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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 (1,321,316 articles)]( [North America](#northamerica) | [Global](#global) [USA] [North America] Internet & Social Media #top [Data security and China-US tensions fuel TikTok bans]( PRO In-house Analysis Lexology PRO China-US geopolitical tensions are again spilling into the tech sector as state and federal agencies issue or propose bans against China-headquartered... [27 AGs Urge Supreme Court to Limit Tech Companies’ Immunity]( Cozen O'Connor A bipartisan group of 27 AGs submitted amicus briefing to the U.S. Supreme Court in Gonzalez v. Google LLC, urging a narrow interpretation of… [FCC Orders Google to Pay $9.4 Million in Misleading Advertising Fines]( Klemchuk LLP Earlier this year, Google was hit again with big fines after it was determined they were behind a number of allegedly misleading and deceptive ads… [Competitive Metaverse - What is the Metaverse?]( Taylor Wessing Before we will start to analyze the competition in and around the metaverse, we have to understand what the „metaverse“ is. The metaverse today and in… [10 Reasons Why Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) Will Disrupt Indian E-commerce]( Ankura Consulting Group, LLC Online shopping has become a part of our lives. With the advent of smartphones and affordable data plans, Indian consumers have shifted to online… [Do Not Sell Links - How common are they really?]( Greenberg Traurig LLP A review of the Fortune 500 conducted approximately one year after the CCPA went into effect showed that 21 percent of websites included a “Do Not… [The Supreme Court Gets a Second Shot at an Important First Amendment and Social Media Issue]( Saiber LLC The May 10, 2021 post The Donald Trump Twitter Case: Vacated and Dismissed as Moot by the Supreme Court reported how the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed… [Google and iHeartMedia Reach Settlements with FTC and States for Deceptive Endorsements]( Covington & Burling LLP On November 28, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and seven state Attorneys General announced that they reached settlements with Google LLC… [Google Wins Final Dismissal In “Android Lockbox” Putative Class Action]( Covington & Burling LLP The Northern District of California recently dismissed with prejudice a putative class action lawsuit against Google, which alleged that the company… [In Two Fast-Track SWIFT Cases, National Advertising Division Recommends Claim be Modified or Discontinued and Disclosures Voluntarily Modified]( BBB National Programs Inc Verizon challenged advertising comparing Comcast’s Gigabit tier (offering download speeds of up to 1200 Mbps) to Verizon’s 5G Home Internet service… [Ohio Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Online-Streaming Providers on Municipal Fee Issue]( Ohio Frost Brown Todd LLP By way of brief background, in August 2020, the City of Maple Heights, Ohio, (“Maple Heights”) filed a complaint in the U. S. District Court for the… [A Novel Trade Secrets Issue: Forensic Cleansing of Social Media]( Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP It's common in trade secrets or noncompete cases for plaintiffs to demand forensic imaging and searching and, ultimately, destruction of electronic… [Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998: Protection for the US’s Youngest Data Subjects]( K&L Gates LLP A number of recent state regulations address privacy rights for consumers of all ages, but there is no equivalent federal law protecting all… [Keeping Up with Crypto Fraud - Social media Influencers beware!]( DAC Beachcroft In October 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) fined Kim Kardashian US$1.26m for unlawfully “touting” the EthereumMax (“EMAX”)… [What’s more common: opt-in, opt-out, or notice cookie banners?]( Greenberg Traurig LLP There is little standardization concerning how cookie banners are deployed. Generally, however, most cookie banners fall within four broad… [Has Your Business Received A Letter From Apex Trial Law Or Thomas Dorobiala? How To Defend These Unruh Civil Rights Act Claim Letters]( California Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP Recently Thomas Dorobiala, through his law firm Apex Trial Law, has been sending a large number of complaint letters to various types of businesses… [Practical Guide to: e-Signatures]( Abel + Imray The law and practice around use of e-signatures around the world has changed considerably as a result of the pandemic and evolving ways of working… [Episode 434: ChatGPT Successfully Imitates a Talented Sociopath with Too Many Lawyers]( Audio Steptoe & Johnson LLP It’s been a news-heavy week, but we have the most fun in this Episode with ChatGPT. Jane Bambauer, Richard Stiennon, and I pick over the astonishing… [What Does it Mean to be a "Verified" Seller Online?]( Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC There's been a lot of talk lately about what it means to be "verified" online. A recent case decided by a federal court in Colorado just wrestled with… [October 2022 Developments Under President Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order]( Covington & Burling LLP This is the eighteenth in a series of Covington blogs on implementation of Executive Order 14028, “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity,” issued by… [Federal Agencies Warn of Heightened Ransomware and Cybersecurity Risks]( Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC Federal agencies are warning businesses and consumers of heightened ransomware risks. On December 1, 2022, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure… [Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Suit Against Online Education Platform]( Shearman & Sterling LLP On November 22, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action against an online… [How may behavioral advertising trackers do websites deploy currently?]( Greenberg Traurig LLP A behavioral advertising cookie typically refers to a cookie that is used to track the websites a consumer visits for the purpose of identifying… [Zoom Isn’t the Place Where Remote Depositions Occur]( Esquire Deposition Solutions In the early, heady days of the commercial internet, legal scholars David Johnson and David Post wrote, “because events on the Net occur everywhere… [AI Trends for 2023 ‒ Generative AI Continues to Make Content Creation Easier]( Morrison & Foerster LLP Improvements in AI’s image modeling and natural language processing capabilities have opened up new opportunities for content creators in business… [Ikea’s Battle Against Horror Games: The Importance of Intellectual Property Rights]( Crowell & Moring LLP In recent news it was reported that IKEA, a globally well-known furniture company, sent a cease and desist letter to the gaming studio Ziggy… [FTC Updates (November 28 - December 2, 2022)]( Crowell & Moring LLP Following Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Day, the FTC announced an almost $10 million settlement with Google and iHeartMedia related to… [Social media platform awarded $365,000 in suit over data scraping]( Buckley LLP On December 8, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California enjoined a data trading company (defendant) from accessing a social… [Global] Internet & Social Media #top [News as at 8 December 2022]( Taylor Wessing The government has published its response to its call for views on proposals to update the NIS Regulations which implement the EU NIS Directive. The… [10 Helpful Marketing Tools for Law Firms]( Actionstep Have you made headway on your law firm's marketing goals this year? If you're not seeing the results you're hoping for yet, it might be time to add… [Put down the kale smoothie - have a beer instead]( Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) The body of the email featured the heading “FEELING FRUITY” in large font above an image of a BrewDog beer can with the text “HAZY JANE GUAVA”… Other top stories [Top PHive Crypto Enforcement Notes: December Edition]( [Republicans say social media company made misleading statements on data-sharing practices with China]( [The 2022-2023 Judicial Hellholes Report From The American Tort Reform Association On The Worst Jurisdictions For Defendants]( [A few additional thoughts… on the regulatory response in the wake of the FTX bankruptcy]( [NYDFS Proposes Significant Amendments to its Cybersecurity Rules]( [Corporate TIPS: Cybersecurity - A Year in Review and Anticipated Trends for the New Year]( [What the FTC’s Aggressive New Policy Statement on Unfair Methods of Competition Means for Advertisers]( [FSR OUTLOOK 2023: Crypto Winter — Market downturn emboldens regulators to greater intervention]( [California AG’s Examples of CCPA Non-Compliance - Analysis of Targeted Industries]( [Not so fast: HHS OCR warns that HIPAA applies to online tracking technologies]( International developments [NFTs and Cybersecurity]( [Year in review: technology disputes in Singapore]( [End of Meta’s targeted ads model?]( [Year in review: technology disputes in United Kingdom]( [A general introduction to tech M&A in Argentina]( [Digital influencers and advertising in the Metaverse and social media]( [7 key insights for effectively managing cyber incidents]( [A general introduction to tech M&A in Finland]( [Online consumer lending in Canada]( [A general introduction to tech M&A in Czech Republic]( [Unsubscribe]( | [Disclaimer]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Contact]( [Law Business Research]( [© 2006-2022 Law Business Research](