What U.S. Businesses And Others Need To Know About The New Canadian Anti-Spam...
A new Canadian law taking effect on July 1, 2014, will impact businesses -- whether located in Canada, the United States, or elsewhere -- that send commercial electronic messages to computers located...
View ArticleBitcoin: A Tale of Digital Trails
Once thought of as an anonymous method of buying and selling goods and services, Bitcoin users and researchers are increasingly aware of the inherent limits of anonymity in the context of Bitcoin use....
View ArticlePoland: Additional payment services available to operators regulated under...
Changes to the Polish Gambling Act have broadened the array of payment service providers that Polish-licensed operators can use. In October 2013, an amendment to the Polish Gambling Act came into force...
View ArticleData Breach Class Settlement Approved After Eleventh Circuit Held Identity...
Recently, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida approved a class settlement in a case in which the plaintiffs claimed financial harm from a health care company’s failure to...
View ArticleHow Much Are You Willing To Pay For Privacy?
How much are you willing to pay for personal privacy? 50% off a McDonald’s hamburger? 20% off groceries? Participation in the $1 Billion NCAA Tournament Bracket Challenge?...By: Gray Plant Mooty
View ArticleFDA Draft Guidance Proposes Change to Combination Product Exclusivity Policy
New market exclusivity opportunities emerge for pharmaceutical companies. In draft guidance released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) on February 24, 2014, the Agency proposed...
View Article"CANDY" Crushed
From taxi cabs, to subways, to airplanes, to your dinner table, it was virtually impossible to avoid “Candy Crush Saga” in 2013. With over a half billion downloads on Facebook and mobile devices, Candy...
View ArticleHave You Asked All The Right Questions?
In a recent alert, we outlined potential risks businesses face in the wake of cyber security threats as a result of inadequate data protection. 2013 had the highest number of recorded data breaches in...
View ArticleDMCA Takedown? Not Without a Registration
A recent court ruling has provided yet another reason to register your copyrights sooner rather than later. One of the most effective ways of protecting your copyrights is a takedown under the Digital...
View ArticleSocial Media Training is About Balance: Embrace the Power, Mitigate the Risks
Perhaps you’ve heard of this crazy new thing called “Social Media.” Of course you have. Even your grandmother uses Facebook now, right?...By: The Network, Inc.
View ArticleOnline Protection for Children: Delaware following California?
Delaware state representative Darryl Scott recently introduced the Child Online Protection Act (House Bill 261 or the “Bill”), to the state’s House of Representatives. If passed, the Bill would: (1)...
View ArticleWisconsin Legislators Pass Bill to Thwart “Patent Trolls”
On March 20, 2014, Wisconsin lawmakers passed a bill in an attempt to limit the ability of non-practicing entities (NPE) – also commonly referred to as “patent trolls” – to file claims demanding patent...
View ArticleExamples of 2014 DOE Grants, Loan and Financing Programs – Part 1 of 3
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) supports a wide range of grants, loan and financing programs and also funds transformational and up-and-coming technologies that create innovative ways to source,...
View ArticleMove over, Congress: The Supreme Court may be this year’s game-changer on...
In a normal year, the U.S. Supreme Court does not normally grant certiorari to patent law cases. In a good year, the Supreme Court may grant certiorari to a single case impacting patent law. In 2014,...
View ArticleFederation of State Medical Boards to Vote on Telemedicine Policy
The March 20th edition of Modern Healthcare reports on a “patient centered telemedicine policy” to be voted on by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB). I’ve attached links to both the article...
View ArticleEmployer Access to Employee Social Media: Applicant Screening, ‘Friend’...
A 2013 CareerBuilder survey of hiring managers and human resource professionals reports that more than two in five companies use social networking sites to research job candidates. This interest in...
View ArticleIPR Update -- The First Biotech IPR Decisions
Earlier this month, on March 6, 2014, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("Board") issued three related inter partes review opinions, marking the first set of opinions related to either the Biotech or...
View ArticleThe Elevator Speech Overview
The House and Senate were both on recess this week. On Tuesday, the U.S. suspended the operations of Syria’s U.S. embassy and consulates as the Syrian civil war enters its fourth year. Also Tuesday,...
View ArticleHealth Care Update
In This Issue: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Upcoming Hearings and Markups....
View ArticleWould Texas Law Support Disgorgement of Payments When Plaintiff’s Daughter...
In a case that received national attention, on February 26, 2014, a Florida District Court of Appeal held that a plaintiff’s comments to his daughter regarding a settlement with his former employer and...
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