[AfrICANN-discuss] FW: Internet and E-Commerce Law News (10/4/2010)

Mon Oct 4 23:04:20 SAST 2010

Thank you A-R for the eye and ear-opener.

Kind regards

Yassin

On 4 October 2010 19:53, Anne-Rachel Inne <anne-rachel.inne at icann.org>wrote:

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> *From:* Internet Law Portal [mailto:internet_law_portal at ibls.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, October 04, 2010 7:03 PM
> *To:* Anne-Rachel Inne
> *Subject:* Internet and E-Commerce Law News (10/4/2010)
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> *The Latest News from Around the World* <#12b789a5a7009c2b_news>
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> *The Latest News from Around the World*
> *EUROPEAN UNION: Commission to Boost Europe''s Defences against
> Cyber-Attacks *
> *Sunday, October 03, 2010 *
> The European Commission today unveiled two new measures to ensure that
> Europe can defend itself from attacks against its key information (IT)
> systems. A proposal for a Directive to deal with new cyber crimes, such as
> large-scale cyber attacks, is complemented by a proposal for a Regulation to
> strengthen and modernise the European Network and Information Security
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> *UNITED STATES: At FTC''s Request, Court Permanently Shuts Down Massive
> Cramming Operation; *
> *Sunday, October 03, 2010 *
> At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has
> permanently shut down the illegal operations of a firm that placed bogus
> charges on the telephone bills of thousands of small businesses and
> consumers for Internet-related services they never agreed to buy. The court
> has barred the defendants from charging consumers'' telephone bills and
> barred them from telemarketing unless they get prior approval from the FTC
> and the court. It also ordered third parties through which charges were
> placed, including local exchange telephone companies, or LECs, to return
> money in escrow to consumers, and ordered the defendants to pay nearly $38
> million in restitution for consumers.
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> Read more...<http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=sa&id=1980>
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> *INTERNATIONAL: E-Commerce and Tax Law Journal *
> *Wednesday, February 03, 2010 *
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> rapidly developing areas of the law, and the dialogue initiated by the
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> http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Law/Taxation/?view=usa&ci=9780195367218#Product_DetailsAmong the numerous topics related to e-commerce, taxation is the one that
> still has not established homogeneity among different countries''
> legislation and still represents a critical issue to be addressed from both
> a business and legal perspective. This book intends to provide an overview
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> *From Legal Correspondents and IBLS Editors*
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> *How to Find the Contact Information of a Prospective Defendant*
> *Sunday, October 03, 2010*
> When an online company or a natural person discovers that an online party
> is violating its rights, sometimes it is not simple to sue that party
> because its contact information may not be available straightforwardly.
> Then, how that online company or natural person may find the prospective
> defendant's address and contact information? Plaintiffs, most of the time,
> start by checking the prospective defendant"s website, if any, to obtain its
> contact information. When these parties do not list their contact
> information, plaintiffs go to the Who Is database. This is a free-of-charge
> database that posts the information of any website owner. However, even this
> database may not provide the right contact information of a prospective
> defendant. So, what is the next step?
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> Read more...<http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=latestnews&id=2375>
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> *Featured IBLS Articles*
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> *Failure to Produce E-Discovery and the Honest Mistake Defense *
> In the case of R & R Sails, Inc. v. Insurance Company of the State of
> Pennsylvania, Case No. 07-cv-0998-H (POR) (S.D.Cal., Apr. 18, 2008), the
> court held that overlooking e-discovery information due to honest mistake
> may serve to avoid court-imposed sanctions. Though, the court found proper
> to impose sanctions upon the party claiming to have omitted production due
> to honest mistake when a reasonable inquiry into the nature of the requested
> material might have prevented the mistake from occurring.
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> Read more...<http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=06CD76CB-FC1C-4F2E-A423-6713CDD910CA>
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> *Personal Jurisdiction for eBay Sellers *
> Courts faced with the question of personal jurisdiction involving eBay
> transactions have consistently held that the typical online auction process,
> in and of itself, is insufficient to confer specific personal jurisdiction
> over an out-of-state defendant. In some cases, where sellers? eBay postings
> are part of a broader e-commerce activity, the sellers may be subject to
> personal jurisdiction.
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> Read more...<http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=20940C42-D983-4DB2-8CE2-0D7FD64BAE6B>
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> *New Changes To Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure For Electronic Discovery
> 2008 *
> The US Congress amended the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) on
> December 1, 2006, to adapt discovery rules to the proliferation of
> electronic communications. The new FRCP were completely rewritten and went
> into effect in December 2007. The purpose for the amendment was to make the
> rules simpler and add new dictates for electronic evidence, given society's
> tendency to store records electronically. This article illustrates on the
> amended FRCP. These questions will be answered to help understand the
> changes in the FCRP: What do the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Cover?;
> What are the Main Changes in the FRCP?; What Does The FRCP Say About Email
> Requirements?; What About Deleting Emails and the Safe Harbor Provision?
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> Read more...<http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=C80FE3AE-EB28-4183-90A8-AA7915486DDB>
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