Tech Law Notes

New Maryland Power of Attorney Statute Goes into Effect Oct. 1

tfaith — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:42 +0000

Maryland’s General Assembly passed a new statute governing powers of attorney that would be valid under Maryland law, including providing two new forms in the statute to help standardize the forms used by attorneys to help their clients plan their estate. Powers of attorney executed after October 1 will need to comply with the requirements of the statute, including the requirement that signatures of principals be notarized and accompanied by the signatures of two witnesses. In addition, the new statutory forms provide a space for the Agent to sign, accepting their appointment, and for the signature of the Agent to be notarized.

Hopefully the changes to Maryland law will help to reduce the fraud and confusion with regards to what constitutes a valid power of attorney. The Maryland Law Blog provides further comments and links to the legislation.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-08

tfaith — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Hmmh. Source: Google, Verizon near net neutrality deal – Yahoo! News http://yhoo.it/deisci #
FCC abandons efforts at net neutrality compromise – Yahoo! News http://yhoo.it/96fmSD #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-01

tfaith — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0000

It's official: I am now 2 for 2 for the appeals I have handled since I started being a lawyer in 2009. #
Living La Vida Online – The Facebook Data Torrent Debacle: Q&A – Yahoo! News http://yhoo.it/d0Lu95 #
Stop telling you mom you bank acct no. on your cell phone- Hacker builds $1,500 cell-phone tapping device -Yahoo! News http://yhoo.it/byW0SC #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

tfaith — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0000

RT @tweetmeme NY man's Facebook ownership claim lands in court – Yahoo! News http://yhoo.it/abIrbB #
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It is a big new/old industry – New Matchmaking Site Lets You Date by the Book – Yahoo! News http://yhoo.it/9EE4i7 #
Insecurity rate rises with complexity of systems: Apple takes top spot in software insecurity report – Yahoo! News http://yhoo.it/a0n7za #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18

tfaith — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Come to "Presentation on Enterprise Vault and eDiscovery" Tuesday, June 29 at 9:30 am until
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11

tfaith — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Not everybody is into this technology stuff – Twitter forbidden for Japanese campaigns – Yahoo! News http://yhoo.it/cwjvEu #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-06

tfaith — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0000

The rabbit hole gets deeper: http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100529/tc_pcworld/whatyoudontknowaboutyouronlinereputationcanhurtyou #
Virtual worlds aren't safe either: Finnish police probe theft of virtual furniture: http://bit.ly/a47Uzt via @addthis #
Tethering=good; No unlimited data plan ?= bad http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100602/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2354 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-23

tfaith — Sun, 23 May 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Ugh. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100516/ap_on_bi_ge/us_charity_deadline #
Very interesting – brand over the latest tech for the iPhone: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100518/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple_iphone_lovers #
Yeah, like we believe in "privacy" anyway: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100521/tc_ynews/ynews_tc2189 #
FB and its privacy foibles: http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100521/us_time/08599199058200 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-16

tfaith — Sun, 16 May 2010 23:00:00 +0000

The 'Net just was not built for security: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100508/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_fragile_internet #
Last nail in Limewire's coffin? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100513/ap_on_en_mu/us_limewire_riaa #
The end of an era, but maybe they will have a movie franchise ala Trek! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100514/ap_on_en_tv/us_tv_law___order #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-09

tfaith — Sun, 09 May 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Apple the new Microsoft?: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100503/bs_nm/us_apple_antitrust #
Ha. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html #
Interesting whether search engines facilitate copyright infringement: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100506/en_nm/us_media_google #