by marysw | Nov 3, 2010 | Commentary |
The Federal Communications Commission announced on Thursday, October 28, 2010 that it had reached a record settlement with Verizon Wireless over the telecommunications giant’s so-called “mystery fees.” Verizon has agreed to pay a staggering $25 million to the U.S....
by anickow | Nov 3, 2010 | Commentary |
File-sharing on the internet was dealt a huge blow when a federal judge issued an injunction that shut down the file-sharing program LimeWire. LimeWire was a free, peer-to-peer file-sharing program that allowed users to share music, videos, and other files over the...
by houckr | Oct 31, 2010 | Commentary, Legislation/Regulations |
I had not thought about email Spam mail in ages. It used to be that whenever I logged into my email, including my school email accounts, the vast majority of my emails were unsolicited junk—advertisements for Viagra or other drugs available on the cheap through...
by fqin | Oct 31, 2010 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations |
In the past year, there has been an increase in the number of hack attacks on U.S. companies. In one particularly worrisome case, the attacks were targeted against Google and 33 other companies, including financial institutions and defense contractors. In light of...
by seidmand | Oct 30, 2010 | Commentary |
In the wake of the HITECH Act, which encourages healthcare providers to use Electronic Health Records (EHR) through subsidies and reduced Medicare payments, patients may know that providers routinely store and transmit electronically their personal health-related...
by amyhw | Oct 18, 2010 | Commentary |
The Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia decided last week to allow federally funded human embryonic stem cell research to continue, extending a temporary stay of a lower court’s injunction barring the funding. A district court ruled in August...