In response to resource over-exploitation and ecosystem degradation, United States federal fisheries policy is shifting from species-based to ecosystem-based management. In addition, the reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 identified the following goals to be achieved by 2011: end over-fishing, create market-based incentives, strengthe...

Electronic commerce has added a new complex issue to international trade. It is based upon the assumption that buyers and sellers conduct business with very little information about each other. This lack of information about the contracting parties reputation makes risk assessment more complex and the importance of trust in online contracting becomes increasingly important. The difficulties and...

We recently published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine describing a crisis in cognitive testing, as doctors and medical researchers increasingly face copyright claims in sets of questions used for testing mental state. We encouraged the creation of a cultural norm in medicine, in which medical researchers would ensure continued availability of their tests through open source li...

OBJECTIVES The GEMSS project is developing a secure Grid infrastructure through which six medical simulations services can be invoked. We examine the legal and security framework within which GEMSS operates. METHODS We provide a legal qualification to the operations performed upon patient data, in view of EU directive 95/46, when using medical applications on the GEMSS Grid. We identify appro...

The advent of Web 2.0 has enabled a host of new services and possibilities on the Internet. Among many new possibilities, users can easily upload online content that can be accessed, viewed and downloaded by other users around the globe. This has resulted in an explosive growth of User-Generated Content (UGC) which although creating exciting opportunities for users, presents many challenges, es...

Fragmentation and convergence are two discoursal lenses that have been used to view changes that have taken place in the domains of legal services, the legal profession, regulation and legal education. While they may appear orthogonal, the relationships between them are intimate, sophisticated, constantly shifting and require much more analysis. In this paper I shall argue that law schools need...

The spread of false information online has increased dramatically in recent years. Around the COVID-19 pandemic,a digital epidemic misinformation, or “infodemic,” arisen. Since beginning 2020, platformshave served as both a source and remedy for Disinformation. After few months epidemic, it is clearthat ensuring health professionals access to necessary medical equipment supplies less crucial th...