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We are entering a virtual work world where we will use new robust technologies and social/business networks to communicate.

Reps. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) and Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, released their draft bill to ensure the privacy of information about individuals both on the Internet and offline on May 3, 2010.

It is common knowledge now that employees have relatively low expectations of privacy when it comes to engaging in electronic communications such as emailing when using employer computers and other equipment.

Back at the dawn of the commercial Internet era in 2002, the Federal Trade Commission provided guidance to search engines in terms of differentiating between true search results and advertisements.

A recent Morrison & Foerster LLP Bulletin described the October 4, 2006 Order of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission), announcing that agency’s intention to bring enforcement actions against telemarketers that deliver prerecorded voice messages.

Illegal gambling is generally defined as an activity where a person provides consideration for the opportunity to win a prize in a game of chance.

While companies provide certain rights to information technology and other employees to access specified categories of data, they may not be aware that those workers often exceed those rights.

Jurors empaneled for a trial typically are instructed by the judge not to do anything on their own to learn about the facts and circumstances of the case outside of the courtroom.

Sharing software code via free open source has been around since the 1980s and has enjoyed much success.

In a Report & Order released January 31, the FCC adopted sweeping revisions to its rules for experimental licenses.

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was in large part designed to help content providers prevent copyright infringement on the Internet. - See more at: http://www.hklaw.com/DigitalTechBlog/Online-Product-Management-Beyond-DMCA-Safe-Harbor-03-24-2014/#sthash.vfPYXQJ7.dpuf

Illinois has just ordered Global Payday Loan to stop issuing loans to state residents. It also has fined the company $234,000 for charging excessive interests rates. But the decision raises the broader question of whether states should regulate Internet conduct that crosses state lines.

We are understandably tired of hearing about the potential compromise of personal information contained on lost government laptop computers. Indeed, in the past couple of months alone, the epartment of Veterans Affairs, the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Trade Commission have grappled with laptops that have gone missing that contained large amounts of private data.

The California Senate’s passage last month of legislation that would restrict the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems and the FTC’s plans to host a public workshop next month regarding the implications for consumers of this item-tagging technology are certain to heighten regulatory scrutiny of RFID systems.