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Archive for SY08-09b

Electronic Documentation Retention Policies

TOPIC:
Electronic Documentation Retention Policies: Purging issues exposing companies to possible litigation as opposed to guidelines set forth by the company.
Abstract:
In response to the developing arena of information technology where businesses are up to automate business processes and thereby improve the so-called return of investments, business owners whether sole proprietors, partners or corporations are yet faced […]

Legal Ethics in relation to legal fiction depicted in Media

by Allan Angtuaco
My professor in Problem Areas in Legal Ethics once asked a question, whether or not we as a student can consider media to be engaged in the practice of law or can the media be considered intervening in the legal processes by commenting about matters of public concerns?
Before we proceed […]

Human Trafficking and the Internet

Jerome Salazar
A. Introduction
Technology and human trafficking has become partners in the doing of criminal activities. Technology has become a dual purposed device for man. It is being used for advantageous purposes and at the same time for illicit activities. The unchangeable fact now occurs that the internet has become one of their most useful tools […]

Cyber-activism

by Jane Hazel Marie S. Garcia
2006–0220
I. INTRODUCTION
Section 4, Article III of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides that: “No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the Government for redress of grievances.” The freedom of speech is one of […]

Ethical Hacking

by Jenny Anne T. Dones
Introduction
The internet has become increasingly a lawyer’s portal. Information technology advancement has swept through across all professions including the most rigid and bound by stricter ethical and moral standards such as the legal profession. Many websites today are put up and maintained by lawyers, legal researchers, and law students. […]

Anti-Wiretapping Law Revisited

by Isser Josef V. Gatdula
2008-0340
I. Introduction:
Do you have a telephone at home or a cellular phone maybe? How often do you send a message via SMS? How much do you spend for your communication needs?
Some of the basic questions that we don’t even bother asking ourselves because either we are just too busy […]

Application of GPS in the Settlement of Boundary Disputes

by Ramon Matignas Jr.
I. Introduction:
The biggest hindrance to the development of political subdivisions is boundary dispute. All political subdivisions in the country have boundary disputes. This problem is anchored on the political culture of our country as well as the ambiguities in the law creating a political subdivision may it be a province, […]

Assistive Technology

by Elizabeth Baluyot
What is assistive technology?
Assistive technology is technology used by individuals with disabilities in order to perform functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible. Assistive technology can include mobility devices such as walkers and wheelchairs, as well as hardware, software, and peripherals that assist people with disabilities in accessing computers or other information […]

Technology issues involving the Insurance industry

by Dominique Alexander Cabangon
Introduction - Purpose of the Research Paper
The purpose of this paper is to suggest a solution of ways and means to prevent, if not, eradicate the rampant graft and corrupt practices in the insurance industry, specifically in the life insurance industry involving the official in the Local Government Units or LGU’s. […]

Mandatory Electronic Publication of Legal Notices

by Edison Gatioan
Introduction
No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws.1 This is one of the most significant guarantees pronounced in article III of the 1987 Constitution.
This fundamental principle of justice can also be gleaned from the […]