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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 (1,172,329 articles)]( [North America](#northamerica) | [Global](#global) [USA] [North America] Internet & Social Media #top [Researchers push for more access to social media data]( PRO In-house Analysis Lexology PRO Following a public row with Facebook over access to data, several researchers have gone to Capitol Hill to advocate for policies they say will help in... [Northern District of California dismisses derivative lawsuit alleging online child privacy law violations]( Proskauer Rose LLP The acronym “ESG” is shorthand for environmental, social, and governance concerns. In recent years, companies have used “ESG” to refer to initiatives… [Show Me the Money: IRS Introduces Webpage for Large Refunds Subject to JCT Review]( McDermott Will & Emery When we previously wrote about the Joint Committee on Taxation’s (JCT) process for reviewing refund claims granted by the Internal Revenue Service… [Navigating Website Accessibility under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act]( Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP The trend toward conducting business online has gained even stronger momentum as the economy continues to adapt to the challenges of the COVID-19… [New UK Standards for Children’s Digital Services Take Effect — Provides Framework for New US Law]( Troutman Pepper Earlier this month, the U.K.’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (referred to as the “Children’s Code”) took effect. The Children’s Code is not a law per… [Epic Games v Apple: an $85bn judgment?]( California Bristows We’ve posted about this dispute several times before (on the initial filing, the UK version, and the EC antitrust complaint). Now, with the… [NIST Holds a Two-Day Public Workshop on Cybersecurity Labeling Programs for Internet of Things Devices and Software]( Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP On September 14 and 15, 2021, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) held a public workshop, as part of its effort to create a… [Challenges of ‘royalty free’ music]( SS Rana & Co Bob Marley was once quoted as saying “one good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain”. However, this statement may not ring true for… [The Legal Implications of Social Media Marketing in 2021]( Klein Moynihan Turco LLP Social media platforms have become an increasingly common forum for social interactions around the globe. To illustrate their burgeoning popularity… [Does Your Email Marketing Comply with the Law?]( California Klein Moynihan Turco LLP You are most likely familiar with the federal law governing email marketing, the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing… [The Delaware Supreme Court Adopts a Universal Demand-Futility Test in Facebook Investors' Derivative Suit]( Delaware Day Pitney LLP On September 23, 2021, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Chancery Court's dismissal of a derivative suit that a pension fund (Tri-State) had… [Blurred Lines in Publishing Law Creating a New ‘Risk Landscape’]( McCann FitzGerald When I began practising media law 15 years ago, a typical day involved reviewing draft articles for newspapers, liaising with publishers to ensure… [AD-ttorneys@law - September 28, 2021]( Baker & Hostetler LLP Pity the puff - so often cited as a reason why an advertising statement is not a claim, yet so rarely with success. And just by way of a quick review… [US continues to chart its own course on standard essential patents]( White & Case LLP The number of disputes involving standard essential patents (SEPs) is increasing, both in the United States and worldwide. This trend is expected to… [N.J. Supreme Court Dismisses Disciplinary Charges Against Attorney for Alleged Ethics Violation Involving the Use of Social Media]( New Jersey Saiber LLC The June 4, 2020 Trending Law Blog post discussed the New Jersey Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Review Board (“DRB”) recommendation to the Supreme… [Third Circuit Finds No Section 230 Immunity From State Right of Publicity Claims]( Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC In a split from the Ninth Circuit, the Third Circuit ruled recently in Hepp v. Facebook, Inc., that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act does… [Cleaving to Text of § 111(a), Court Finds Retransmission Service Not Exempt from Liability for Copyright Infringement and Permanently Enjoins Defendants from Operating Locast Service]( Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC The retransmitter of unlicensed copyrighted programming could not escape infringement liability when its charges to users exceeded its costs, despite… [Federal Trade Commission hosts panels related to consumer privacy and data security at PrivacyCon]( Sidley Austin LLP This summer, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) hosted its sixth annual PrivacyCon, an event focused on the latest research and trends related to… [“U.S. National Privacy and Cybersecurity” ADCG Podcast: Ep. 49 - Hearing the views of the CISO community - Interview with Bill Sieglein]( Audio Buckley LLP Where do chief information security officers weigh in on cyber threats, policy or legislative actions that might help advance cybersecurity, and… [California's Security Of Connected Devices Law To Take Effect January 1st]( California Hopkins & Carley California’s first-in-the-nation law to regulate the Internet of Things (IoT), signed into law last September, takes effect in January. The new law… [Rethinking Image Rights]( Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP Since 2007, when the Ninth Circuit adopted the ‘server test’ in Perfect 10, Inc v Amazon.com, Inc, companies and individuals sued for copyright… [Personavera v. CHIME: An Innovation Contest Goes Sour]( Reed Smith LLP A lucrative prize incentive can be the engine for an exciting and socially beneficial innovation competition. Despite the good intentions of the… [BLM Criticisms Lead to General Counsel Resignation]( Florida Carpenter Wellington PLLC The General Counsel of Florida’s Flagler County Sheriff’s Office resigned August 24th after the Daytona Beach News-Journal asked questions about a… [Telemarketing List Management Agreements: Age of Consent]( Klein Moynihan Turco LLP Through the course of interacting with consumers, and in connection with various ongoing commercial relationships with those consumers, business… [Q&A: misleading advertising practices in USA]( Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC This article looks at the key legal and practical issues surrounding misleading advertising practices in USA. [10 Ways to Reduce Cyberattack Risks on Internet-Connected Medical Devices]( Crowell & Moring LLP Cyberattacks have become an omnipresent threat in our society, affecting every industry. On Friday, July 2, the biggest ransomware attack on record… Event notice [Federal Trade Commission v. Facebook: How the FTC is Seeking to Shape U.S. Antitrust Law]( Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Online, 20 October 2021 [Global] Internet & Social Media #top [Recent UDRP cases reveal trademark applications are being targeted by cybersquatters]( World Trademark Review So far in 2021, at least five UDRP cases have been filed against a single registrant, who continues to target recently made trademark applications… [Who owns an AI generated invention or work or art?]( Giro Martinez The question captures our attention. In the midst of the fourth industrial revolution this is a question that was long overdue. This revolution is… [Noms de domaine : florilège de récentes procédures extra-judiciaires qui auraient pu être évitées]( IP Twins D’emblée, il convient de rappeler que le nombre de domaines de premier niveau disponibles annihile toute velléité de constituer un portefeuille de… [Domain names: collection of recent extrajudicial procedures that could have been avoided]( IP Twins From the outset, it should be remembered that the number of top-level domains available precludes developing a comprehensive domain name portfolio… [Anchovy News, September 2021]( Hogan Lovells This is the September edition of Anchovy News. Here you will find articles concerning ICANN, the domain name industry and the recuperation of domain… [Cyber Discovery for Data Breach Incident Responses]( HaystackID Any organization dependent on technology to operate its enterprise runs the risk of experiencing a data breach. 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