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[] To ensure delivery to your mailbox please add domain @lexology.com to your safe senders list [View in Browser]( [Lexology]( [My Account]( | [About]( | [Search Archive (734,851 articles)]( [North America](#northamerica) | [Global](#global) [USA] [North America] Internet & Social Media #top [CFPB Notches CashCall "Win" with Significant Loss]( Hudson Cook LLP On January 19, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued its findings of fact and conclusions of law in CFPB v… [Small and Mid-Sized Companies are the New Targets of Business Email Compromise]( Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP Meet Peter — a longtime employee and the backbone of your business’s day-to-day finance and Accounting operations. Today he got an email from the CEO… [Labor Secretary Acosta Says It Is Time to Embrace the Gig—I Mean, The “Entrepreneurial” Economy]( Fisher Phillips The federal government has not meaningfully measured the contingent workforce since 2005. However, two economists, Lawrence Katz (Harvard) and Alan… [Embedding Tweets May Be Copyright Infringement]( Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Most companies understand they should obtain a license before using a photograph in an advertising campaign or on printed materials. And yet companies… [Broadcasts and promotions related to the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang]( Lerman Senter PLLC The 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea begin on Friday, February 9, 2018. Because the Olympic organizing committees have in the… [The E-Discovery Digest - March 2018]( Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP The ninth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and… [SEC and CFTC Offer Views on Regulation of Virtual Currency]( Squire Patton Boggs On February 6, 2018, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and CFTC Chairman Christopher Giancarlo provided testimony on virtual currencies to the U.S. Senate… [Your School Could Be One Click Away From A Lawsuit]( Fisher Phillips The education industry continues to be at the forefront when it comes to using emerging technology and digital marketing. For most schools, their… [FTC Refunds Victims of Tech Support Scam]( Reed Smith LLP The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) mailed over $668,000 in the form of 3,791 refund checks to victims of a tech support scam last month. In July 2016… [Equifax only had $75M in cybersecurity insurance but expect claims of at least $275M!]( Gardere Reuters reported that Equifax’s 2017 cyber incident where +147M consumers’ data was stolen included “costs mainly reflect technology and data security… [FCC Net Neutrality Repeal Published in Federal Register, Triggering Deadlines for Challengers]( Kelley Drye & Warren LLP On Thursday, February 22, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) published the Restoring Internet Freedom Order (the Order)… [Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Cloud Security]( Squire Patton Boggs On February 27, 2018 the Supreme Court heard arguments surrounding the privacy of data stored abroad and the reach of U.S. search warrants to retrieve… [CFPB Updates Prepaid Accounts Rule]( Hudson Cook LLP On January 25, 2018, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule modifying its rule governing prepaid accounts (the "Rule"). The Rule… [New York High Court Reaffirms Defense Right to Social Media Discovery]( New York Reed Smith LLP Until very recently, the only state high court decisions (from VA and DE) on our ediscovery for defendants cheat sheet involved sanctions against… [District judge in the SDNY: Embedding links to third-party web content is copyright infringement]( New York Reed Smith LLP Copyright holders have an exclusive right to display images and other works. For the last 10 years, news organizations and other website operators… [Next Media Regulation Modernization Item - Easing Transfer of Satellite TV Stations]( Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP The FCC last week released its tentative agenda for its March open meeting. On it was a single item dealing with broadcast issues, a draft Notice of… [FTC Reaches Settlement with Paypal over Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and FTC Act Violations]( Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a settlement with PayPal, Inc., operating as Venmo, over alleged violations of the Federal Trade Act… [Trending: Website Accessibility Lawsuits Under the ADA]( Cole Schotz PC Since the Americans with Disabilities Act-often referred to as the ADA—was passed by Congress in 1990, lawsuits under the Act have been quite common… [Internet & Privacy Law e-Bulletin: February 28 2018]( Calbar BLS Statute Restricting Publication of Age-related Information By Online Entertainment Employment Service Providers Found Unconstitutional [Platform Changes Cause Influencer Anxiety]( Baker & Hostetler LLP For influencers - individuals who through fame, expertise or charisma are able to affect the purchasing decisions of others - the platform is… [A Wave of Lawsuits Looms for ICO Version 1.0 - Are You Prepared?]( Venable LLP Initial coin offerings, or ICOs, have become a ubiquitous and much-discussed way for companies in the blockchain and digital currency space to fund… [Online Lending Under Review in New York State]( New York Hudson Cook LLP On December 29, 2017, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed New York Senate Bill 6593. The legislation would have established a seven-person task… [Illinois Biometric Lawsuit Against Facebook Moves Through Court System]( Illinois Reed Smith LLP A 2015 lawsuit brought by Facebook users over the company’s alleged unauthorized collection of their facial features and other facial biometric data… [New Biometric Information Privacy Cases Reveal Breadth of Potential Exposure for Companies]( Loeb & Loeb LLP With the enactment of its groundbreaking Biometric Information Privacy Act in 2008, Illinois became the first state to regulate the collection of an… [Despite Growing Value of Bitcoin, Retailers and Merchants Take a Cautious Approach]( Hunton & Williams LLP Bitcoin has received considerable media attention in recent months as its value soared to $20,000 in December 2017, then retreated to around $9,000 in… [Recap: Oral Arguments in United States v. Microsoft Corp.]( Paul Hastings LLP On Tuesday, February 27, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on United States v. Microsoft Corp., which will have far-reaching implications for law… [Episode 206: The threat of evil AI from outer space - or maybe a lot closer to home]( Steptoe & Johnson LLP Our interview features an excellent and mostly grounded exploration of how artificial intelligence could become a threat as a result of the… [Communications Decency Act Protects Website Operators from Liability Despite Blogger Content Policy]( Wilson Elser In affirming the grant of Google’s Motion to Dismiss for failing to remove a blog post, on February 23, 2018, the D.C. Circuit Court concluded that… [#neveragain movement may have allies in Iowa]( Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP The students from Parkland High School who are leading the #Neveragain movement may have some allies from Des Moines Iowa. Although those allies are… [Bloggers Beware: New York Federal Court Holds In-Line Linking May Be Copyright Infringement]( New York Cooley LLP On February 15, 2018, a federal district judge in New York City ruled that in-line linking constitutes prima facie copyright infringement, an alarming… [ADA Suit Against 1-800-Flowers.com Blooms]( Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP Demonstrating the minefield facing online retailers, the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts refused to dismiss an Americans with… [L’avenir du cloud se joue … devant la cour suprême américaine]( Ulys Un procès hors norme s’est ouvert ce 27 février devant la cour suprême américaine. C’est l’avenir du cloud qui se joue indirectement. Si le… [Tax phishing attacks leads to theft of millions of passwords at Office365 (think Microsoft)!]( Gardere Darkreading.com reported a “new wave of phishing attacks aims to dupe users and steal their passwords by disguising malicious emails as tax-related… [Embedded Tweets Violate Exclusive Display Right, Setting Up Possible Showdown at SCOTUS, and Cause Uncertainty for Website Operators]( Wilson Elser Finding that drafters of the Copyright Act amendments in 1976 foreshadowed the technological advances that were coming, on February 15, 2018, U.S… [Student activism after Parkland—Some First Amendment considerations for school district leaders]( Hogan Lovells After the tragic February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, students across the country have taken to the… [When Obscurity Is Not a Defense]( Baker & Hostetler LLP Many organizations facing a data-security incident struggle to understand how or why their organization was targeted in an attack. Most simply believe… [Marking a Facebook Post “Private” is No Shield from Disclosure in New York State]( Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani The New York State Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state, in a recent unanimous opinion written by Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, held that the… [Facebook Loses Second Attempt to Dismiss Biometric Data Class Action]( Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP Last week, a federal district judge in California shot down Facebook, Inc.’s second attempt to dismiss a putative class action alleging that its… [Virginia's AG Actively Pursuing "Predatory" Lenders]( Virginia Hudson Cook LLP In advising online lenders, there are a few states where we urge caution, depending on the theory of lending used by the lender… [New York Court Rebuffs Ninth Circuit’s Copyright “Server Test,” Finds Embedded Tweet Displaying Copyrighted Image to Be Infringement]( New York Proskauer Rose LLP A New York district court recently held that a host of online news publishers and media websites that embedded certain tweets (containing… [White House Releases Fiscal Year 2019 Budget (Plus an Infrastructure Proposal)]( Mintz Levin The White House has unveiled President Trump's budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2019, entitled Efficient, Effective, Accountable: An American Budget… [Monetary Authority of Singapore Consults on Proposed E-Payments User Protection Guidelines]( Sidley Austin LLP On Feb. 13, 2018, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued a Consultation Paper on the Proposed EPayments User Protection Guidelines… [Global] Internet & Social Media #top [Data security and breach notification in Russia]( Buzko & Partners A structured guide to data security and breach notification in Russia [Data security and breach notification in Canada]( Stikeman Elliott LLP A structured guide to data security and breach notification in Canada [Collection, storage and transfer of data in Japan]( Nishimura & Asahi A structured guide to the collection, storage and transfer of data in Japan [Data security and breach notification in Portugal]( Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados A structured guide to data security and breach notification in Portugal [Collection, storage and transfer of data in Belgium]( Astrea A structured guide to the collection, storage and transfer of data in Belgium [Data security and breach notification in India]( Kochhar & Co A structured guide to data security and breach notification in India [Regulators "coin" opinions on ICOs]( Reed Smith LLP At a Glance… In the latest of a series of articles commenting on global regulatory developments in cryptocurrency, this client alert explores recent… [The Virtual Highway - Smart Cars Driven by Smart Data]( Baker McKenzie The integration of high technology software and sophisticated systems in automobile design has produced cars that have become complex computers… [When to automate your privacy Program?]( Nymity For many organisations, privacy compliance software has become an invaluable tool in crafting effective privacy programs that span multiple privacy… [Interim GDPR Compliance Model Light on Details for Brand Enforcement]( Winston & Strawn LLP Last night, ICANN published its Interim GDPR Compliance Model for how to treat WHOIS data in light of the upcoming GDPR enforcement deadline this May… [Censoring a Facebook Post Showing a Naked Statuette?]( Duane Morris LLP We tend to think of censorship happening in other countries, and not so much in the United States. Just like the government can’t violate the First… Event notice [Webinar: 5 Ways to deliver an amazing client experience with secure, intelligent collaboration tools]( HighQ Webinar, 14 March 2018 Other top stories [Data Privacy: The Current Legal Landscape]( [Is Employee Consent Under the GDPR Possible?]( [CMS Expands Reimbursement for Telehealth Services]( [SEC Issues New Cybersecurity Disclosure Guidance]( [A guide to NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation's March 1 implementation deadline]( [When "Made in the USA" Means . . . 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