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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 (978,274 articles)]( [North America](#northamerica) | [Global](#global) [USA] [North America] Internet & Social Media #top [Update: White House Identifies Amazon Foreign Domains as “Notorious Markets” for Counterfeit Goods]( Kelley Drye & Warren LLP As we have previously advised, the Trump Administration is targeting the sale of counterfeit goods on e-commerce platforms. Early this year, the… [Shop Safe Act 2020: A New Tool for Brand Owners in the Fight Against Online Counterfeits?]( Venable LLP On March 2, 2020, a bipartisan group of representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by… [Maryland’s Digital Advertising Tax and Sales Tax Expansion Vetoed]( Maryland Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP Earlier today, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan vetoed H.B. 732, which proposed a first of its kind Digital Advertising Tax. The Governor also vetoed H… [Before Your Next Web-Conference, Fix Your Camera Position]( Holland & Hart LLP If you’re like me, you have been clicking into a ton of web-conferences lately. That’s true of the whole business world, but I think the legal… [Seventh Circuit Slaps Online Marketer with Default Judgment, Permanent Injunction]( McDermott Will & Emery A unanimous panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a default judgment and permanent injunction against an online marketer… [Google and Apple Release First Version of Contact Tracing Tools]( Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC On April 29, 2020, Google and Apple released the first version of their COVID-19 contact tracing tools to public health organizations. The tools… [CFTC Brings Suit Arising From $20 Million Binary Option Fraud Scheme]( Florida Baker McKenzie On May 7, 2020, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission brought suit in federal court in Florida against Daniel Fingerhut of Miami, Florida… [NCAA Issues New Name, Image, Likeness Guidance]( Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP On April 29, 2020, the NCAA Board of Governors issued support for rule changes in the organization’s move toward allowing student-athletes to profit… [eSignature and ePayment News and Trends]( DLA Piper A fact of business today is that customers - both consumers and other businesses - and employees expect to transact digitally. To remain competitive… [Planning on Running a Facebook Sweepstakes? Here’s What you Need to Know]( Klein Moynihan Turco LLP Sweepstakes promotions are great promotional tools which serve to engage consumers and attract new ones. When advertising sweepstakes on social media… [Privacy litigation in the age of coronavirus]( Baker & Hostetler LLP Now that new cases of COVID-19 appear to be waning in the United States, those of us stuck in our homes are asking the same question: How long before… [Episode 315: Google to Washington: “Send your man to see my man. And we’ll stiff him.”]( Audio Steptoe & Johnson LLP J.P. Morgan once responded to President Teddy Roosevelt’s charge that he’d violated federal antitrust law by saying, “If we have done anything wrong… [Alaska governor signs remote notarization bill into law]( Alaska Buckley LLP On April 30, the Alaska governor signed into law H.B. 124, which amends Alaska’s notarization law to permit remote notarization. The amendments set… [The Impact of COVID-19 on Media and Entertainment Industry Transactions]( Haynes and Boone LLP As recently reported in the Los Angeles Times, the media and entertainment industry has been significantly impacted by the new normal presented as a… [The connected consumer top tips for social media campaigns]( DLA Piper With over three billion people using social media every month, businesses are driving marketing spend to social platforms to connect with their… [Remote Notarization in Light of COVID-19]( Greenberg Traurig LLP Real estate transactions in the United States commonly involve the execution and delivery of written instruments that must be notarized to be… [COVID-19 Weekly Round-up (4-10 May 2020)]( Lexology PRO As various jurisdictions begin to relax their lockdown measures, companies and their counsel remain focused on when and how they can reopen their… [Protecting Your Brand and Customers During a Pandemic]( Duane Morris LLP As most brick and mortar stores across the U.S. remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, phishing scammers have ample opportunities to attack the… [Are Common Business Practices Fueling Your Product Diversion Problems?]( Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP To succeed in the online marketplace era, brands must take control of their online sales. Unfortunately, there is a great deal of confusion over how… [Google’s Privacy Policy Can’t Save it From Smartphone Spying Claim: California Privacy Laws Tested in Suit Alleging Big Tech is Letting Subcontractors Listen in on Your Conversations]( Squire Patton Boggs It was not long ago when we were first spooked to see advertisements in our browsers directed at things we were talking about “offline” moments… [U.S. AI and IoT Legislative Update - First Quarter 2020]( Covington & Burling LLP Though it seems like the distant past now, in this update we detail the notable legislative events from the first quarter of 2020 on artificial… [COVID-19: Closing Leveraged Finance Transactions During Social Isolation]( Winston & Strawn LLP The ongoing global COVID-19 crisis has given rise to an unprecedented change in working habits, with offices closed across jurisdictions and many… [An Online Patent Enforcement Strategy That is Immune to the COVID-19 Pandemic]( Miller Canfield PLC The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on brick and mortar businesses. Consumers, confined to their homes, have flocked to online markets, where… [U.S. Department of Education Requires Higher Education Institutions to Post CARES Act Funding Information on Websites]( Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP On May 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued an electronic announcement directing institutions receiving funds under the Higher… [What Kim Kardashian and Prince William Can Teach Us About Remote Oral Arguments]( Maryland Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann LLP The COVID-19 pandemic has given us all innumerable "new normals." Even appellate practitioners, whom the Daily Record recently described as… [Cheaper in-app purchases… tempting but what is at stake?]( Hogan Lovells Mobile applications are becoming indispensable in our daily lives and businesses. There are many ways to monetize a game app - through showing ads… Event notice [Brand Enforcement USA 2020]( World Trademark Review San Francisco, 5 October 2020 [Global] Internet & Social Media #top [Coronavirus-Related Applications Reported by Several Countries]( PETOÅ EVIĆ As the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has become a health emergency of international concern, numerous domain names and trademark… [Four ways digital innovators can transform smallholder livelihoods]( EY Law With the right focus, digital technology can help lift millions of smallholder farmers out of poverty. Doubling the productivity of small-scale food… [Things manufacturers need to consider when starting direct online sales]( Taylor Wessing Stationary trade restrictions due to the Corona pandemic are pushing forward digital distribution solutions. At the retail level, the closures of… [Law à la Mode]( DLA Piper At a time when we are all adapting to our “new normal” following the COVID-19 outbreak, the UK editorial team is pleased to bring you the 30th… [Chattel paper in the electronic age]( Reed Smith LLP The world is going digital and equipment lease transactions are no exception. Today, business is increasingly conducted online, and the necessity to… [E-commerce: Some Laws and Rules You Should Be Aware of]( Lavery Lawyers E-commerce can take different forms. For the purposes of this article, we will refer to e-commerce where the contract of sale or of supply of… [Commerce électronique : certaines lois et règles que vous devez connaître]( Lavery Lawyers Le commerce électronique prend plusieurs formes : il est dit « direct », lorsque le contrat de vente ou de service est conclu électroniquement et que… Event notice [Exploring domain name genericness: what to expect from the Supreme Court’s decision in the BOOKING.COM case]( Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP Online, 16 June 2020 [Remaining BEPS issues: Pillar Two]( Taxand Online, 2 July 2020 Other top stories [COVID-19 and the Unique Opportunity for Phishing]( [Cyber Threats for UK and US Healthcare Organisations: A Joint Advisory Update]( [Part Five of the COVID-19 Roadmap Series: Ensuring a Safe Workplace - COVID-19 Screening and Testing]( [The Basics of Music Rights for Webcasters and Podcasters - A Webinar at World Audio Day]( [IP in Street Arts]( [Update: April 2020 California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) Litigation Tracker]( [China Issues New Measures on Cybersecurity Review of Network Products and Services]( [Hey, you, get off The Cloud! 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