Technologies and the Legal Profession

Topic: Technologies and the Legal Profession Order Description Emerging Technologies and the Legal Profession ________________________________________ Module One – Assignment One (No word limit) Answer the following questions: 1. What are the five categories of the adoption rate of the Internet by the legal profession and the years the domain name was registered. A. B. C. D. E. 2. What are four reasons to get on the Internet. Give an example of each. A. B. C. D. 3. Explain the history of the internet. 4. According to the holding of the US Supreme Court in International Shoe Co. v. Washington cited in Boschetto v Hansing, what level of contacts are needed to exercise personal jurisdiction over a non-resident defendant? 5. What is the three-prong test used by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (a federal appeals court) in Boschetto v Hansing to determine whether the exercise of specific jurisdiction over a nonresident of defendant is appropriate? 6. Do you agree with the holding in Boschetto v Hansing, that the seller was not subject to specific personal jurisdiction? Why or why not. 7. Would a U.S. Court accept service of process via Twitter if the recipient responded to the “Tweet” or message? 8. Is a person more likely to be notified of a legal action via a Facebook account than a legal notice in a newspaper? Does this make a difference for substituted service?