All I wanted for Christmas was the telecom legislation: Now what?
Christmas wish list of many had the enacting of Mexican telecom legislation on time (December 9, 2013). By now, we know for sure that the Congress missed that important date set in the transitory...
View ArticleOn the 11th Day of Privacy, class counsel served on me……
. . . a data breach class action. Hackers and plaintiffs’ lawyers could combine to make 2014 the year when class actions concerning theft of sensitive information proliferate. On this 11th Day of...
View ArticleOn the 12th Day of Privacy, ISO gave to me….
No, not this ISO – THIS ISO The question is not whether a company will be the target of a data breach, but when. Verizon’s most recent Data Breach Investigation Report states that, in 2012, there were...
View ArticleEurope: CJEU - Dedicated Meta Search Engine Infringes Database Rights...
On 19 December 2013 the Court of Justice of the European Union rendered an important judgment concerning the interpretation of Article 7 of Directive 96/9/EC regarding the legal protection of databases...
View ArticleNew Advisory on Canadian Anti-Spam Law That Covers Commercial Emails and...
Be sure to spend some time with our recent advisory on Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL), now that compliance dates for rules governing commercial electronic messages (CEMs), software downloads, and...
View ArticleFederal Circuit Review - December 2013
Apple Awarded Permanent Injunction - In Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Appeal No. 13-1129, the Federal Circuit vacated denial of a permanent injunction with respect to Apple’s utility patents...
View ArticleAnd On The 12th Day Of Privacy, Something For Directors…..Mind The Gap!
On our last “day of Privacy”, we have a little extra (perhaps a lump of coal….) post: in 2014, cyber risk has been elevated to a board issue – read on and forward to your favorite company director! As...
View ArticleIf at First You Don't Succeed... FTC Approves Second Candidate's New COPPA...
The Federal Trade Commission announced that it has approved a new method for companies to obtain parents’ verifiable consent for online collection and use of children’s personal information under the...
View ArticleJeff Ifrah and Sarah Coffey’s Three iGaming Predictions for 2014
The internet gaming industry is always changing, and 2013 was a banner year in which state-level iGaming was legalized and launched in three states. We at Ifrah Law have been in this business a long...
View ArticleGoogle Tax Or What Tax?
The web tax previously covered has now become more and more a Google tax given that its final approved version relates only to online ads and sponsored links, but the main issue concerns the...
View ArticleItaly’s High Court Upholds Acquittal Of Google Executives In Video Privacy Case
On December 17, Italy’s highest court, the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation, issued a landmark ruling upholding the acquittal of three Google senior executives by the Milan Court of Appeals....
View ArticleFederal Judge Rules NSA Data Collection Program Is Likely Unconstitutional
On December 16, 2013, a federal judge for the District of Columbia issued an injunction prohibiting the U.S. government from collecting telephonic metadata as part of a National Security Agency ("NSA")...
View ArticleBranding renegades in the Southwest and other holiday reading
It’s the week between Christmas and New Year – which hopefully means you find yourself with a little R&R time. R&R in our household always includes time to read purely for pleasure. With that,...
View ArticleCMS And OIG Release Final Rules Extending Stark Law Exception And...
In 2006, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") and the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (the "OIG") published final rules providing for an...
View ArticleTwo Judges in the Central District of California Dismiss Labeling Class...
Judges George Wu and Manuel Real both recently dismissed two class actions in the Central District of California that challenged the labeling of food and cosmetics as false and misleading. Defendants...
View ArticleDenied Again: Alleged Violation of Statute is Enough for Hulu Privacy Case to...
On December 20, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order in In re: Hulu Privacy Litigation that solely addressed the issue of whether the Video Privacy...
View ArticleInformation Governance - 2013 in Review
2013 was the year that the term "Information Governance" or "IG" began to be widely used outside of technical circles. Despite that fact, the concept of IG is not well understood. Gartner, a premier...
View ArticleInternational Privacy - 2013 Year in Review - Ukraine
Ukraine privacy law is undergoing a dramatic shift with its introduction of new legislation, “On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding Improving the System of Personal Data...
View ArticleInternational Privacy - 2013 Year in Review
2013 was a year in contrasts within data privacy. To begin with the “normal” course, Canada sought (but failed) to pass a mandatory breach notification amendment to its federal privacy law, and Uruguay...
View ArticleThe Ascertainability Requirement Claims Another Class. A Growing Trend?
A new case, Hernandez v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., No. CV 12-5543 DSF JCX, 2013 WL 6332002 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 2, 2013), highlights challenges plaintiffs face in certifying classes where membership in...
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