Jonathan bick

July 12, 2001 | Law.com

The widespread use of the Internet by companies to raise money and to satisfy securities market reporting requirements carries with it the potential for securities law liability. However, through cursory monitoring of information posted on a company's Web site, most, if not all, such liability can be avoided or minimized.

By Jonathan Bick

10 minute read

March 02, 2005 | Law.com

Law firms use Internet technology to communicate in ways that were simply not possible 10 years ago. This has allowed lawyers to share information as never before. More importantly, technology allows law firms direct control over Internet communications because they own the individual networks that allow information to be shared. But direct control brings increased liability for copyright infringement.

By Jonathan Bick

9 minute read

November 24, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

Bloggers and advertisers who use blogging could face injunctions and be ordered to reimburse consumers for financial losses stemming from inappropriate product reviews.

By Jonathan Bick

6 minute read

February 11, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

While social networks users may argue that posted content is private, courts have unequivocally ruled that the revelation of personal information in a public manner results in the diminution or elimination of reasonable privacy expectations.

By Jonathan Bick

8 minute read

January 30, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

Currently, libraries which accept federal funding must install filters. However, Tenth Amendment challenges in the federal courts could result in the Supreme Court being forced to take a second look at CIPA's validity.

By Jonathan Bick

5 minute read

December 29, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

While the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 was designed to rein in commercial sites that target children as buyers of goods, it has caused legal difficulties for those who provide services such as camps, schools, after-school activities and sport clubs. The providers of such services must regularly wrestle with the ways they collect prospects from their sites.

By Jonathan Bick

9 minute read

August 07, 2007 | Law.com

Recent court decisions may force the Recording Industry Association of America to re-evaluate its litigation tactics. In the past, RIAA members were able to file actions against the owners of Internet addresses if their sites were used by others to file share.

By Jonathan Bick

5 minute read

May 07, 2009 | Law.com

The voluntary transmission of content to the Internet reduces or eliminates First, Third, Fourth, Fifth and 14th Amendment rights of Internet users, says adjunct professor Jonathan Bick. Both legal notices and technological techniques may be used to ameliorate this outcome.

By Jonathan Bick

8 minute read

October 28, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

By Jonathan Bick

8 minute read

May 01, 2007 | Law.com

While the Internet reduces the likelihood of confusion by allowing the buyer to be more sophisticated, it bolsters the "likelihood of confusion" by allowing new, unlawful uses of trademarks. Attorney, professor and author Jonathan Bick discusses new opportunities for trademark infringement that have sprung from the innovative but unlawful use of trademarks in e-commerce, such as Internet domain names, hyperlinks, meta tags and framing marks.

By Jonathan Bick

9 minute read