Spring 2012

Featured Story

Psycholegal Aspects of Cyberbullying: The Dark Side of Social Networking By Eric Y. Drogin, Rachel M. Cannon, Frantz C. Farreau, Amanda G. Hutchison, Lauren E. Sutphin

Cyberwar will inevitably strike the private sector. Private bystanders may be pulled into the fray if their systems are shut down, thus raising legal questions about who bears the risk for such losses.

Issue Contents

Message from the Chair

By Eric Y. Drogin

A column from this year’s Chair of the Section of Science & Technology Law on affiliating with other lawyers.

Navigating Social Media Challenges with Small Museums: Be Proactive, not Reactive

By Katherine E. Lewis

This article explores how states could utilize traditional concepts of extraterritorial jurisdiction under international law to regulate nonstate bad actors in the space and cybercommons until a comprehensive international legal framework is implemented.

Social Media Discovery in Family Court

By Shawn L. Reeves

People will develop the means to attack neural devices. Device manufacturers will need to have data security policies to establish administrative, physical, and technical controls over the manufacture of neural devices and over the services that support such devices.

Evolving Technology and Privacy Law: Can the Fourth Amendment Catch Up?

By Samuel Mark Borowski, Aaron Midler, Pervin Taleyarkhan

The Federal Trade Commission, Department of Commerce, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have been working on proposals to protect the information business maintains about business, including information about customers and potential customers.

Court Funding, Technology, and Access to Justice

By William T. (Bill) Robinson III

Will overnotification have an adverse effect on the purpose of the notice laws—namely, causing consumers to disregard the notices? The place to begin is with the legal standard for providing notice.

Opportunities for You to Stand Out

If you are using a device that accesses the Internet, in all likelihood, someone is watching you. A recent Section-sponsored panel discussion explored the emerging patterns in this new electronic reality, the corresponding legal standards, and practical ways to limit risk to reputation and the bottom line.