SEC Playing Bigger Role in Cybersecurity
Besides clarifying disclosure requirements,the agency is prompting companies to take proactive steps. Cybersecurity threats have reached a point where they cannot go ignored by any government agency,...
View ArticleCBM Can Turn The Tables In Patent Litigation
New patent infringement lawsuits fill the dockets every morning. The asserted patents are often directed to a process involving financial services or products, electronic commerce or monetary matters....
View ArticleIP Newsflash - July 2014
Federal Circuit Orders Stay of District Court Proceedings Pending Post-Grant Review - In its first decision on stays pending post-grant review under the AIA, the Federal Circuit has ordered a Texas...
View ArticleFederal Bank Regulators Increase Focus on Cybersecurity
As banking regulators increase their focus on cybersecurity, they are taking steps to raise financial institutions’ awareness about the need for preparedness. On June 24, 2014, the Federal Financial...
View ArticleSustainable Futures Training Workshop, August 5-7, 2014
Learn how to pre-screen new chemicals using EPA's models and methods during this hands-on, three-day workshop co-hosted by BRAG, EPA, and George Washington University (GWU) School of Law. You will...
View ArticleEuropean Banking Authority Potential Virtual Currency Regulatory Responses
On July 4, the European Banking Authority (EBA) released an Opinion that outlines for the EU Council, the European Commission, and the European Parliament requirements that would be needed to regulate...
View ArticleArbitration is not just for those who have agreed…
We all know that public policy, legislation and the courts favor enforcement of agreements to resolve disputes by arbitration rather than litigation. The Federal Arbitration Act, and the states’ laws...
View ArticleStatus Updates - July 2014 #5
..According to a consumer survey, more than 70% of time spent in social media takes place on mobile devices, including tablets. Total mobile engagement on social networks is up 55% in the last year. Of...
View ArticleCFPB and federal banking regulators increase focus on cybersecurity
As part of their increased focus on cybersecurity, the CFPB and federal banking are taking steps to raise financial institutions’ awareness about the need for preparedness. On June 24, 2014, the...
View ArticleAMA Issues Telemedicine Guidelines
On June 11, 2014, the American Medical Association (AMA) released a new set of telemedicine principles, which emerged from its policy report addressing “Coverage and Payment for Telemedicine.” The AMA...
View ArticleDoing Business in Canada - Marketing & Labeling Legislation
MARKETING & LABELING LEGISLATION - In Canada, the federal Competition Act prohibits certain marketing activities, which include: • Resale price maintenance • Predatory pricing • Price...
View ArticleIs There A Right To Be Forgotten? The Court of Justice of the European Union...
Since Google, a web search engine provider, became a multi-billion dollar company, it has steadfastly refused to remove internet search results on a discretionary basis. In fact, Google support...
View ArticleIs the ‘Food Court’ Losing Steam? - An Update on Food and Beverage Consumer...
In 2013, we examined the state of the ‘‘Food Court’’ in the Northern District of California. While highlighting the tidal wave of food and beverage-related consumer class action litigation in the...
View ArticleOIG Sticks It to Physician Specimen Collectors
On June 25, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of the Inspector General ("OIG") issued a Special Fraud Alert updating the previous guidelines concerning compensation by clinical...
View ArticleMove over Big Pharma: Health care is not the only industry susceptible to...
In contrast to the recent, public and record-breaking False Claims Act settlements with Big Pharma, the government’s intervention in a relator’s suit against a computer software company, alleging that...
View ArticleCMS Releases New Resources, Schedules Teleconference for Sunshine Review and...
As we informed you last week, the Open Payments review, dispute and correction process started today and will continue through September 11, 2014. This is the process that allows physicians and...
View ArticleWhat is the Scope of the FTC’s Authority When it Comes to Data Security?...
In early July, Wyndham Hotels asked the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to decide whether the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has the authority to oversee corporate data security. Although the FTC has...
View ArticleFacebook: What Exactly are We Sharing When We Update Our Statuses?
Facebook’s newest feature may have you thinking twice about your status updates. However it’s not what you write that you should worry about, but rather where you write it. The social media giant has...
View ArticleAlice v. CLS Bank Applied Broadly by the Federal Circuit
On Friday, the Federal Circuit released its first opinion citing the Supreme Court’s June 2014 decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank. This opinion is significant because it shows how the Federal Circuit...
View Article[Video] Are Criminal Laws the Right Response to Revenge Porn?
July 15, 2014 (Mimesis Law) -- Scott Greenfield, criminal defense attorney and blogger at Simple Justice, talks with Lee Pacchia about some of the problems he sees in passing laws criminalizing revenge...
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