Assignment: Emerging Trends and Issues
The director of your department has requested that you conduct some research on the topic of cyber law or Internet law. He has asked you to draft a memo of 600-800 words or 4-5 PowerPoint slides, with speaker notes that includes the following:
• Research, identify, and discuss an emerging trend or legal issues involving cyber law or Internet law. Examples could include but are not limited to the following topics:
o E-contracts
o E-signatures
o Cyber torts
o The use of social networking for advertising
o Social networking and employee restraints
o Identify theft
o Cyberstalking
• Research, identify, and summarize a specific legal case involving a cyber law issue.
o The summary should include a good description of the facts of the case and the outcome (court's ruling) of the case.
• Provide your opinion on the outcome of the case.
o Do you agree with the court's ruling, or do you feel that a different outcome would have been more justified? Why or why not?
• Include good research and references to discuss the cyber law issue identified, with appropriate APA citations and references.