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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 (803,957 articles)]( [North America](#northamerica) | [Global](#global) [USA] [North America] Internet & Social Media #top [Media Newsletter - Defamation by retweet, blocking websites and Jeff Koons liable for copying advert]( Stewarts Roslyn La Liberte, a woman who was photographed wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat and supposedly shouting at a Mexican teenager during a… [FTC Hearings Exploring Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and Predictive Analytics Focus on Notions of Fairness, Transparency and Ethical Uses]( Davis Wright Tremaine LLP The FTC continued its series of public hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century with two days of hearings on November… [Take 5: Views you can use]( Epstein Becker Green Tension between what is potentially knowable—and what is actually known. 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Canada’s mandatory breach notification now in force]( Bereskin & Parr LLP On November 1, 2018, the mandatory breach notification requirements came in to force. Under the legislation, if an organization suffers a breach of… [Mining Cryptocurrency Under Federal Election Law]( Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP The acting general counsel of the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) recently published for public comment a draft advisory opinion under the Federal… [Let’s Sing from the Same Song Sheet: FSB Publishes a Cyber Lexicon]( AUM Law As part of its ongoing work to protect financial stability from the malicious use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and to… [Vendor Management]( Robinson & Cole LLP A challenging risk management project that many clients are undertaking is vendor management. Ever since the Target breach, when an HVAC vendor’s… [DOJ Offers Hope to Sites Facing ADA Litigation]( Florida Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP In July 2010, the DOJ issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to issue regulations under Title III of the ADA… [Podcaster Sued for Copyright Infringement for Using Music without Permission - Remember ASCAP, BMI and SESAC Licenses Don’t Cover All the Rights Needed for Podcasting]( Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP It was news earlier this week when a company that promotes poker was sued by one of the major record labels and publishing companies for the use of… [Nutter Bank Report, November 2018]( Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP The federal banking agencies have proposed a new community bank leverage ratio (“CBLR”) framework that would simplify regulatory capital requirements… [IoT Security Challenges are Costly]( Robinson & Cole LLP Some analysts have predicted that by 2020, there will be 20 billion Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices worldwide, which could grow to over 80… [FTC Takes Position on Anti-Competitive Ad Agreements]( Baker & Hostetler LLP The Federal Trade Commission offered an opinion in November 2018 that has significant implications for online advertising and commerce… [What do RoboCop and robo-cats have in common?]( Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Between the RoboCop-style delivery systems, money streaming and connected kittens of TechCrunch Disrupt 2018’s “Startup Alley”, one theme prevailed -… [That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles, if you want to Comply with European Union Regs.]( Sebaly Shillito + Dyer, A Legal Professional Association The European Union (the “EU”) adopted the General Data Protection Regulations (the “GDPR”) in 2016 with the intention of protecting all EU citizens… [Retailers on Alert for New Law Prohibiting Merchants from Charging Credit Card Fees]( New York Arent Fox LLP Retailers across the country are paying close attention to a series of legal battles over state laws that prohibit merchants from charging an extra… [California Consumer Privacy Act: The Challenge Ahead - The Impact of the CCPA on Data-Driven Marketing and Business Models]( California Hogan Lovells In the digital age, data is everything. "Big Data" feeds countless business processes and offerings. Businesses rely on data to enhance revenue and… [×§×œ×™×¤×•×¨× ×™×”: החוק הראשון בעולם המטיל חובות אבטחה ע�� ×™×¦×¨× ×™ IoT]( California Ehrlich Group ×ž×“×™× ×ª ×§×œ×™×¤×•×¨× ×™×” אישרה ×œ××—×¨×•× ×” הצעת חוק ×ž×“×™× ×ª×™×ª (Senate Bill 327) שמטרתה להציב ×¡×˜× ×“×¨×˜ אבטחה בסיסי עבור מכשירים ×•×”×ª×§× ×™× מבוססי ××™× ×˜×¨× ×˜ (IoT - Internet… [Experiential Entertainment: Insider Insights]( Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP From live events to escape rooms to popup brand activations, out-of-home entertainment experiences have seen significant growth in attendance and… [How Much Protection Does My Protective Order Provide?]( Vinson & Elkins LLP A recent brouhaha about the disclosure of Facebook’s confidential material to the UK’s House of Commons shines a spotlight on the tenuous protection… [FCC Issues Draft Order on Next Spectrum Frontiers Auction]( Kelley Drye & Warren LLP The FCC’s Spectrum Frontiers proceeding, which is focused on making millimeter wave (“mmW”) spectrum available for flexible commercial mobile and… [Facebook Posts May Be Protected Concerted Activity]( Shawe Rosenthal LLP In a recently-released Advice Memorandum, originally prepared in 2016, the National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel reminds employers that… [Episode 242: Nobody Trolls Like the Russians]( Steptoe & Johnson LLP This episode features an interview with Michael Tiffany, the co-founder and president of White Ops and a deep student of how to curtail adtech fraud… [Ohio Allows State Tax Payments in Bitcoin]( Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Ohio is the first state in the United States to accept tax payments in cryptocurrency. Starting today, December 3, 2018, companies operating in Ohio… [AOL Successor Agrees to Pay $4.95 Million in COPPA Enforcement Action]( Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP On December 4, 2018, the New York Attorney General (“NY AG”) announced that Oath Inc., which was known as AOL Inc. (“AOL”) until June 2017 and is a… [Taxation in a Global, Digital Economy: Recent Developments]( Squire Patton Boggs Digitalization has the capacity to increase efficiency, productivity and consumer choice, reduce costs and drive rapid economic growth… [The Marriott Breach: What Happened and What You Should Do About it]( Newmeyer & Dillion LLP Yet another unfortunate reminder that the threat to your privacy and your business by hackers is real and not close to abating. Marriott International… [Zika Repellent Could Not Keep Away FTC]( Reed Smith LLP PR firm Creaxion Corporation and Inside Publications, LLC settled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this week regarding promotional practices… [SEC Charges Celebrities With Posting Misleading Endorsements in Social Media]( Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC Yesterday, the Securities & Exchange Commission announced that it had reached settlements with music producer DJ Khaled and boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr… [Sophisticated International Hackers Continue to Target the Public Sector]( Pennsylvania Bracewell LLP On November 26, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had secured an indictment of two hackers for using ransomware to extort over… [The Surf-By Lawsuit Has Officially Found Its Way To The School Industry]( New York Fisher Phillips Earlier this year, we published an article warning that websites have become the new hotbed of litigation brought under the Americans with… [When All You Want for Christmas is the Latest IoT Device]( Frost Brown Todd LLC While IoT devices are convenient and offer users a lot of useful information and services, they can also collect an enormous amount of data about you… [Blockchain Unchained]( Fredrikson & Byron PA Blockchain technology has created quite a stir. Entire industries are scrambling to understand how blockchain works and how it affects their universe… [SEC’S First Cases for Improperly Touting ICOs are Brought Against Celebrities DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather]( Baker McKenzie The U.S. SEC has shown it seriousness in cracking down on noncompliant ICOs by pursuing enforcement in a number of different ways. We have reported on… [Data Scraping: Theft or Fair Game?]( Newmeyer & Dillion LLP In the modern information age, data has become one of society's most valuable commodities. 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