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[Telecoms in the USA](
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
A structured guide to telecoms laws in the USA
[Concealed Registration Data Under the GDPR Complicates UDRP Complaints](
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
A recent case from the World Intellectual Property Organization (âWIPOâ) illustrates new challenges brand owners face in domain name disputes throughâ¦
[Are the CCPA and US state privacy laws causing anxiety? Move from âwait and seeâ to âtake controlâ of your compliance]( California Nevada
Nymity
New privacy bills, amended bills, bills not making it out of committee, bills in debate in State Houses and Senates. The privacy regulatoryâ¦
[Recent Federal Court Decision Allows Brandâs Claims to Proceed Against Unauthorized Amazon Seller](
Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP
A Utah federal court has denied a motion to dismiss filed by an unauthorized grey market seller, allowing the brand's claims against the unauthorizedâ¦
[Oh, (No) Snap! CARU Praises Snapchat for Safeguarding the Underaged](
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Companyâs response is more than just an age-gate and an indifferent shrugâ¦
[Madness No More, Place Your Bet at Work in Tennessee]( Tennessee
Butler Snow LLP
In addition to recently passing a bill legalizing online sports betting, the Tennessee Legislature recently codified the time-honored tradition ofâ¦
[Website Accessibility Claims on the Rise](
Venable LLP
According to some estimates, the number of website accessibility lawsuits filed in federal court nearly tripled from 2017 to 2018, with no indicationâ¦
[LGBTQ+ YouTubers Allege that YouTube Engages in Discriminatory Practices](
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
Eight YouTubers, including the creators of such channels as GlitterBombTV, Queer Kid Stuff, and Watts the Safeword, recently filed a class actionâ¦
[Part 2: Companies Are Not Complying With the Safe Harbor Provision of the DMCA](
Baker & Hostetler LLP
In 17 U.S.C. § 512, subsections (c) and (d), special notice and takedown provisions areâ¦
[INSIGHT: Ninth Circuit Facebook Ruling Adds Another Piece to BIPA Standing Chessboard]( Illinois
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Hunton Andrews Kurth attorneys look at the recent Ninth Circuit case on biometrics and privacy rights and note the opinion's discussion of the impactâ¦
[FTC Settles Email Lawsuit with Unrollme](
Klein Moynihan Turco LLP
The Federal Trade Commissionâs (âFTCâ) Bureau of Consumer Protection has entered into a consent agreement with Unrollme Inc. (âUnrollmeâ), preventingâ¦
[Plaintiff Robles Files His Opposition To Dominoâs Petition For Certiorari](
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Supreme Court will decide whether to hear its first website accessibility case now that briefing on Domino's Petition forâ¦
[Electronic communications with clients - what to know before you hit âsendâ](
Thompson Hine LLP
If youâre a robo-adviser, chances are you want to create a fully âdigitalâ experience for clients that doesnât involve sending paper documents. Forâ¦
[Ninth Circuit Rejects Facebookâs Article III Argument; Biometric Lawsuit Will Proceed]( Illinois
Crowell & Moring LLP
On August 8, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yet another decision adopting relaxed standing requirements in privacyâ¦
[Senators Ask for Answers About the Meaning of "Amazon's Choice"](
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
United States Senators Robert Menendez and Richard Blumenthal recently wrote to Amazon, asking questions about how Amazon determines when a productâ¦
[Supreme Court Asked to consider section 230](
Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP
I found a great article about Herrick v. Grindr, a case that the U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to review. The issue is the scope of Section 230â¦
[Facebook Fined Again: Real Hypothetical Risks](
Haynes and Boone LLP
On July 24, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the âSECâ) announced charges alleging that Facebook, Inc. (âFacebookâ) made misleadingâ¦
[Do we need a new âdata-breach privilegeâ? Thoughts on the Sedona Conference proposal](
Thompson Hine LLP
The outlines of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine are well-established. But how should they apply when an organizational clientâ¦
[What's not to like about Instagram's latest test?](
Bird & Bird
It is clear that Facebook takes social responsibility seriously and it is no coincidence that Facebook is an important asset for socially responsibleâ¦
[Global regulation threatens to take a bite out of the FAANGs](
Bird & Bird
A raft of new laws and closer regulatory scrutiny will be one of the biggest challenges for the FAANGs (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Googleâ¦
[California Supreme Court Decision Could Expand Standing for Website Accessibility Claims]( California
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Evolving case law regarding website accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and comparable state laws continues to impactâ¦
[Cybersecurity and the Internet of Things - is it Time to Regulate?](
GTG Advocates
With over 26 billion devices expected to form part of the Internet of Things (âIoTâ) by as early as 2020, this ground-breaking concept, where theâ¦
[Twitter outrage (sort of)](
Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP
I was watching a Reds game last week and broadcasters Thom Brenneman and Chris Welsh started talking about the best baseball players from Cincinnatiâ¦
[Ninth Circuit Affirms Ruling that Plaintiffs Have Article III Standing in Illinois Biometric Privacy Class Action]( California Illinois
Ropes & Gray LLP
On August 8, 2019, a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a California district courtâs decision allowing plaintiffs to proceed onâ¦
[Hot and Fresh - Domino's asks Supreme Court to weigh in on website accessibility](
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Dominoâs Pizza has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court asking the Court to weigh in on whether Title IIIâ¦
[Authenticating Social Media Evidence at Trial](
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Social media is ubiquitous in our cyber-Connected World. For many, the first thing a person does when they wake up, and the last thing that personâ¦
[9th Cir. Holds Violation of Facial Recognition Law Sufficient for Standing, Upholds Class Cert.](
Maurice Wutscher LLP
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held that class plaintiffs alleged a concrete and particularized harm sufficient to conferâ¦
[Securing IoT Devices: Lessons from a NIST Workshop](
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Connected devices already are making headway into business and consumer markets. âSmartâ speakers, video doorbells, remote programmable thermostatsâ¦
[Exempt Organization Update](
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Various Charities and Nonprofits webpages have been redesigned to improve organization, design and navigation using data analytics and user testingâ¦
[NIST Unveils IoT Baseline of Core Cybersecurity Features for Comment](
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
In a release aptly labeled âA Starting Point for IoT Device Manufacturersâ the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an arm of theâ¦
[The Meme Generation: Social Media Platforms Address Content Curation](
Morrison & Foerster LLP
It is likely no surprise to regular readers of Socially Aware that posting content to social media can, in some cases, generate significant incomeâ¦
[âMonroney Stickersâ And Protecting Car Buyers From Fraud In The Age Of Online Motor Vehicle Sales](
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
When Congress adopted legislation in 1958 requiring that manufacturers affix a labelâtoday called a âMonroney stickerââin the window of each newâ¦
[Can You Really Protect Against Ransomware?](
Robinson & Cole LLP
Weâve written a few times recently about municipalities, companies, and government agencies hit with ransomware attacks this year. In early July, itâ¦
[Breach and cyber incident reporting: disclosure challenges for public companies](
DLA Piper
One of the big corporate governance related stories last month was the settlement agreement between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) andâ¦
["FTC Staff Will Never Ask You For Money"](
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
When this showed up in my Twitter feed yesterday, I assumed, of course, that this was directed to consumers who may be misled by scam artists claimingâ¦
[Forward-Thinking Financial Institutions Need to be Aware of Social Media Compliance Risks](
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
It is easy to forget that in the not-so-distant past the phrases "follow us," "friend us" and "use our hashtag" would have confounded many businessâ¦
[Website Accessibility Lawsuits Abound](
Klein Moynihan Turco LLP
Website accessibility lawsuits (i.e., lawsuits alleging discrimination on the basis that websites contain access barriers that limit navigation forâ¦
[Unrollme.com Misled Users by Promising Privacy Protection](
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Company settles with Commission over alleged gathering of âextraâ informationâ¦
[Holy Crepe! NAD Hits Guthy-Renker With a Detailed, Nuanced Critique of Skin Products](
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Beauty product marketer wins some, loses some, appeals a little tooâ¦
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Gowling WLG
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[Global]
Internet & Social Media
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[Telecoms in the United Kingdom](
DLA Piper
A structured guide to Telecoms laws in United Kingdom
[Technology & Regulation | Industry Spotlight | July 2019](
Herzog Fox & Neeman
This handbook was prepared to help businesses operating in the digital ecosystem such as publishers, mobile app developers, ad networks and agenciesâ¦
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[IoT IP 2019](
IAM
Munich, Germany, 20 November 2019
Other top stories
[Third Circuit Holds Displaying Scannable QR Code on Envelopes Violates FDCPA](
[CCPA Security FAQs: What legal theory are plaintiffs most likely to assert in a data breach class action in addition to the CCPA?](
[Loss for Sheriff Joe Arpaio](
[New York DFS Joins the Innovation Movement](
[Artificial Intelligence in the Insurance Industry]( Audio
[Using #BrandAmbassador As Your Influencer Disclosure?](
[Artist Sues Singer for Shooting then Selling Artwork](
[Ninth Circuit Affirms That a Driverâs License is not a âMotor Vehicle Recordâ Under the DPPA](
[The Ninth Circuit Clears The Way For BIPA Class Actions](
[Texas Renews its Cryptocurrency Crackdown](
International developments
[Consumer Protection Act, 2019 - Key Highlights](
[China Cybersecurity and Data Protection: Monthly Update - August 2019 Issue](
[FCA introduces 18-month grace period for two-factor authentication for online transactions](
[FCA introduces 18-month grace period for two-factor authentication for online transactions](
[Ready, Set, Certify Canada's New CyberSecure Canada Certification Program](
[The rise of cybercrime in Asia Pacific and Considerations for organisations operating in the region](
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[Virtual competition â friend or foe?](
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