Legal Issues in Information Systems

Catalog description

This course will introduce the student to the legal environment of business with primary focus on legal issues affecting information systems. Among the topics to be covered are: an introduction to the American legal system; jurisdiction; constitutional law; the law of crimes such as pertaining to destruction of data and unlawful appropriation; computer torts including defamation and invasion of privacy; securities, antitrust and taxation issues and intellectual property issues relating to computer and Internet technology.