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Internet Law - Workplace Surveillance in Restrooms and Locker Rooms: is it Legal?
 Martha L. Arias, Immigration and Internet Law Attorney, Miami; IBLS Director
Wednesday, September 01, 2010

 It is understandable that some employers may require stringent workplace surveillance methods given the type of business they conduct. Some employers who do not conduct risky business, however, are becoming paranoid when it comes to workplace surveillance. These employers place video cameras facing employees' desks, place recording devices in restrooms and rooms designated to change clothes, and force employees to take polygraphs, just to mention a few. For some, this is paranoia; for others, this may just be strict security measures. What does the law says about these workplace surveillance methods? This article provides some examples of state laws that address the issue of workplace surveillance practices that impact the employee"s privacy rights.
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INTERNET LAW - Anti-Spam Law in Peru

Peru passed Law 28493 on April 12, 2005, to regulate spam. The National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (Indecopi- Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual) is the competent agency for enforcing the regulation.

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INTERNET LAW - Legal Standing of Internet Access Services under the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act

Generally, standing under the United States (U.S.) CAN-SPAM Act is granted to the Federal Communications Commission and, in some cases, to the States’ Attorneys General. Private entities that fit the definition of “Internet Access Service” may also have standing if they prove that have been adversely affected by spamming activities. Numerous U.S. courts have elaborated on the definition of Internet Access Service to provide clearer guidance as to which private entities enjoy the right of standing under the CAN-SPAM Act.

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INTERNET LAW - Asia Pacific Topic: Egovernment In Asia Pacific

Asia-Pacific governments are in different phases of adopting Information and Communication Technology (“ICT”) to improve financial management information and reporting, streamline the delivery of government services, enhance communication with the citizens, and generally interact with the citizens. These functions are common manifestation of eGovernment, which is the use of ICT to promote more efficient and cost-effective government, facilitate more convenient government services, allow greater public access to information, and make government more accountable to citizens.

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INTERNET LAW - Provisional Patent Applications

The United States Patent Office (USPO) allows applications for provisional patents. Provisional patent applications provide many advantages for a product's testing of a particular market, and give the inventor an opportunity to make improvements and make a prototype of the invention. This process enables inventors to have the initial filing date, which can be quite helpful in a changing technological market.

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UNITED STATES: AOL Signs New Search Agreement with Google

AOL says Google will continue to offer up search results on its websites under a new 5-year deal the companies signed this week. The agreement largely reinforces an arrangement that has been in place since 2005. But the new contract also expands their cooperation onto AOL mobile sites that appear on cell phones and other gadgets. And it will put AOL video content on Google Inc.''s YouTube video site for the first time.

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INTERNATIONAL: This week, Ana Penn, the CEO of IBLS, will be attending a eHistoric Economic Eventf- the 1st World Emerging Industries Summit

The 1st World Emerging Industries Summit will kick off in September, 2010. The hosts behind this epoch-making event are Asia-Pacific CEO AssociationiAPCEOj, a renowned international economic organization and Chinafs Jilin provincial government. The summit aims to promote the development of emerging industries, including that of new energy, new material, energy efficiency and conservation, information and networking, biomedicines, ocean engineering, electronics and high-end manufacturing as well as to enhance cooperation between government, business and research centers.

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INTERNATIONAL: E-Commerce and Tax Law Journal

IBLS is pleased to announce its newest law publication: E-Commerce and Tax Law Journal. The Law Journal is a legal publication created and published by the IBLS, the world largest Internet law publisher and Thomas Jefferson School of Law Masters in Law Program. The Law Journal publishes writings by academics, practitioners and policy makers on a variety of topics, including e-commerce, electronic contracting, techno torts, cyber crime, privacy, Internet taxation, international taxation, etc. These are some of the most rapidly developing areas of the law, and the dialogue initiated by the journal will help form the future of these emerging fields.

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Masters and Doctorate degrees in Taxation and Financial Services

Thank you for requesting information in the past about the Masters and Doctorate degrees in Taxation and Financial Services — brought to the convenience of your computer from The Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL) an ABA Accredited law school We are accepting new students (accountants and lawyers) for the Summer and Fall semesters.

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OXFORD/IBLS: Global E-Business Law and Taxation

IBLS and its global legal network of experts bring you a representative masterpiece of global e-commerce and tax legislation! IBLS presents to you the first book in Internet law series, created in partnership with Oxford University Press: "Global E-Business Law and Taxation" http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Law/Taxation/?view=usa&ci=9780195367218#Product_Details Among 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 of the e-commerce and e-commerce taxation laws and principles applied by diverse countries.

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