Jonathan bick

February 21, 2003 | Law.com

False statements posted on message boards or in chat rooms are capable of causing tremendous damage to businesses and investors. While suing the person who posted the defamatory content is normally effective, alternative legal actions are likely to be as effective and less costly. Companies should consider communicating with the chat room site provider about the provider's responsibility and potential liability.

By Jonathan Bick

9 minute read

February 02, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

Increased acceptance of the Web cuts both ways for legal practice.

By Jonathan Bick

6 minute read

September 12, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

Anonymous Internet speech poses difficulties for application of traditional doctrines governing speech.

By Jonathan Bick

7 minute read

March 27, 2002 | Law.com

As health-care providers embrace the Internet to reduce medical error, they must make sure not to unreasonably publicize patient medical information to avoid facing such causes of action as breach of confidentiality, invasion of privacy and breach of contract. Providers should focus on preventing legal difficulties that arise when using the Internet to communicate electronic medical records and information.

By Jonathan Bick

7 minute read

February 29, 2012 | Legaltech News

The availability of low-cost e-commerce technology, writes Brach Eichler's Jonathan Bick, can diminish an internet facilitator's claim that a user's bad acts were beyond the facilitator's control.

By Jonathan Bick

7 minute read

July 25, 2002 | Law.com

The New Jersey District Court's recent application of copyright law to an Internet transaction extended the subject matter covered by the statute, but it did so by relying on conventional copyright doctrines. The court's actions were consistent with significant prior legislative intent, prior judicial action and conclusions from recent law review articles.

By Jonathan Bick

13 minute read

October 04, 2004 | National Law Journal

Cyberlaw: The courts are clear: Existing franchise statutes and regulations apply to the Internet.

By Jonathan Bick

7 minute read

November 15, 2011 | Legaltech News

Attorney Jonathan Bick writes that internet service providers may lawfully search the content of users' emails for many purposes -- without legally invading user privacy.

By Jonathan Bick

6 minute read

November 08, 2002 | Law.com

An American Intellectual Property Law Association survey found that the nationwide median estimate of total cost through the end of discovery in patent infringement cases was $300,000 and that attorney fees for patent litigation could exceed $1 million. It may be possible to avoid this litigation cost by using the Internet to place an invention in the public domain.

By Jonathan Bick

8 minute read

May 08, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

Since the N.J. Supreme Court decided Dendrite v. Doe in 2001, the number of lawsuits designed to identify anonymous Internet speakers has declined. Recently, however, the Appellate Division, in Warren Hospital v. John Does, has limited the application of Dendrite, making it easier to pierce the anonymity of certain online speakers. The Warren Hospital ruling will have ramifications beyond New Jersey.

By Jonathan Bick

7 minute read