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October 27, 2014 - IP
Counterfeit Goods: Has the War on ISPs Just Gotten Tougher?
The pressure on ISPs to take responsibility for the sites accessible through their services has been growing in recent years (e.g., the requirement for certain ISPs to block filesharing sites ). On October 17, 2014, the High Court of England and Wales took this
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October 20, 2014 - Privacy
Entangled in the Web of Things. By Finding New Uses for Data, the Internet of Things Heralds a Host of Challenges.
From our sister blog, MoFo Tech : Within a decade, analysts say, the “Internet of Things” will have transformed our lives. Billions of Internet-connected devices will monitor our homes, businesses, cars, and even our bodies, using the data to manage everything from appliances to
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October 17, 2014 - Copyright, UK High Court
Copyright: Europe Explores Its Boundaries – New UK Infringement Exceptions – The Ones That Came Back Again
By: Mercedes Samavi
Introduction In June of this year, we sent out an alert about the anticipated new UK copyright infringement exceptions. These exceptions were to be introduced based on the recommendations of the Hargreaves Review. Surprisingly, some of the exceptions had been dramatically pulled from the
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October 16, 2014 - Litigation
New York Family Court Magistrate Allows Unprecedented Service of Process via Facebook; Will Others Follow?
In a little-noticed decision, Matter of Noel v. Maria , Support Magistrate Gregory L. Gliedman—a Staten Island, New York family court official—recently permitted a father seeking to modify his child support payments to serve process on the child’s mother by sending her a digital
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October 15, 2014 - Event
Sue McLean Named Finalist for Woman of Achievement Award
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Congratulations to Socially Aware ’s London-based correspondent Sue McLean for being shortlisted for the Women in the City Woman of Achievement Awards 2014. Established in 2007, these awards recognize senior level women who are actively promoting and encouraging the progress of women within their
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October 10, 2014 - Privacy
Breaking Old Ground: California Again Amends Data Security Breach Law
By: Nathan D. Taylor
Not to be outdone by Florida , California has yet again amended its data security breach law and again in groundbreaking (yet confusing) fashion. On September 30, 2014, California Governor Brown signed into law a bill ( “AB 1710” ) that appears to impose
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October 05, 2014 - Terms of Use
Implementing and Enforcing Online Terms of Use
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Operators of social media platforms and other websites must manage a large number of risks arising from their interactions with users. In an effort to maintain a degree of predictability and mitigate some of those risks, website operators routinely present users with terms of
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October 01, 2014 - Employment Law, Litigation
The Death of Courtesy and Civility Under the National Labor Relations Act
In 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the “Board”) found a “courtesy” policy unlawful. Since then, the NLRB has continued to create more and more tension between the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or the “Act”) and employers’ legitimate interests in maintaining
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September 29, 2014 - FTC
FTC Warns Advertisers to Check the Fine Print in “Operation Full Disclosure”; Shot Across the Bow Could Signal Law Enforcement Actions to Come
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced this week that it sent warning letters to more than 60 national advertisers regarding the inadequacy of disclosures in their television and print ads. The letters are part of an initiative named “Operation Full Disclosure,” which the FTC
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September 23, 2014 - Terms of Use, Litigation
To Click or Not to Click? Ninth Circuit Rejects Browsewrap Arbitration Clause
In Kevin Khoa Nguyen v. Barnes & Noble Inc. , 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 15868 (9th Cir. 2014), decided on August 18, 2014, the Ninth Circuit rejected an attempt to bind a consumer to an arbitration clause found in an online terms of use
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