E-Commerce Law

E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of February 18, 2008

Blu-Ray has beaten HD DVD in the lastest format war.

(Link:  Blu-Ray Wins After HD DVD is Scuttled at washingtonpost.com)

In a move that will certainly cause concern among privacy groups, Google will begin storing the medical records of between 1,500 and 10,000 people who "volunteered to an electronic transfer of their personal health records so they can be retrieved through Google's new service, which won't be open to the general public."

(Link:  Google to store patients' health records in test of new service at SilliconValley.com)

E-Commerce Law Briefs is a weekly feature appearing each Friday afternoon on E-Commerce Law. Each week, E-Commerce Law Briefs will provide a brief summary and commentary on recent legal news affecting e-commerce businesses.

JuicyCampus May Be the Next Internet Defamation Battleground

Litigation over Internet defamation has grown as Internet users increasingly visit, and post to, unmoderated forums about their colleagues and acquaintances.  Following in the footsteps of sites like AutoAdmit, a new college gossip website has become a popular forum for anonymous and potentially damaging postings about students, professors, and others.

E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of February 11, 2008

Yahoo has rejected Microsoft's $45 billion purchase offer.  "The rejection was not a surprise and had been expected by investors since late last week. Some believe this is part of an effort by Yahoo to get a higher sales price from Microsoft."

(Link:  Yahoo says "No" to Microsoft at CNN Money)

We've previously mentioned the importance of controlling your online reputation, now an entire cottage industry is beginning to grow around that concept.  A host of new companies offer services designed to repair a person or company's Internet reputation.

(Link:  Google Yourself - And Enjoy It at Newsweek)

E-Commerce Law Briefs is a weekly feature appearing each Friday afternoon on E-Commerce Law. Each week, E-Commerce Law Briefs will provide a brief summary and commentary on recent legal news affecting e-commerce businesses.

E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of February 4, 2008

Despite the well-publicized concerns of parents and the government, children may actually be safer on social networking sites than other Internet sites.

(Link:  Kids safer in social networks than chat rooms at news.com.au)

E-Commerce Law Briefs is a weekly feature appearing each Friday afternoon on E-Commerce Law. Each week, E-Commerce Law Briefs will provide a brief summary and commentary on recent legal news affecting e-commerce businesses.

E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of January 28, 2008

Microsoft has offered to purchase Yahoo. 

(Links:  Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo at BBC News and Yahoo Offer is Strategy Shift for Microsoft at New York Times)

E-Commerce Law Briefs is a weekly feature appearing each Friday afternoon on E-Commerce Law. Each week, E-Commerce Law Briefs will provide a brief summary and commentary on recent legal news affecting e-commerce businesses.