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• Saving Lives and Money: Solving Substance Abuse in the Workplace ( May 2001 )
  United States Department of Labor-Office of the Solicitor

  This article discusses the effects substance abuse can have on the workplace and what employers can do to prevent it.

• How To Protect Trade Secret Information In Computer Programs When Seeking Copyright Registration ( June 2005 )
  Mark A. Wright of McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, P.A.

  Have you considered seeking a copyright registration for your computer program but had concerns about disclosing source code that contains trade secret information to the Copyright Office? If so, there is a way to register the copyright and protect the trade secret elements by providing alternative deposit materials to the Copyright Office.

• How and Why to Register Copyrights for Computer Programs ( January 2003 )
  Douglas R. Davis of Parsons Behle & Latimer

  Although a computer program is automatically copyrighted by virtue of its creation, there are a number of advantages to registering the copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office. For example, an application for copyright registration must be filed before a suit for copyright infringement may be brought. If a suit is instituted, registration is a prerequisite to recovering attorneys' fees and statutory damages.

• Subrogation and E-Commerce: E-Subrogation: New Coverage, Claims, and Recoveries ( June 2002 )
  Estella S. Gold of White and Williams LLP

  Recently, insurers have expanded their product lines to cover traditional risks in new advertising mediums, such as the Internet.

• Bioinformatics 101: Basics for the Computer Lawyer ( May 2001 )
  Peter  Brown and Richard  Raysman of

  At the intersection of information technology and biology lies Bioinformatics. Simply put, Bioinformatics is the use of computers to store, retrieve, analyze or predict the sequence or structure of biological information. It combines aspects of mathematics, statistics, computer science, and biology within a given set of partly discovered biological rules and IT solutions.

• Maryland's Year 2000 Technology Initiative--June 2000 ( October 2000 )
  Saul Ewing LLP

  On April 25, 2000, Maryland Governor Parris N. Glendening signed into law multiple pieces of legislation designed t.

• Georgia Open Records Act: Three Steps To Responding To Open Records Requests ( September 2000 )
  Peter R. Olson of Jenkins & Olson

  The Georgia Open Records Act O.C.G.A. ? 51-18-70 et seq. was recently amended to provide much greater access to pub.