The Connecticut Law Tribune
Target's alleged refusal to create user-friendly options on its retail Web site for disabled customers has sparked a legal battle that could have ramifications for all Web-based businesses. In some jurisdictions, the term "handicapped accessible" increasingly pertains to cyberspace.
The Deal
Extensible Business Reporting Language -- the Internet-language method of tagging financial data -- may have a mandate. The SEC has proposed a rule requiring the filing of financial reports in XBRL interactive data format to improve corporate transparency for certain public companies.
The Associated Press
EarthLink is pulling the plug on wireless high-speed Internet in Philadelphia, once touted as a model for how big cities should deploy Wi-Fi. "It was a great idea a few years ago," said Chief Executive Officer Rolla Huff, "but it's an idea that simply didn't make it."
The Associated Press
News blogs are the biggest booming blogs, according to a recent study, and legal bloggers may want to take note. A case in point is folo, a Mississippi blog whose coverage of U.S. v. Scruggs made it a mainstay with "practically every lawyer and judge in Mississippi."
The National Law Journal
Attorneys are advising their clients that message boards in the workplace could be a troublesome new source of liability, allowing employees to post comments to anyone in the company. This could lead to a host of lawsuits, including sexual harassment, discrimination and defamation.
The National Law Journal
Harvard Law School's faculty unanimously voted to make all faculty member-authored scholarly articles available on the Internet free of charge. The articles will be available in an online repository, which could also be accessed by outside services like Google Scholar.
Corporate Counsel
Chinese Internet companies are emerging from assembly-plant anonymity to fashion their own distinct identities. Though there are still plenty of impediments that inhibit e-commerce in China, Internet companies are poised for better days ahead as they demonstrate real staying power.
The American Lawyer
Allen & Overy didn't like the idea of its associates using valuable bandwidth -- mental and electronic -- to play Scrabulous or "poke" their friends on Facebook. So the firm invested in Legal OnRamp, a social networking site specifically for lawyers, not lonely hearts and emo bands.
