Articles Posted in Internet Law

Confidentiality terms in settlement agreements are fairly commonplace, but most people do not know that until recently the courts would often ignore them. Historically, the public’s “right of access” to judicial records outweighed a party’s desire to keep their settlement confidential. This makes sense when the issues involve public interests or safety concerns. But when…

Did you know your disgruntled customers could set up a website using your business name? It’s called cybersquatting, and unfortunately it’s a growing problem for businesses these days. While the issue has been resolved in some areas of the country, for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware businesses cybersquatting is still a very real threat. These…

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently held that an employee has a reasonable expectation of privacy for emails sent through a personal email account (name@gmail.com for example) over her employer’s network. This is significant because prior law had held just the opposite-namely that the employer did have access to anything an employee was sending over…

I thought it made sense to start off this blog with a post about the risks of blogging itself. More and more businesses are using both blogs and social media (such as Facebook, Twitter and others) to expand their brand visibility and attract new customers. While there are numerous seminars to teach you how to…