Socially Aware

January 29, 2018 - Blockchain, DMCA, Influencer Marketing, Stored Communications Act, Cybersecurity, Compliance
2017: Our Greatest Hits
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Last year we covered a wide range of online legal and business subjects intended for readers ranging from Internet entrepreneurs to social media marketers, from online shoppers to e-tailers, from networkers to influencers (and the brands that pay them). The topics of our blog
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November 08, 2017 - Privacy, Stored Communications Act, Big Data, Compliance
SCOTUS to Resolve Lower-Court Dispute Over U.S. Warrants Seeking Foreign-Stored User Data
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 16, 2017, announced it had granted the government’s petition for certiorari in United States v. Microsoft and will hear a case this Term that could have lasting implications for how technology companies interact with the U.S government and
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May 22, 2017 - Privacy, Stored Communications Act, Litigation
New York’s Highest Court Rebuffs Facebook’s Efforts to Protect the Rights of Its Users in Search Warrant Fight
By: J. Alexander Lawrence
Facebook’s four-year battle on behalf of its users, seeking to quash 381 warrants obtained by the New York County District Attorney’s Office, has come to a close. The decision of the New York Court of Appeals—which is New York’s highest court—leaves Facebook users exposed
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May 03, 2017 - Privacy, Stored Communications Act, Litigation
Court Orders Google to Turn Over Foreign-Stored Data
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently secured a notable victory against Google in a dispute over the enforceability of a U.S. search warrant seeking access to foreign-stored account data. The April 19 ruling—from Magistrate Judge Beeler in the U.S. District Court for the
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February 23, 2017 - Data Security, Privacy, Stored Communications Act
Google Ordered to Comply with Warrant for Foreign-Stored User Data
In a major development for cloud and other data storage providers, and further complicating the legal landscape for the cross-border handling of data, a Federal Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled for the Department of Justice and ordered Google, Inc., to
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October 24, 2016 - Privacy, Stored Communications Act, Litigation
Second Circuit: Email Stored Outside the U.S. Might Be Beyond Government’s Reach
As a result of the Second Circuit’s recent opinion in Microsoft v. United States , the U.S. government likely can no longer use warrants issued pursuant to the Stored Communications Act (“SCA”) to compel U.S.-based companies to produce communications, such as emails, that are
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