Rules of the road; legal ethics may be speed bumps on the Internet superhighway

Article Abstract:

Use of the Internet poses interesting ethical and freedom-of-speech questions. A federal district court in ACLU v. Reno, devliered on June 11, 1996, described the Internet as more speech-enhancing than print and said the First Amendment applied to the former even more forcefully. Ronald Rotunda, a legal ethics expert, feels the rules on misleading advertising should cover the Internet. Regulating nonmisleading information on the Internet will be difficult.

Standards, Analysis, Internet, Attorneys, Lawyers, Freedom of speech, Advertising, Ethical aspects, Legal ethics

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E-mail rules to live by

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E-mail works best if certain rules are observed. Electronic mail messages should be concise and free of off-color language. The message subject field should be descriptive of the contents, messages should focus on a single topic, a zero message queue should be maintained, and list servers should be used judiciously. Attorneys should also avoiding forwarding jokes or copying people unnecessarily.

Usage, Electronic mail systems, Email

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Paying the price for information; legal publishers need to adjust cost structures to entice lawyers to buy

Article Abstract:

Legal compact discs need to be attractively priced to appeal to the legal market. There are also customers outside the traditional legal market who would buy attractively priced electronic legal packages. Price reform involves tough decisions for the publishing industry, but the potential payoff is great for all involved.

All Other Publishers, Miscellaneous publishing, Publishing NEC, Publishing industry, Prices and rates, Legal information systems, Legal information services, Compact discs, Legal literature, Legal publishing

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