Faculty Profiles

Journal articles
Stephen Lichtenstein, Jonathan Darrow. "At-Will Employment: A Right to Blog or a Right to Terminate?," Journal of Internet Law, vol. 12, no. 1, spring 2008, 11-16, 2009.

Stephen D. Lichtenstein, Jonathan J. Darrow. "At-Will Employment: A Right to Blog or a Right to Terminate?," Journal of Internet Law, vol. 11, no. 9, 1,11-20, 2008.

Stephen D. Lichtenstein, Jonathan Darrow. "Do You Really Need My Social Security Number:? Data Collection Practices in the Digital Age," University of North Carolina School of Law Journal of Law and Technology, vol. 10, no. 1, 1-58, 2008.

Stephen D. Lichtenstein, Jonathan Darrow. "Employment Termination for Employee Blogging: Number One Tech Trend for 2005 and Beyond, or a Recipe for Getting Dooced?," UCLA Journal of Law and Technology (JOLT), vol. 10, no. 2, 1-49, 2006.

Lichtenstein, Stephen, Ferrera, Gerald, Ponte, Lucille, Bird, Robert. "Troubled Times At Upturn Records: Getting Traditional Legal Concepts to Dance to the New Online Beat," Journal of Legal Studies Education, vol. 22, no. 1, 1-39, 2004.

Lichtenstein, Stephen D. "Workplace Privacy - An Oxymoron," Business Law Review, vol. 35, 18, 2002.

Ferrera, Gerald R, Lichtenstein, Stephen D, Reder, Margo E.K. "Developing and Implementing A Cyberlaw Course, (Lead Article)," The Journal of Legal Studies Education, vol. 17, 22, 2000.

Lichtenstein, Stephen D, Ferrera, Gerald R. "Airbag Products Liability: State Common Law Tort Claims Are Not Automatically Preempted By Federal Legislation, (Lead Article)," Cleveland State Law Review, vol. 45, 18, 1997.

Lichtenstein, Stephen D. "A Discussion of the Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implant Controversy," The Review of Litigation (University of Texas School of Law), vol. 12, 22, 1992.

Lichtenstein, Stephen D, Reder, Margo E.K. "City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Company: A Discussion of Its Impact on Affirmative Action Programs," North Atlantic Regional Business Law Review, vol. 23, 27, 1990.

Lichtenstein, Stephen D. "Constitutionally Protected Property Interest In Continued Employment: When Is a Pre-termination Hearing a Due Process Right?," Employment: North Atlantic Regional Business Law Review, vol. 20, 19, 1987.

Books
Ferrera, Gerald R, Lichtenstein, Stephen D, Reder, Margo E.K, Bird, Robert B, Schiano, William C. CyberLaw: Text and Cases, 2nd Edition, West/Thomson Learning/South-Western, Mason, OH, 2004.

Ferrera, Gerald R, Lichtenstein, Stephen D, Reder, Margo E.K, August, Ray, Schiano, William T. CyberLaw: Text and Cases, West/Thomson Learning, Mason, OH, 2001.

Ferrera Gerald R, Lichtenstein, Stephen D, Reder, Margo E.K, August, Ray, Schiano, William T. CyberLaw: Your Rights in Cyberspace, Thomson Learning/South Western, Mason, OH, 2001.

Professional presentations
Stephen D. Lichtenstein, Jonathan Darrow. "Do You Really Need My Social Security Number:? Data Collection Practices in the Digital Age," to the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Long Beach, CA, August 2008.

Stephen D. Lichtenstein, Jonathan Darrow. "Employment Termination for Blogging: Number one Tech Trend for 2005 and Beyond or a Recipef for Getting Dooced? S," to the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, August 2006.

Lichtenstein, Stephen D, Ferrera, Gerald R, Ponte, Lucille M, Hayward, John. "Developing a Concentration in Cyberlaw Studies At Your College," to the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Ottawa, Canada, August 2004.

Lichtenstein, Stephen D, Ferrera, Gerald R, Ponte, Lucille, Bird, Robert. "Bentley College Cyberlaw Center: A Teaching and Research Resource - Topic - Privacy Rights in Personal Identifiable Information Contained in Financial and Health Records," to the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Las Vegas, NV, August 2002.

Lichtenstein, Stephen D. "Workplace Privacy - An Oxymoron," to the North Atlantic Regional Busines Law Association, Boston University, April 2002.

Lichtenstein, Stephen D, Ferrera, Gerald R, Reder, Margo E.K, August, Ray. "Developing a Course in Cyberlaw - Keynote Symposium," to the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Baltimore, MD, August 2000.

Lichtenstein, Stephen D, Ferrera, Gerald R. "Using Technology in a Law Course," to the North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association, Babson College, Wellesley, MA, April 1998.

Professional Memberships:
Academy of Legal Studies in Business
North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association
Massachuetts Bar Association

Honors and Awards:
2005, Academy of Legal Studies In Business - Ralph C. Hoeber Award, 2005 for outstanding article published in the Journal of Legal Studies Education

2000, Academy of Legal Studies in Business - Ralph C. Hoeber Award for Outstanding Article - Developing and Implementing a Cyberlaw Course, Journal of Legal Studies in Business, Volume 17, Number 2, Summer/Fall 1999

2000, Gregory H. Adamian Award for Excellence in Teaching

Scholarly Work in Progress:
Cyber Law: Text and Cases, Third Edition.
Revise cases and materials related to e-commerce and e-business

Protecting the Ivory Tower - Electronic Surveillance of Campus Communications: Sensible and Lawful Security or an Invasion of Privacy? .
The paper discusses the conflict between the obligation and right of the college/university to use electronic surveillance to insure and protect campus security and safety from acts of violence (e.g., Virginia Tech, University of Texas at Austin, Columbine, etc.) and the privacy rights of those under surveillance.

Other Activities:
Presentation - "Do you Really Need My Social Security Number? Data Collection Practices in the Diguital Age." Academy of Legal Studies in Business annual conference, Long Beach, CA

Annual Conference, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, St. Petersburg, CA 2006 - Employment Termination for Employee Blogging: Number 1 Tech Trend for 2005 and Beyond, or a Recipe for Getting Dooced?

Beta Gamma Sigma Fall Event - Presentation - "Employment Termination for Blogging and Related Workplace Privacy Issues."

Member Editorial Board - Business Law Review

Quoted on Monster.com, Work/Life Balance,"Work Blogger Beware – The Perils of Journaling Your Job," January 16, 2006.

Received 13th consecutive grant from the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office for the Bentley College Consumer Action Line (BCAL), a service learning program where students are trained to mediate actual consumer complaints against area businesses.

Academy of Legal Studies in Business, keynote symposium, Teaching Technology: "Using the Bentley College Cyberlaw Center," (with G. Ferrera). "Integrating Service Learning Into a Law Curriculum," (with G. Ferrera and F. Salimbene), San Francisco, CA.

Co-Director, Bentley College CyberLaw Center (http://ecampus.bentley.edu/dept/cyberlaw/

Quoted in People Magazine, "Employees Who Blog," October 9, 2005

Quoted in the Boston Globe, "Mixing Blogging with Work Can Lead to Unemployment," July 3, 2005.

Presentation, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Annual Conference, "Developing a Cyberlaw Studies Concentration At Your College," (with G. Ferrera), Ottawa, CN.

Lexington Public Television, Debate Moderator, "Proposition 2 1/2 - Overide or Not?"

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