Intergraph patents directed to parallel instruction computing.
We've Got Algorithm--Software Patents Boom
Lori E. Lesser of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
?1999 Distributed Computing, all rights reserved; reprinted with permission. The race to be first wi.
The Law Protects The "Unauthorized" Access To Computer Data: How You Can Shape The Law While At The Same Time Protecting Your Data
Nick Akerman of Dorsey & Whitney LLP
The computer and the Internet have dramatically changed the playing field of industrial espionage. Now, customer lists, marketing and strategic plans and financial information can be passed to the competition with a simple click of the mouse, and a high school hacker can break into computers that store a wealth of personal information.
Georgia Open Records Act: Three Steps To Responding To Open Records Requests
Peter Ralph Olson of Jenkins & Olson
The Georgia Open Records Act O.C.G.A. ? 51-18-70 et seq. was recently amended to provide much greater access to pub.
The Year 2000 Problem: An MIS Director's View
Robert E. O'Rielly of Thelen LLP
This article provides a quick synopsis of the Y2K computer problem. Despite the glee with which the media describes the massive disruption that they envision resulting when computer systems recognize "00" as the year 1900, there is reason to hope that many businesses will have already fixed the problem in their mission critical systems rather than slam headfirst into January 1, 2000.
The Changing World of Electronic Signatures
Randell D. Wallace and Don F. Dagenais of Lathrop Gage
A federal law that took effect about a year and a half ago is changing the world in terms of how legal documents are signed. If it hasn't affected your business already, it probably soon will. The full title of the law is the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, but it has become commonly known in legal circles as "E-Sign."
Planning for the "Year 2000 Issue"
Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP
With the year 2000 fast approaching, many companies have questions about the impact that the "Year 2000 Issue" (ot.
E-Burglary--Protecting Your Computer Data While Avoiding Lawsuits
Nick Akerman of Dorsey & Whitney LLP
In the not-too-distant past industrial espionage consisted of photocopying and carting out files. Identity theft, a rare crime until recent years, happened when someone's wallet was stolen by a pickpocket. The computer and the Internet have dramatically changed the playing field.
The Brothers Chudnovsky
Joseph Diamante of Pennie & Edmonds LLP
By all accounts, David and Gregory Chudnovsky are brilliant number theorists. Their quest to calculate pi to the greatest number of decimal places was warmly chronicled in a long New Yorker profile in 1992 titled "The Mountains of Pi." Three years later, New York Magazine ranked the Chudnovskys among the 100 smartest New Yorkers. And two years after that, Esquire included the brothers (as a unit) in a grouping of "The 100 Best People in the World." The brothers have all sorts of inventions worthy of both patent protection and commercialization. There is only one problem. They are not fans of the patent system and are reluctant capitalists.
Thelen Reid Report No. 391: European Privacy Directive Threatens Data Transfers to US Businesses
Thelen LLP
This article discusses the effects of the European Commission's privacy directive on U.S. business data transfers.
So, What's the (Y2k) Problem?
Matthew E. Mitchell of Keegan Werlin LLP
Over the past two or three years, we have heard more about the "Millennium Bug," "Y2K," and the "Year 2000 Problem".
Computer Program Product Claims Allowed By the European Patent Office -- Impact on Software Patent Claiming
Erwin J. Basinski of Morrison & Foerster LLP
This article discusses the Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office recently rendered decisions relating to the patentability of software inventions in Europe.
The Ten Commandments of Litigation
George A. Heitczman of O'Hare & Heitczman
If you are, or expect to be, involved in any type of civil lawsuit, or even more importantly, if you are or expect.
The New Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act: How Effective Is It?
Lawrence B. Lambert of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
On Sunday, October 1, 2000, while most of us were watching football and the closing ceremonies of the Sydney Olymp.
Construction Lawyering In The 21st Century
Anthony L. Meagher of DLA Piper LLP
This article addresses the issue of authenticity of computer-generated Information on the "paperless" construction project.
Protection and Exploitation of Financial Services Software
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP
This article concerns the State Street decision by a three-judge panel of the Federal Circuit Court which circumscribes the exception against mathematical algorithms and lays to rest the idea that business methods are unpatentable subject matter.
E-Commerce & Ontario Real Estate Practice
Michael M Sax of Michael M. Sax
A brief consideration of e-commerce as it relates to Real Estate Practice in Ontario.
State Tax Incentives Newsletter
Burnet R. Maybank of Nexsen Pruet
This newsletter provides a summary of recent updates of tax incentives in South Carolina.
What Every Business Owner Needs To Know About Electronic Discovery
Timothy J. Hogan of Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P.
"Electronic discovery" does not refer to a simple, cheap means of responding to requests for information and documents in litigation. It involves searching your company's computer network to locate and produce potentially large volumes of electronically stored items, e.g. emails, attachments, spreadsheets and drawings, and may include producing metadata (data hidden in documents regarding authors and times of document creation) and drafts of documents that have been "deleted" from computers.
The New ISNI
Ronald S. Katz of Coudert Brothers LLP
Independent Service Network International (ISNI) started out as an organization of what was then called Third-Part.
Virginia Courts and Civil Procedure
Daniel C. Summerlin of Woods Rogers PLC
One of the first hurdles in any litigation is to determine whether the court has jurisdiction over a defendant who .
Enactment of UCITA in Virginia
Jonathan Band of Morrison & Foerster LLP
This article discusses how the Virginia General Assembly recently adopted the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA). Virginia is the first state in the nation that had adopted the Act. It will go into effect in July 2001.
Oregon becomes center for tech trade groups
Timothy F. Haslach of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
While Delaware is widely known as home state for many corporations because of a favorable tax climate, Oregon - on a smaller scale - is gaining recognition as homeport for an emerging group of organizations that determine many standards and specifications vitally important to the high-technology industry.
Technical, Business and Legal Issues in Establishing a Secure Environment for Electronic Communication and Commerce
Theodore C. Ling and of Baker & McKenzie LLP
This article will discuss some of the most prominent business, technical and legal issues which must be addressed and introduces the role that public key cryptography will likely play in creating a secure environment in which to conduct business.
Generating Productivity Growth: A Review of the Role of Workplace Practices and Computers
United States Department of Labor-Office of the Solicitor
This Department of Labor report summarizes new research that uses detailed establishment level data to examine the respective contributions of human capital investments, workplace practices, and computers on labor productivity.
Computerizing Your Business
Small Business Administration
This publication provides information on the purchase and use of computers in a small business.
Patenting Methods Of Doing Business
Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP
Q. WHY PATENT A BUSINESS METHOD? A. REVENUE GENERATED FROM PATENT LICENSING Prior to the recent Federal Circui.
Top Ten Things to do When Collecting Electronic Evidence
Joan E. Feldman and Rodger I. Kohn of Glasser Legal Works
Provides a practical overview of the various issues to consider when you gather electronic evidence during discovery.
The Next Patent Frontier -- Financial Product Patents
Paul E. Schaafsma of Foley & Lardner LLP
Like their software predecessors in the 1980s and their fallen Internet brethren of the 1990s, managers of financial products and services are entering a brave new world where management of intellectual property assets has become vital to protecting their bottom line. This new management challenge is a result of the steady expansion by the courts of what innovations are subject to patent protection.
The Year 2000 Computer Problem---Beyond Remediation: Are You Prepared?
Day Pitney LLP
Defining the Year 2000 Computer Problem At the "dawn" of the computer age computer memor.
PTO Issues Proposed Guidelines for Examination of Computer Implemented Inventions
Dale S. Lazar of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
In response to recent decisions from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the PTO has now issued Proposed.
Potential Year 2000 Litigation
Mark E. Hauck of Dykema Gossett PLLC
The so-called Year 2000 problem, or Y2K crisis, may result in significant litigation. The purpose of this paper .
The Year 2000 Problem: Finally Some Good News
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
On October 19, 1998, the President signed into law the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act, S.2392 .
Civil Procedure Issues in Virginia
Frank K. Friedman of Woods Rogers PLC
Revision of Verdict. Amends Virginia's additur statute. Additur is a means by which a trial court can increase a j.
Countdown to 2000 --- News From the Front
Frank J. Perch of White and Williams LLP
Computer professionals are now measuring in minutes the dwindling time remaining to address the "Year 2000 Pro.
Y2K: How Will Physicians Treat Their Own Millennium Bug?
Rodger L. Hochman of Broad and Cassel
From the sole practitioner to largest payor organization, the "Year 2000" (or "Y2K") problem will significantly imp.
Life, Law and the Pursuit of Balance
H. Richard Keyt of Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A.
INTRODUCTION Lawyers today must use computers to compete effectively with other lawyers. Ten years ago, relativ.
The "Millenium Bug" and Issues Facing Insurers
Kaufman, Payton & Chapa
As we approach the year 2,000, businesses and its insurers must be prepared for the "millennium bug" problem. In ge.
The Year 2000 Crisis: Navigating the Legal Waters of the Millennium
Levy & Droney P.C.
As the year 2000 approaches, many of us are being bombarded with material on year 2000 computer issues, affectionat.
Year 2000 Legal Services--Seven Reasons You May Need Them
Law Offices of Robert Wood
By the year 2001 is your business going to be enjoying the new century's opportunities or reeling from disaster?
NYSE Revises Year 2000 Certification Requirements
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
The New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") recently issued an information memorandum announcing revisions to its Year 200.
Intellectual Property Strategies in Security and Privacy
Dennis S. Fernandez
Current technological advances ranging from biotech and nanotechnology to electronics and software can be used to both protect and jeopardize the security and privacy of individuals. This paper highlights some Intellectual Property (IP) strategies to successfully navigate the competitive landscape of these technical industries.
Year 2000 Computer Problem Prompts Litigation
Peter Karl Tompa of Carr Maloney P.C.
Most computer systems in use today can only record dates in a two-digit format, i.e, 98 for 1998. This format is ve.