Access Of Computer System With Log-In Credentials Is Not Unlawful “Hacking”
A California federal court in Enki Corporation v. Freedman held that a former employee’s access of the employer’s computer systems through his log-in credentials did not amount to unlawful hacking...
View ArticleProduct Placement – Rules and Trends in Italy
Branded content is a hype word. Audiovisual content is meddled with products and vice-versa, while advertisers are more creative in devising new solutions. Within this context product placement is...
View ArticleChina Update - February 19, 2014
In This Issue: Quote Of The Week; U.S.-China Relations; China News; Trade; and Energy & Environment. Excerpt from U.S.-China Relations - Secretary Kerry in Beijing: February 13 to February 18,...
View ArticlePrivacy: What the World Has to Say About It
Let’s face it: technology has made the world smaller. It’s no longer extraordinary for what was once termed a “mid-sized” or “regional” company to trade and outsource in foreign markets. Indeed, the...
View ArticleThere’s A Printer For That!
Fresh off his last Tonight Show monologue, Jay Lento is scouring the vintage car dealers’ websites to find replacement wheel hubs for his antique BMW. Searching worldwide, he finds none. When his...
View ArticleWhistleblowing and Data Privacy in France: A New Pragmatic Approach for...
The French data protection authority has extended the scope of whistleblowing protections to employment and discrimination claims....By: McDermott Will & Emery
View ArticleThe Final NIST Cybersecurity Framework Document Is Out: Now What?
The year-long process – led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – of conducting outreach to the private sector, issuing drafts,...
View ArticleItalian TV gambling advertising is here to stay!
Can you afford to lose € 71 million of revenues a year? This is the likely thought of Italian major TV companies after having read about the approval by the Senate of a gaming law named “delega fiscale...
View ArticleOracle v. Rimini Ruling Shows Importance of Clarifying Consultants’ Rights in...
Oracle USA, Inc. (“Oracle”) brought suit against Rimini Street, Inc. (“Rimini”), a software support-services provider. Rimini offers licensees of Oracle products a secondary source for support of...
View ArticleAnnouncing a Job Move on LinkedIn or Facebook - Breach of Contract or Fair Game?
It is always worthwhile to talk about current developments in the area of social media and employment law, and to look back at their contextual import. Much of the fun, however, lies in playing the...
View ArticleFCC Issues Closed Captioning Quality Standards for Television Programs
At its February 2014 Open Meeting today, the FCC approved new regulations governing the quality of closed captions that must appear in television programming. As noted in our earlier advisory, the...
View ArticleWhatsApp plus Facebook, what data protection issues?
Adding 450 million monthly users to 1.3 bn monthly users costs $19 bn according to Facebook, but also means that the buyer will be able to know about (and benefit from) much more information on its...
View ArticleConsumer Rights Directive: Significant implications for online businesses...
The EU Consumer Rights Directive (2011/83/EC) will bring into effect, from 13 June 2014, significant changes to German consumer rights. The aim of the Directive is to standardise national legislation...
View ArticleWhat Makes A Bank's Information Security Procedures "Commercially Unreasonable?"
In Patco Construction Co., Inc. v. People's United Bank, a federal court ruled that failing to review and respond to security alerts may render a bank's information security procedures commercially...
View ArticleWho’s Number One? Shoot for Engagement Over All Else – Lessons from Local...
It’s February — and that means it’s time for local television stations across the nation to get out their measuring sticks. Here in Minneapolis, and on this day, that notion carries a double meaning....
View ArticleCollecting Societies Overhaul
With harmonisation of collective rights management in the EU having been on the European Commission’s agenda since as far back as 1995, 4 November 2013 saw the conclusion of negotiations concerning the...
View ArticleNIST Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Version 1.0
On February 12th, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) unveiled version 1.0 of its voluntary Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (Framework). The...
View ArticleCrushing the Competition
The first time I head the phrase “Candy Crush,” I remember thinking it was something edible. In actuality, Candy Crush (also known as “Candy Crush Saga”) is a game developed by the developer King.com,...
View ArticleThe Louisiana Supreme Court's Decision In Caldwell v. Janssen And The Broader...
On January 28, 2014, the Supreme Court of Louisiana set aside a judgment of $257 million in civil penalties that a lower court had entered in favor of the state against Janssen under the Louisiana...
View ArticleComplaint from BBB Triggers HarperCollins COPPA-Compliance Measures
The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) announced that it has recommended that HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. (the “Company”) modify its information collection practices on its Ruby Redfort...
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