E-Commerce Law

Most Popular E-Commerce Law Posts of 2008

Happy New Year!  Here are the most popular E-Commerce Law posts of 2008:

"David Lat Has a Stupid Fat Face" (January 24, 2008)

Take Control of Your Online Reputation (January 28, 2008)

JuicyCampus May Be the Next Internet Defamation Battleground (February 19, 2008)

Ninth Circuit: Roommates.com Not Entirely Protected by Section 230 (April 4, 2008)

Defending a Criminal Case in a Cyber World (April 23, 2008)

Copying Another Website's Terms of Use Can Lead to Trouble (June 2, 2008)

Our Internet Evidence Series (July 2008)

Happy Holidays!

There will be no E-Commerce Law Briefs today.  The feature will return after January 1st.

E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of December 15, 2008

The Wall Street Journal reported that Google had "approached major cable and phone companies that carry Internet traffic with a proposal to create a fast lane for its own content".  Google dismissed the story and said that it remained committed to net neutrality. 

In unrelated news, Google has dropped off the list of twenty most trusted companies.  Companies making the list this year include American Express (at No. 1), eBay, IBM, Amazon, Johnson & Johnson, Facebook, Apple, Yahoo, Verizon and FedEx.

Hasbro has dropped its Scrabulous suit against Facebook.

"Search engine Yahoo! Inc will cut to three months the time it stores personal data gathered from Web surfing, making its retention policy the shortest among peers."

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 December 1, 2008

In response to the rapid increase in e-book sales, Random House is making thousands of books available in electronic form.  The publisher expects its electronic library to grow from 8,000 titles to 15,000.

The U.S. Army is spending $50 million over the five years to develop combat training video games.

Facebook won a $873 million judgment against a Canadian spammer.

Two-thirds of employers in the United Kingdom monitor staff use of the Internet during work hours and block access to certain sites.

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.

Six People All E-Commerce Lawyers Should Follow on Twitter

Recently, E-Commerce Law started using Twitter, the popular microblogging site, to post short items of news and commentary to which we would not ordinarily devote an entire post on this blog.  In just a few days, we've developed a growing following, mostly among law professors and other attorneys with an interest in e-commerce law.

Inspired by Darren Rowse at TwiTip, we decided to compile a list of other people on Twitter who regularly post information and commentary of interest to e-commerce attorneys and online businesses - our "Six People All E-Commerce Lawyers Should Follow on Twitter."  The list is neither exhaustive nor exclusionary.  There are certainly other people on Twitter worth following for their insight into the legal issues affecting Internet businesses and our list would be of interest to anyone involved in transacting business over the Internet, not just attorneys who represent e-commerce companies. 

E-Commerce Law on Twitter

You can now follow E-Commerce Law on Twitter (we "tweet" under the user name JonathanFrieden because eCommerceLaw was already taken).  Check it out and let us know what you think.