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New Jersey State Legislature Passes Bill Imposing Penalties For Criminal Impersonation on Internet

Recently, New Jersey state legislature passed a bill, which sought to amend an earlier law to impose criminal penalties for criminal impersonation through any means including electronic communications or Internet website. The bill was not opposed by any member of the legislature. The new bill has been now referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill was sponsored by legislators Craig J. Coughlin, Annette Quijano and Jon M. Bramnick and co-sponsored by legislators John S. Wisniewski and Pamela R. Lampitt.

If the offence results in benefit to the perpetrator or loss to a legitimate party of an amount less than $500 and affects one victim, than the offence would be treated as a fourth degree crime. However, further convictions would constitute a third degree crime. An offense, which involves at least $500, but less than $75,000 or involves identity theft of at least two, but less than five people, would constitute a third degree crime. If the amount involved is $75,000 or more or affects the identity of five or more people, than the offense would be treated as second degree crime. If the identity theft does …

Internet Law And Social Media in The UK

The internet is often deemed to be like the Wild West. It is viewed as a lawless region where people can act outside the laws of the land. This is not the case. The jail sentences handed down to a number of individuals who tweeted or posted Facebook messages about the riots in England in August clearly illustrate that there laws governing what can be posted online carry real consequences. Breaking the law online is as serious as breaking the law offline.

The law that the social media users broke was the Serious Crime Act 2007. Although the law was not set up to cover the use of social media, the use of social media was much lower in 2007 than it is now, the law of the land applies online to the same degree that it does off line.

The Serious Crime Act 2007 states that either “intentionally encouraging or assisting an offence” or “encouraging or assisting an offence believing it will be committed” is viewed as being as serious as carrying out the act itself. So if you post a Facebook message encouraging people to riot and loot then it …

Internet Copyright Laws And Why They Don’t Always Work

Laws and regulations are an integral part of modern society, and they have been with us for a very long time, many centuries to be exact, giving us a guide to follow and conventions to respect. Well, the Internet has also become an integral part of modern society, and it’s no wonder that many countries all around the world are trying to create Internet or Cyber laws that will govern everything we do online. One of the most important Internet laws is in fact the Internet Copyright Law, and here will be discussed how it works in some detail.

The US Internet Copyright Law

Everything created on the Internet after the date of April 1 1989 is protected under the American Internet Copyright Law. This can in many cases probably be difficult to understand, but the fact is that if you come from the USA, and you have created something and uploaded it on the World Wide Web is the last 20 years or so, this work of your is protected, and it cannot be stolen by anybody. However, this is true only in theory.

The Problems with the Internet Copyright …

Charities Able to Increase Their Legacy Income as The Internet Smashes Legal Barriers

Regional law firm Brethertons pioneers online access to legal services with its launch of . LawSense has been developed as a revolutionary way for your supporters to purchase quality legal documents and legal advice over the internet, with ease-of-use, cost-certainty and value for money.

LawSense can dramatically increase a charity’s revenue stream by encouraging charitable legacies and residuary gifts. Speaking about the launch of the new LawSense website, Shaun Jardine, Business Development Partner explains: “We appreciate that one of the problems with legacy fundraising, is that in order to leave a legacy, an individual must first make a Will. Legacy volumes can be stifled by the traditional method of producing a professional Will, sometimes because of the length of time and effort required to complete the process. Finding a lawyer with the required expertise and availability, and an inclination to promote legacy giving, deliberating over wishes, drafting, reviewing, correcting, and finally executing, can all detract from the good will of supporters to remember their favourite charity.”

LawSense is one of the first websites in the UK to enable users of legal services to create legal documents online …