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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 (1,183,731 articles)]( [North America](#northamerica) | [Global](#global) [USA] [North America] Internet & Social Media #top [The Technology M&A Review: USA]( PRO In-depth Paul Hastings LLP [Facebook Discrimination Settlement and the Future of PERM Recruitment]( Dickinson Wright Employers who wish to sponsor foreign national employees through the PERM Labor Certification process should take special note of the settlement… [DOJ Announces Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative To Enforce Contractor Cybersecurity Compliance]( Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP On Wednesday, October 6, 2021, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative to enforce cybersecurity standards and… [Food Delivery Apps Hit with Commission Caps and New Rules]( New York Carpenter Wellington PLLC DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats, and other food delivery apps have already started to feel the effects of new regulations. Several major U.S. cities… [Third Circuit Holds Facebook Not Immune Under Section 230 of Communications Decency Act from State Law Claims Alleging Violation of Right of Publicity]( Saiber LLC In a precedential opinion, Hepp v. Facebook, et al., ____ F.4th ______, No. 20-2725 (3d Cir. Sept. 23, 2021) (publication pending), the Third Circuit… [Through Rain, Sleet, Snow, Hail and Social Media?]( District of Columbia Bilzin Sumberg An Internet privacy watchdog organization filed a lawsuit recently in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the… [AAA plc & ors v Persons Unknown: Cyber Activism or Blackmail?]( White & Case LLP In recent years, demands for payments in cryptocurrencies have become the ransom of choice for cyber extortionists and other online frauds. The… [The PERM Facebook Controversy: Part One]( Fakhoury Global Immigration As many stakeholders have learned, Facebook was cited for improper immigration practices based on its PERM labor certification procedures. Two consent… [Employer, You May Be Responsible for That: Vicarious Liability and Netflix’s Squid Game]( California Ford & Harrison LLP I was so proud of myself at the beginning of the pandemic for not giving into the hype and watching Netflix’s Tiger King. In the face of countless… [Pick Your Poison]( Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP How would you prefer to be manipulated? If we weight your social media feed on what we know you like to see, then you will be showered with… [Unprecedented ‘Meta’ Domain Name Registrations]( Crowell & Moring LLP Thursday’s announcement that Facebook is rebranding itself as ‘Meta’ resulted in an unprecedented number of new domain name registrations. Since… [The uprising of app developers against monopolistic digital platforms]( VCI Legal In today’s Digital Economy, almost all activities take place in cyberspace that range from entertainment activities, meetings, communicating… [Under the Colorado Privacy Act, will companies be required to offer consumers the ability to opt out of behavioral advertising if they have already received opt-in consent?]( Colorado Greenberg Traurig LLP The Colorado Privacy Act, which is scheduled to go into effect in 2023, states that a consumer “has the right to opt out of the processing of personal… [Third Circuit Takes an Anti-Platform View in Interpreting the Communications Decency Act, Creating a Circuit Split]( Wilson Elser Since the emergence of the internet nearly four decades ego, the United States has sought to promote the freedom of the internet domestically and… [The coexistence agreement as a mean for preventing disputes relating to domain names]( IP Twins In Trademark Law, a coexistence agreement is an agreement by which the parties, owners of similar or identical trademarks, decide to organize their… [FTC Updates GLBA Safeguards Rule, Seeks Additional Comments]( Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC Yesterday, the FTC announced an update to its Safeguards Rule (“Rule”). The update includes significant changes regarding the safeguards financial… [DOJ Announces Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative To Enforce Contractor Cybersecurity Compliance]( Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP On Wednesday, October 6, 2021, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative to enforce cybersecurity standards and… [Office of Science and Technology issues RFI on biometric technology]( Buckley LLP Earlier this month, the Office of Science and Technology (OSTP) issued a Request for Information (RFI) on the use of biometric technology… [Social Media and the Real Estate Industry: The Importance of a Well-Crafted Policy]( Jackson Lewis PC Social media continues to permeate business operations, especially in the real estate industry. The vast majority of companies in the real estate… [BREAKING: FTC Announces It Will Ramp up Enforcement Against “Dark Patterns” Directed at Consumers]( Squire Patton Boggs This month, CPW’s Kyle Fath, Kristin Bryan, Christina Lamoureux & Elizabeth Helpling explained how data privacy and cybersecurity were Federal Trade… [Global] Internet & Social Media #top [An unreal issue: Managing IP in the metaverse]( DLA Piper The metaverse: the next generation successor to the mobile internet. Made up of shared, online, and persistent digital spaces, the metaverse can be… [Anchovy News, October 2021]( Hogan Lovells This is the October edition of Anchovy News. 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