In this issue - #101 July 31, 2007

  1. Canadian Supreme Court Sets Standards For Online Contracts 
  2. Jettas Recalled 
  3. Cutting Post-retirement Benefits Costs 
  4. Strange Tales From The Employment World (part 1) 
  5. Conrad's Tale Serves As A Warning To Corporate Executives  
  6. Strange Tales From The Employment World (part Ii)  
  7. Dating In The Workplace - A Minefield Of Possible Problems 
  8. Facebook Users Open To Cyberattacks, Id Theft? 
  9. Adobe-fedex Link Pushes A Hot Button 
  10. Web Predator Protection Coming Soon To Australia 
  11. Survey Finds Music Downloading At An All-time High 

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Canadian Supreme Court Sets Standards For Online Contracts

My weekly Law Bytes column examines the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision involving Dell Computer, online contracting, and mandatory arbitration clauses.

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Jettas Recalled

Volkswagen AG has issued a recall for nearly 64,000 Jettas across North America, including 3,000 in Canada, due to a threat of fuel leaks and fires.

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Cutting Post-retirement Benefits Costs

Post-retirement benefits may become an artifact as Canadian employers consider eliminating them as a new study shows.

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Strange Tales From The Employment World (part 1)

In Australia, Durex is seeking testers for its condom products

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Conrad's Tale Serves As A Warning To Corporate Executives

In a recent edition of his weekly column, “Legal Ease”, which appears nationally in a variety of print and electronic media, Robert Smithson addressed the recent outcome of the Conrad Black trial in Chicago.

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Strange Tales From The Employment World (part Ii)

Now and then, workers come across a really good opportunity to ridicule their supervisors.

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Dating In The Workplace - A Minefield Of Possible Problems

When Paul Wolfowitz recently resigned as president of the World Bank, he left behind an open-ended question:

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Facebook Users Open To Cyberattacks, Id Theft?

As Facebook evolves from a university social network into an enterprise tool, VeriSign iDefense security experts are warning that the platform is turning into a prime attack vector for cybercriminals.

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Adobe-fedex Link Pushes A Hot Button

Adobe faces a wave of criticism from printing companies protesting a deal that gives FedEx Kinko's stores a prominent link on Adobe software.

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Web Predator Protection Coming Soon To Australia

Australians will have access to a national online child protection hotline and free Internet filtering software "within weeks", when the long-delayed $116 million scheme to protect families from predators and porn finally gets off the ground.

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Survey Finds Music Downloading At An All-time High

According to a report by Entertainment Media Research, unlicensed music downloading is at an all-time high and set to rise furthe

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