Questions from Business Law

Q: Revenge Porn and Invasion of Privacy Nearly every digital device today

Revenge Porn and Invasion of Privacy Nearly every digital device today takes photos and videos at virtually no cost. Software allows the recording of conversations via Skype. Many couples immortalize...

Q: Riot Games, Inc., Protects Its Online Video Game Copyrights

Riot Games, Inc., Protects Its Online Video Game Copyrights The acronym LoL generally means “laugh out loud.” But when it comes to the popular online video game League of Legends owned by Riot Games,...

Q: Using Twitter to Cause Seizures—A Crime? Vanity Fair

Using Twitter to Cause Seizures—A Crime? Vanity Fair contributing editor and Newsweek senior writer Kurt Eichenwald has epilepsy, and he writes about his battle with the disease on occasion. For many...

Q: Taxing Web Purchases In 1992, the United States Supreme Court

Taxing Web Purchases In 1992, the United States Supreme Court ruled that an individual state cannot compel an out-of-state business that lacks a substantial physical presence within that state to coll...

Q: Electronic Payment Systems Are Reducing the Use of Checks Many people

Electronic Payment Systems Are Reducing the Use of Checks Many people no longer use checks. Businesses, in contrast, use checks regularly. Indeed, businesses are still using checks for more than half...

Q: Riedel v. Akron General Health System Court of Appeals of

Riedel v. Akron General Health System Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, 2018 -Ohio- 840, 97 N.E.3d 508 (2018). Background and Facts Akron General Health System owns and operates health-care c...

Q: Secured Transactions—Escrow Services Online When you buy something online

Secured Transactions—Escrow Services Online When you buy something online, you typically must use your credit card, make an electronic fund transfer, or send a check before the goods you buy are sent...

Q: Investment Crowdfunding—Regulations and Restrictions Small entrepreneurs today can gain

Investment Crowdfunding—Regulations and Restrictions Small entrepreneurs today can gain access to public funds through crowdfunding without filing a registration statement with the Securities and Exch...

Q: The European Union Issues Record Fines Against Google in Antitrust Case.

The European Union Issues Record Fines Against Google in Antitrust Case. “Just google it.” Google’s search engine is so dominant that the company name has become a verb synonymous with conducting an I...

Q: Does Everyone Have a Constitutional Right to Use Social Media?

Does Everyone Have a Constitutional Right to Use Social Media? Social media have become the predominant means by which many Americans communicate, obtain news updates, and discover what is “trending.”...