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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 (878,360 articles)]( [North America](#northamerica) | [Global](#global) [USA] [North America] Internet & Social Media #top [Telemedicine Platform Recalled Over Failure to Obtain Pre-Market Clearance or Approval from FDA]( Mintz On August 8, 2019, FDA issued a notice on its medical device recall database stating that a company called Opternative, Inc. had initiated a recall… [Emails and Hyperlink Delivery of FDCPA Disclosures after Lavallee]( Maurice Wutscher LLP Lavallee v. Med-1 Solutions, LLC from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit examines whether an email from a debt collector was an… [The ADA and Your Website]( California Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of disabilities and requires covered "places of public… [CCPA Privacy FAQs: Under the CCPA, can a company send follow-up emails after hosting a trade show or conference?]( California Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP In the United States, a company can send follow-up emails after hosting a trade show… [The State AG Report Weekly Update August 29, 2019]( New York Cozen O'Connor Mississippi held a runoff election for the Republican AG primary race on August 27, 2019. State Treasurer Lynn Fitch won the nomination by defeating… [Walmart Under Fire for its Pro-Gun T-Shirts]( Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC Walmart is under fire again for the political messages on some of the t-shirts that are available for sale on its website. Last summer, Walmart was on… [11 Things You Should Know about Web Accessibility and ADA Demand Letters]( Level Access Did your company receive a Demand Letter stating that your website is in violation of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because it’s not… [NLRB Issues Advice Memo on Social Media Rules]( Shawe Rosenthal LLP The National Labor Relations Board released yet another batch of Advice Memoranda this month. Advice Memoranda contain the recommendations of the… [OTA & Travel Distribution Update: Sabre likely to face anti-trust challenge; Google now offers vacation rentals; Priceline and WeConvene announce investor event collaboration]( Garvey Schubert Barer Following up on a story we featured back in April...According to reports coming out of the U.S. Justice Department, the anti-trust division is… [Hack, What Hack? Nothing to See Here.]( Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP I was recently asked to explain companies’ rationale for failing to report cybercrimes. Each situation has unique reasons and justifications, but I… [Are Instagram "Likes" Disappearing?]( Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC Instagram is testing out removing what is perhaps its most famous feature, the beloved "Like" count, from posts. What was initially rolled out in… [CCPA FAQs on Cookies]( California Jackson Lewis PC As businesses prepare for the effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act, many are conducting data mapping to identify the personal… [Third Circuit Smacks Down Class Action Settlement in Google Cookie Placement Litigation]( Baker & Hostetler LLP In a refreshingly plain-spoken opinion issued Aug. 6, a three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals criticized a multimillion-dollar… [Foreign Manufacturer + Union Campaign = Netflix Documentary... and Some Valuable Lessons for Employers]( Nexsen Pruet A few years ago, a major Chinese manufacturer, Fuyao, opened the world’s largest windshield-making plant in Ohio. Fuyao renovated an old General… [Sixth Circuit Holds Nonmember of Credit Union Lacks Standing to Bring ADA Claim Based on Allegedly Inaccessible Website]( Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP In Brintley v. Aeroquip Credit Union et al., Case Nos. 18-2326/2328 (August 8, 2019), the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order dismissing an… [Technology mightier than the Sword: US Military’s Secret Cyber Strike stifles Iranian Forces]( K&L Gates Everyone knows the saying “the Pen is mightier than the sword”. The famous saying has been used for centuries to describe the ultimate power of words… [Facebook Says No to Nudity in Beer Advertising]( Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC Advertising Age reported that Bofferding beer's new advertising campaign -- which features people in the "boff" -- was not accepted by Facebook and… [Ninth Circuit Doubles Down on Duguid]( Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP Doubling down on its recent decision in Duguid v. Facebook, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reiterated in an unpublished memorandum… [Will AI Chatbots Replace Your Employee Handbook?]( Fisher Phillips When faced with a problem or question, do you reach for a resource book or simply Google it to find a solution? Chances are, you Google it (or ask… [Growing Pains: Issues Affecting eSports Stakeholders]( McCarthy Tétrault LLP eSports are organized video game competitions, played at professional level. Players from different teams, organizations, and leagues will compete in… [YouTube Reportedly Will Pay More Than $150 Million to Settle FTC Allegations of COPPA Violations]( Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz A majority of the FTC’s panel of commissioners reportedly approved a settlement with YouTube who the FTC accused of violating the Children’s Online… [Ninth Circuit Certifies Privacy Class Action Against Facebook’s Photo Tag Suggestion Tool]( Illinois Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz A panel of the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously rejected Facebook’s attempt to dismiss a privacy class-action alleging… [GAO Report Identifies Critical Need for Government Agencies to Implement Key Cybersecurity Practices]( Morrison Mahoney LLP In our September 12, 2018 cybersecurity newsletter, we wrote about the warning sounded by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) in… [Episode 275: Trump Derangement and the Trading with the Enemy Act]( Audio Steptoe & Johnson LLP And we’re back with an Episode that tries to pick out some of the events of August that will mean the most for technology law and policy this year… [How to Avoid a Complaint to the ASA as a #Socialinfluencer When Posting #Ads in the UK]( Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP Instagram is swiftly becoming the world’s number one hot spot for advertisement. Companies are significantly increasing their yearly marketing budget… [New NLRB Advice Memo Clarifies Social Media Policy Rules]( Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP The National Labor Relations Board continues to provide guidance with respect to employers' attempts to regulate employee social media behavior. In… [New NAD decision addresses incentivized reviews]( Kelley Drye & Warren LLP NAD recently announced a decision involving Pyle Audio’s campaign to generate reviews for its NutriChef brand vacuum sealers. When consumers received… [Renewed Web and Physical Accessibility Congressional Efforts an Exercise in Futility?]( Seyfarth Shaw LLP Seyfarth Synopsis: Congress Members recently renewed their efforts to take legislative action and urge the DOJ take regulatory action regarding… [YouTube to Pay $170 Million in Largest COPPA Settlement to Date]( Keller and Heckman LLP Only weeks after Facebook agreed to a $5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for privacy violations, YouTube and its parent… [Can a Computer Be an Inventor? The PTO Wants to Know What You Think]( Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP September 2019 Can a Computer Be an Inventor? The PTO Wants to Know What You Think Artificial intelligence (AI) issues in intellectual property are… [Is your iPhone spying on you (again)?]( K&L Gates In the latest installment of this seemingly ongoing tale, Google uncovered (for the second time in a month) security flaws in Apple’s iOS, which put… Event notice [ThinkHouse Autumn Seminar - London]( Gowling WLG London, UK, 26 September 2019 [ThinkHouse Autumn Seminar - Birmingham]( Gowling WLG Birmingham, UK, 19 September 2019 [Global] Internet & Social Media #top [The future of IP: Top 10 changes to expect in the next decade]( Dennemeyer & Associates SA Remarkable technological and cultural transformations have impacted Intellectual Property rights management during the past 25 years and many experts… [The Download - August 2019]( Venable LLP In this issue, we cover the House Financial Services Committee's hearing on "alternative data." We also highlight Congressional and agency… [Despite the difficulties, it is time to embrace arbitration as the best way to resolve licensing disputes]( IAM On the face of it, high-tech licensing disputes - especially those revolving around standards essential patents and FRAND - are tailor-made for… Event notice [IoT IP 2019]( IAM Munich, Germany, 20 November 2019 [GCR Live 3rd Annual Women in Antitrust]( Law Business Research Washington DC, USA, 12 November 2019 Other top stories [5 Legal Tech Truths Companies Can Trust For The Next 5 Years]( [The Man With the Tiger (and Snake) Tattoo Redux]( [EDPB and EDPS Adopt Restrictive View of GDPR Transfer Provisions]( [Production of Information to the Authorities]( [CCPA Privacy FAQs: If a business receives a data subject access request, does it have to provide the specific pieces of personal information that it collected about the consumer?]( [Due diligence for technology M&A in USA]( [Privacy FAQ #1]( [AI Patent Policy]( [CSBS launches new online tools to assist financial institutions follow state rules]( [CCPA Security FAQs: Once A Data Breach Is Reported To The State Of California, Is It Posted To A Website?]( International developments [Victory for Facebook as Düsseldorf court suspends the Bundeskartellamt's decision]( [Victory for Facebook as Düsseldorf court suspends the Bundeskartellamt's decision]( [Data breach hits MasterCard loyalty programme in Germany and Belgium]( [Russia to enforce "Sovereign Internet" Law]( [CMA market study into online platforms and digital advertising in the UK]( [Registration and use of domains at the ccTLD registry in France]( [What to do with a bad review]( [China Monthly TMT Update - September 2019]( [New protection for Big Data under Unfair Competition Prevention Act]( [The Rise of Super Apps in Indonesia]( [Unsubscribe]( | [Disclaimer]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Contact]( [Globe Business Publishing]( [© 2006-2019 Globe Business Media Group](