The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v. Grokster decision extended secondary liability for copyright infringement to companies who distribute software that enables its users to commit infringement. The theory of holding Internet-based companies liable for enabling users to violate laws can be applied outside the narrow context of copyright law. A host of websites allow users to scalp …
For Confrontation Clause purposes, child testimony by two-way closed circuit television is substantively different from one-way closed circuit television. Two-way closed circuit testimony is preferable because it more closely approximates face-to-face confrontation. The Supreme Court’s case-specific holding in Maryland v. Craig was directed at one-way closed circuit testimony. As such, the Eighth Circuit was mistaken …
This Recent Development proposes that California’s new precedent for deciding maternity disputes arising pursuant to gestational surrogacy arrangements weakens legal protections afforded to the following populations: women who choose to donate eggs without becoming mothers, women who serve as gestational surrogates to friends or family members, and women who accept egg donations without also accepting …
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Hong Kong is perhaps the “most wired” city in the world and has one of the best environments for e-commerce. Hong Kong’s e-signature law is a major contributing factor to this environment. The Electronic Transactions Ordinance Act of 2000 (“ETO”) allowed the utilization of only one form of electronic signature-digital. This ran contrary to the …
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Illegal immigrants pose a serious financial risk for employers. Present federal law requires employers to make a “reasonable” determination regarding the validity of prospective employees’ documentation without overreaching and subjecting the employee to hiring discrimination. Failure to correctly make the determination or overreaching when doing so could result in criminal and civil penalties for the …
On December 28, 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released Animal Cloning: A Draft Risk Assessment (“DRA”) which concludes, based on available scientific data, that cloned beef is not biologically different from non-cloned meats currently on the market. This Comment explores the FDA’s authority and jurisdiction to regulate cloned foods. First, this Comment provides …
