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RAIN 804 Weekly Update: Legal (12)



Extreme Tech 7/25/02
House Bill Could Shut Down File Sharing
Berman Bill Could Allow Copyright Holders To Invade Your PC
By Mark Hachman
A California Democrat introduced a bill Thursday that would
make sharing of copyrighted files illegal, and would indemnify
copyright holders from taking whatever actions they chose to
prevent the sharing of those files.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,415648,00.asp


Information Week 7/29/02
On The Horizon: Companies Must Protect
Their Employees' Info, Too July 29, 2002
Hackers don't just want to steal business data;
they may want to nab your workers' identities
http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020725S0004


Washington Technology 7/29/02
Infotech and the Law Documents: Know when to hold ’em, when to destroy ’em
By Jonathan Cain
In the wake of the Enron scandal and the obstruction of justice verdict against Arthur Andersen, corporate conduct and compliance are coming under increasing scrutiny. Government contractors, such as WorldCom Inc. and Global Crossing Ltd., are having their contracts reviewed or have lost contracts because they have been found not to be responsible in light of financial and ethical problems.
Among the business practices under examination are document retention policies. Prudent companies are taking a fresh look at their document management policies to make sure they are reasonable and comply with all state, federal and other regulations.
http://206.144.247.77/news/17_9/federal/18639-1.html


New York Post 7/30/02
SENATE: MERRILL LYNCHED BY E-MAIL
http://www.nypost.com/business/53611.htm


The Age 7/30/02
Hollywood seeks the right to hack
By Nathan Cochrane
A US House of Representatives bill would give American copyright holders freedom to hack PCs used to illicitly share files over peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, without fear of prosecution or litigation.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/07/26/1027497416300.html


St. Petersburg Times 7/30/02
Slugger's medical records sought in feud over note
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/07/30/TampaBay/Slugger_s_medical_rec.shtml



Washington Post 7/31/02
Will Printing Office Be Inked Out?
OMB Orders Federal Agencies to Arrange Own Publishing
By Helen Rumbelow
The Government Printing Office (GPO) is a quiet but historic institution with a heritage dating back to Benjamin Franklin. It is responsible for printing the multitude of documents produced by the federal government, including passports, bills passed in Congress, Supreme Court rulings and the annual U.S. budget.
These, along with a host of government pamphlets, are all managed by the 141-year-old
GPO, which is legally mandated as the sole clearinghouse for most federal documents --
70 percent of the work is then contracted out to private printers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23968-2002Jul30.html


Dallas Morning News 8/01/02
Suit filed against Dallas school district over e-mail
http://www.dallasnews.com/texassouthwest/ap/stories/AP_STATEGS_0580.html


Wired 8/2/02
Girding Against the Copyright Mob
By Brad King
PALO ALTO, California -- It's a sunny summer day and you pull your CDs from your home stereo, toss them in your bag and head out. In the car, you listen to your music, and when you reach the beach, you slip a CD into a portable boom box.
Most people wouldn't give any of that a second thought. But the simple transfer of music, from home to car to portable device, could soon be ending. Content companies and consumer advocates are waging a vicious battle in Washington, with the future of consumer rights -- and what you can do with products you have purchased -- at stake.
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,54270,00.html


Dallas Morning News 8/2/02
Carroll district might slay dragon logo
Plans to charge for use of school symbol could prompt new design
http://www.dallasnews.com/localnews/stories/080202dnmetdragonlogo.498d1.html


New York Times 8/2/02
Wall St. Banks May Be Fined for
Discarding E-Mail Traffic
By PATRICK McGEEHAN
Securities regulators have told six investment banks, including the biggest firms on Wall Street, that they may have to pay as much as $10 million in penalties for not keeping e-mail messages as required, people close to the matter said yesterday.
At a meeting in Washington on Tuesday, officials of the Securities and Exchange Commission, NASD and the New York Stock Exchange proposed the fines as part of a settlement of inquiries into the disposal of e-mail  messages, these people said. The regulators discovered that the firms were not complying with the rules during their investigation into possible conflicts of interest among stock analysts.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/02/business/02WALL.html?


Wall Street Journal 8/2/02
SEC Seeks to Fine Securities Firms
For Not Keeping E-Mail Evidence
By RANDALL SMITH
Wall Street firms seem to have found another way to anger securities regulators and risk shaking investor confidence.
Regulators are seeking to fine six securities firms, including Citigroup Inc.'s Salomon Smith Barney, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co., a total of $10 million for allegedly failing to keep e-mails and produce them in pending investigations of Wall Street abuses, according to people familiar with the matter.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1028232935257769440,00.html?




Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
pakurilecz@aol.com
Richmond, Va