http://www.texasbusinesslaw.org daily 1 2008-06-24T02:18:26Z http://www.texasbusinesslaw.org/committees/website/the-new-bls-web-site-is-now-live It has taken close to two years for the new site to be up-and-running the way we wanted it to be. The new site will make it easier for committees to make content available to the Section membership, and the new site also provides a solid foundation for expanding how the Section serves its members. No publisher aehmke 2009-04-28T19:36:55Z News Item http://www.texasbusinesslaw.org/resources/2009-legislative-monitoring-1 No publisher aehmke 2009-04-23T15:37:27Z News Item http://www.texasbusinesslaw.org/committees/website/website-implementation-continues Committee chairs should now have access to their committee pages. No publisher testehmke 2008-12-12T00:01:48Z News Item http://www.texasbusinesslaw.org/committees/e-commerce/facebook-wins-873m-judgment-against-spammer Facebook has won a $873 million judgment against a Canadian man who bombarded users with millions of unsolicited messages about drugs and sex. No publisher chichester 2008-12-08T19:48:45Z News Item http://www.texasbusinesslaw.org/committees/e-commerce/court-awards-damages-because-defendants-website-not-accessible-by-the-blind This was a class action case in the United States between a major online retailer and the National Federation of the Blind in which the major retailer settled for an amount thought to be up to $6m because its website was too difficult to use with screen-reader software, which converts content to speech, allowing the blind use the Internet. No publisher admin 2008-11-04T14:40:07Z News Item http://www.texasbusinesslaw.org/committees/e-commerce/spammer-fined-236-million The spammers, a husband and wife team, used a spam program "Bulk Mailing 4 Dummies" and pretty much brought a small ISP to its knees. The story ends by saying that the ISP won’t be able to collect. No publisher admin 2008-11-04T14:35:56Z News Item http://www.texasbusinesslaw.org/committees/administration/the-nominating-committee-has-issued-its-report-for-the-2007-2008-year No publisher aehmke 2008-10-13T16:59:03Z News Item http://www.texasbusinesslaw.org/council/meeting-announcements/business-law-section-council-meets The BLS council held its quarterly meeting on September 20, 2008. No publisher aehmke 2008-09-18T16:03:44Z News Item http://www.texasbusinesslaw.org/committees/website/site-inauguration Today, the Business Law Section's first Plone site was instantiated. No publisher admin 2008-09-19T15:25:09Z News Item