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Editor's Note
Jul 01, 2008; ... Jutta Stender-Vorwachs's casenote "The German Bundesverfassungsgericht and Acoustic Surveillance of Housing Space" discusses a March 2004 ruling of the German Federal Constitutional Court on the constitutionality of a controversial 1998 law allowing authorities to conduct acoustic surveillance ...
Impractically Obscure? Privacy and Courtroom Proceedings in Light of Webcasting and Other New Technologies*
Jul 01, 2008; ... Author's Note: The United States is hardly alone in recognizing the importance of transparency as a means of encouraging government oversight and public confidence in government functions. In many countries, court records are also open to public scrutiny as a matter of policy.1 For example, ...
The German Bundesverfassungsgericht and Acoustic Surveillance of Housing Space
Jul 01, 2008; ... A. On March 3, 2004,1 the Bundesverfassungsgericht (German Federal Constitutional Court) decided that the regulations in the Strqfprozessordnung (StPO - Code of Criminal Procedure)2 concerning acoustic surveillance of housing space (the so called "Großer Lauschangriff'') partly violate ...
Editor's Note
Apr 01, 2008; ... In this edition of Law/Technology, Professor David Hricik and J.D. candidate Chase Scott discuss metadata - what it is and how it can be used for or against attorneys. The authors give a detailed explanation of how to eliminate metadata from a computer document thereby reducing the risk of ...
Metadata: Lawyers Need to Know What it is and What to do About It1
Apr 01, 2008; ... Metadata is "data about data."4 Although it sounds quite modern, one form of metadata is no doubt familiar to every lawyer: the "fax band" on a document received by facsimile that shows the time and date the fax was received, the number from which it came, and the number of pages sent. A fax ...
Editor's Note
Jan 01, 2008; ... Are you interested in becoming more involved in the World Jurist Association? Are you looking for ways to join your colleagues in more active dialogue? The Law/Technology section of the World Jurist Association welcomes application from members to serve leadership capacities for the ...
Patent Protection for Inventions Involving Newly Found Biochemical Mechanisms
Jan 01, 2008; ... Introduction Key questions in seeking patent protection for a pharmaceutical invention are when to file a patent application and how broadly to try to claim it. The pharmaceutical industry is an international one so that what happens in any one country has an effect world-wide. If one ...
Editor's Note
Oct 01, 2007; ... The following two articles were originally published by the World Jurist Association on the occasion of it's Climate Change: The International Legal Community's Response Conference, held in Lisbon, Portugal, November 25-29, 2007. This important international conference looked at the many ways in ...
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IN THE UNITED STATES CHANGING LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPE
Oct 01, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTION Over the past several years, important legislation has been implemented in the United States at the Federal and State levels which is designed to provide incentives and implement mandates for the development and commercialization of renewable energy and renewable fuels ...
LIABILITY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE EMERGING ROLE OF PROBABILISTIC RISK ATTRIBUTION SCIENCE
Oct 01, 2007; ... INTRODUCTION Scientific evidence is mounting that greenhouse gas emissions are tied to global warming, rising sea levels and a change in the frequency, intensity and geography of some extreme weather events. The past two years have witnessed a remarkable surge of public interest in ...
Editor's Note
Apr 01, 2007; ... Are you interested in becoming more involved in the World Jurist Association? Are you looking for ways to join your colleagues in more active dialogue? The Law/Technology Section of the World Jurist Association welcomes application from members to serve leadership capacities for the ...
Technology Creation by Indigenous Means and Legal Safeguards for the Protection of such Technology
Apr 01, 2007; ... Abstract The proprietary of transfer of technology has in recent years provoked controversy. The concept of the creation of indigenous technology has also gained ground, and the merits attached to such technology cannot be over-emphasized. Technology should be acquired according to the ...
Editor's Note
Jan 01, 2007; ... The following article presents a comprehensive look at current state of national and international laws governing surveillance and the balancing concern of privacy. The author notes the relative lack of international law to guide nations in developing laws and policies regarding surveillance ....
The Use of Technology to Invade Personal Privacy in the Interest of Collective Security: Does the End Justify the Means?
Jan 01, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTION The rise of terror-related incidents in recent decades has necessitated improvement and change in the manner governments investigate crimes against their people. Advances in surveillance have greatly enhanced the ability of countries to protect their citizens from ...
Editor's Note
Oct 01, 2006; ... The following collection of articles is a special issue to help highlight and wrap up some of the key issues in law and technology that arose during 2006. The articles were originally published and complied by Findlaw.com, an internet based legal search engine. Generally Law/Technology publishes ...
The Best (and Worst!) of 2006
Oct 01, 2006; ... The following article was originally published online byFindlaw.com. It is reprinted here with express permission. All of the articles below were available on the Findlaw site at the URL provided at the time of printing. Additionally the Law/Technology Editorial staff has selected a few articles ...
Open Source Software Survives Antitrust Challenge
Oct 01, 2006; ... Does giving something away violate the Sherman Act's prohibition on predatory pricing? Does encouraging a price of zero constitute price-fixing? No on both counts, according to a recent Seventh Circuit decision in an antitrust suit against companies distributing software under the GNU Public ...
Privacy and Search Engine Data: A Recent AOL Research Project Has Perilous Consequences for Subscribers
Oct 01, 2006; ... Some America Online (AOL) Internet service subscribers may be in for a nasty shock. Approximately 658,000 subscribers had their search queries - numbering a reported 20 million - made public for 10 days in early August, when the data, meant to be shared only with search engine researchers, was ...
IT Security Issues Discussed in Recent Federal Decision
Oct 01, 2006; ... Despite the Department of the Interior's repeated failures to meet network security standards, a federal appeals court recently vacated an order requiring the agency to disconnect its computers from the internet and internal networks. The detailed and specific IT security aspects mentioned in ...
The Recent Revelations About the NSA's Access to Our Phone Records: The Laws that Were Probably Broken, and the Likely Consequences
Oct 01, 2006; ... With the National security Agency's warrantless wiretapping program still highly controversial, just last week, USA Today revealed that President Bush has authorized yet another secret surveillance program. Under this program, the NSA - apparently without the benefit of any court order - has ...