Access to Cellular Phone Records by Defense Counsel
In many criminal cases, cellular telephone records are an invaluable resource. These records may shed light on whether an alleged victim or witness communicated with someone of importance in a case,...
View ArticleNotifications and Names: FTC Workshop Explores Effect of State Legislation...
Biologic medicines represent some of the most significant—both clinically and financially— pharmaceutical products in the United States today. Biologics have had remarkable success in the treatment of...
View ArticleThe “Civil War” With No Opposition – Notice of Allowance to Oregon for...
Work brought me to Harrisburg, Pa. during the first part of this week. Two colleagues and I finished with our business early Wednesday, so we took in the sights at the National Civil War Museum, which...
View ArticleToshiba & Samsung Argue - Technology Evolves/Patent Claims Don't
Judge Steve C. Jones entered a Markman Order (full order here) in the dispute between Synchrome Technology Inc. (“Synchrome”), as plaintiff, and Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (“Toshiba”),...
View ArticleNew York Department of Financial Services Will Consider Proposals for Virtual...
The New York Department of Financial Services issued a public order indicating that it will begin to consider proposals and applications for the establishment of regulated virtual currency exchanges...
View ArticleMyriad Appeals Adverse Preliminary Injunction Decision
On March 13, Myriad Genetics filed a Notice of (interlocutory) Appeal with the Federal Circuit. Myriad is seeking to have the Court review and reverse the District Court's denial of the company's...
View ArticleFrench Employers: Only Three Months Left to Set Up a Single Database | Base...
French law requires companies with 300 or more employees to set up a single database for economic and employment information by no later than 14 June 2014. The French Job Security Act of 14 June 2013,...
View ArticleU.S. Government Begins Process to Give Up Control Over Key Internet Functions
On March 14, the NTIA (the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration) announced that it would immediately start a process to transition control of “Key...
View ArticleEDRM Releases A New Model For Analyzing Private Data
Recent high-profile data breaches have placed security of personally identifiable information (PII) at the forefront of many organizations’ concerns. Protecting PII and other private data can be a...
View ArticleA Brief Overview of the Case Law Regarding "Failure to Train" Claims - And...
In recent years, causes of action for “failure to train,” or allegations predicated on a duty to train, have been on the rise in cases against medical device manufacturers. Historically, however, such...
View ArticleCourt Upholds City's Ability to Regulate an Advertising Sign After Finding...
After over 35 years of advertising its business with a 35 foot pole sign, the Court of Appeal agreed with the City of West Sacramento that the time had come for U-Haul to reduce the sign's height to 12...
View ArticleMintz Levin Health Care Qui Tam Update - Recent Developments & Unsealed Cases
Trends & Analysis - ..We have identified 18 health care–related qui tam cases unsealed since last month’s Qui Tam Update. Of those, 10 were filed from 2012 to the present. The remaining cases,...
View ArticleAnti-Bullying Hurdles for the Life Sciences
First Decision for the Fair Work Commission's Anti-Bullying Regime - The Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) Anti-Bullying Regime opened its doors on 1 January 2014. The new Anti-Bullying Regime got off to a...
View ArticleDick’s Matters
Every now and then I see an advertising campaign that really takes me by surprise and compels me to gush over it publicly. While I suppose there is no particular recipe for the campaigns that really...
View ArticleDeveloping a Corporate Strategy to Address Known Risks
Matt Dunning at BusinessInsurance.com announced some eye-opening news: “Despite its ubiquity in corporate communications and marketing, a startling percentage of companies has no formal strategy for...
View ArticleVisa and MasterCard Endorse HCE
Visa and MasterCard announced in late February plans to support cloud-based mobile payments through a new feature in the Android mobile operating system called Host Card Emulation (HCE). HCE leverages...
View ArticleHealth Alert (Australia) - 24 March 2014
In This Issue: Judgments; Legislation; and Reports. Excerpt from Reports: Australia. Department of Health & Ageing - Media releases - 18 March 2014 - Latest PBS listings include medicines for...
View ArticleNewspaper publisher sues CFPB for documents on headquarters renovation
We recently reported that the CFPB had issued its first Annual Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Report which provided statistical information for FOIA requests the CFPB received in FY 2013. It turns...
View ArticleTelevisa and Telmex on two legs after Watchdog resolutions
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the titanic tasks that the Mexican telecom regulator had to achieve according to the recent constitutional telecom reform. One of those tasks was to declare...
View ArticleOnline Product Management Beyond DMCA Safe Harbor
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was in large part designed to help content providers prevent copyright infringement on the Internet. Nonetheless, a countervailing concernt is firmly...
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