Computers and the discovery of evidence - a new dimension to civil procedure
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Litigators and courts must adjust the existing rules of civil procedure to accommodate the increasing use of computers and computer storage media as evidence. Discovery rules favoring open access to relevant information must overcome the inefficiencies and dangers that arise as litigants probe each other's computer systems. The new discovery rules and forms that result will fundamentally change how issues are litigated. Both courts and litigators must be prepared to encounter unfamiliar technology and rules.
Publication Name: The John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law
Subject: Library and information science
ISSN: 1078-4128
Year: 1999
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Congress must first learn to surf the Internet, if it ever hopes to catch the next wave of securities fraud
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Increasing use of the Internet to buy and sell securities has brought a corresponding increase in opportunities for securities fraud. Unfortunately, Congress has chosen to rely on existing legislation, the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, even though these laws are clearly out of date with regard to the Internet. Neither the SEC nor state securities agencies can effectively regulate Internet securities trading without updated legislation from Congress.
Publication Name: The John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law
Subject: Library and information science
ISSN: 1078-4128
Year: 1999
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In congress electric: the need for on-line parliamentary procedure
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Many sectors of government are developing initiatives to conduct some political processes on-line. The author examines what effect this would have on democracy and how parliamentary procedure could be translated to digital communications.
Publication Name: The John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law
Subject: Library and information science
ISSN: 1078-4128
Year: 2000
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