FEATURED ARTICLES

• Employer Monitoring of Workplace Electronic Communications
* Blocking Social Networking Sites in the Workplace
• Mom in Web Bullying Case Turns Grief into Activism
* Legal Technology Videos - Legal Issues for Social Networking
• Yahoo CEO Says Company Is Not 'Under Siege'
* Report: Investor to Lead Fight Against Yahoo Board
• IRS: More People Filing Returns Electronically
• Yahoo Files Suit Against Lottery Spammers
* More Articles on Internet Issues

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Authenticating Evidence for E-Discovery
• Habits of Highly Effective Discovery Response Teams
• 2nd Annual Summit on Intellectual Property for Wireless Tech & New Media

STRICTLY GADGETS

• Warlords' Laptops: Not Handled with Care
• 'Sniff' Out Acquaintances, Wherever They Are
• Microsoft Demos Future Windows with Touch-Screen

FEATURED ARTICLES:

EMPLOYER MONITORING OF WORKPLACE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
(Eric Sinrod) - Employees should be aware that their work emails generally are not considered private. Indeed, many employees are required to sign policies whereby they agree that their employers have the right to monitor their workplace electronic communications. And judges generally have upheld the right of employers to monitor such employee communications. Read more...

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• Blocking Social Networking Sites in the Workplace

MOM IN WEB BULLYING CASE TURNS GRIEF INTO ACTIVISM
(AP) - When Tina Meier's 13-year-old daughter committed suicide after being bullied on the Internet, her grief was so encompassing she felt at times she couldn't breathe. She had trouble being around loved ones who reminded her of her child. Even today, recollections of those first holidays after Megan's death are foggy at best. Read more...

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• Legal Technology Videos - Legal Issues for Social Networking

YAHOO CEO SAYS COMPANY IS NOT 'UNDER SIEGE'
(AP) - Yahoo Inc. CEO Jerry Yang rejected the image of his company as "under siege" Wednesday, telling conference goers that executives are rallying to streamline Yahoo's offerings and make it more relevant to consumers and to advertisers. Read more...

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• Report: Investor to Lead Fight Against Yahoo Board

IRS: MORE PEOPLE FILING RETURNS ELECTRONICALLY
(AP) - More taxpayers are avoiding that April 15 dash to the post office by filing their returns electronically, the Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday. Read more...

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• FindLaw's Guide to Networking & Storage

YAHOO FILES SUIT AGAINST LOTTERY SPAMMERS
(AP) - Yahoo Inc. has filed a lawsuit against an unknown group of defendants it alleges tricked consumers into thinking they won a lottery or prize offered by the Internet company. Read more...

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• More Articles on Internet Issues

UPCOMING EVENTS:

AUTHENTICATING EVIDENCE FOR E-DISCOVERY
June 03, 2008 / Webcast. Authenticating evidence in civil trials is coming into its own. Traditionally, this level of authentication has been primarily argued in criminal cases. Last May, Magistrate Judge Grimm, in Lorraine v. Markel Am. Ins. Co., set down persuasive parameters for authenticating evidence that every practitioner needs to understand. Lorraine, getting more traction by the day, goes beyond the "breathalyzer" standard of In re Vinhnee. Read more...

HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE DISCOVERY RESPONSE TEAMS
June 10, 2008 / Webcast. Complex litigation and regulatory compliance require collaboration and transparency to ensure discovery obligations are met — defensibly and efficiently. To ensure discovery response practices are consistent and repeatable, many organizations rely on e-discovery response teams (DRTs). This webcast will look at the structure, roles and responsibilities typically found in DRTs and how to establish highly effective "habits" that can deliver success during all phases of e-discovery. Read more...

2ND ANNUAL SUMMIT ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR WIRELESS TECH & NEW MEDIA
June 17-18, 2008 / San Francisco, California. With the continued expansion of wireless technology and advances in LAN applications, there virtually are no limits to the profits that can be made in intellectual property (IP) licensing … but as always, the devil is in the details. Read more...

STRICTLY GADGETS:

WARLORDS' LAPTOPS: NOT HANDLED WITH CARE
(AP) - Laptop computers have proven evidentiary treasure troves of late for Colombian investigators probing far-right militias and leftist rebels. Read more...

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• FindLaw's Legal Technology Hardware Section

'SNIFF' OUT ACQUAINTANCES, WHEREVER THEY ARE
(AP) - One of texting's most common messages - "Where r u?" - may become a quaint phrase of the past with a new program that lets your friends and associates find out for themselves. Read more...

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• More Information on Communications Technologies

MICROSOFT DEMOS FUTURE WINDOWS WITH TOUCH-SCREEN
(AP) - Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that its next operating system will be made for touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse, and its top executives reaffirmed interest in joining forces with Yahoo Inc. Read more...

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• Software Resources in the Legal Technology Center