FTC Expands Reach on Conspicuousness of Privacy Disclosures in Settlement...
An FTC settlement with a mobile app over its privacy disclosures alleged to be deceptive may seem to be run-of-the-mill. After all, the FTC has been settling cases for years with companies whose data...
View ArticleAre You Ready For California’s “Do Not Track” Requirements?
Over the last several months, California has passed several new privacy and data protection laws that impact operators of websites, online services and mobile applications around the country, including...
View ArticleFTC To Host Consumer Privacy Seminars
On December 2, the FTC announced a series of seminars to be held in 2014 dedicated to the privacy implications of: (i) mobile device tracking—tracking consumers in retail and other businesses using...
View ArticleMajor Tech Companies Call For Greater Digital Due Process In Government...
AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo have issued an open letter to Washington calling on politicians to reform government surveillance worldwide....By: Dentons
View ArticleCourt Report -- December 08, 2013
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Astrazeneca AB et al. v. Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. et al. 3:13-cv-07298; filed December 3, 2013 in the...
View ArticleHave Your Safeguards for Protecting Confidential Information Kept Pace With...
Today’s next-generation manufacturing is marked by speed and technology. However, technology can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, technological innovations and advancements have resulted in a...
View ArticleASIC puts insider trading under the microscope
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced that its new $43.7 million next generation market surveillance system has become operational. The system, known as Market...
View ArticleMobile Apps Remain Regulatory Focus as FTC Enforces Data Privacy of Popular...
The provider of the immensely popular “Brightest Flashlight Free” mobile app for Android reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over charges that it collected sensitive personal...
View ArticleWellPoint, Inc. Pays $1.7 Million for HIPAA Breach Arising When It Upgraded...
WellPoint, Inc. (“WellPoint”), a health benefits company, recently entered into a Resolution Agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), in which WellPoint agreed to pay HHS...
View ArticleNew California Advertising And Privacy Laws: What’s Your Compliance Plan?
New California Requirements Regarding "Do Not Track" Transparency and Advertising to Minors Have Substantial Effects on Advertisers, Ad Tech Companies, Website Publishers and App Developers -...
View ArticleCorporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume VIII, Issue 46
In this issue: - SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues 14 New C&DIs Relating to “Bad Actor” Rules - NASDAQ Proposes Change to Listing Rules Regarding Compensation Committee Independence -...
View ArticleFederal Court Sends Conditional Registrations of Nanosilver Pesticides Back...
Swiss company HeiQ Materials proposed to use new pesticides AGS-20 and AGS-20 (U) on manufactured textiles such as clothing, blankets, and carpet. Nanosilver is used in the pesticides to suppress...
View ArticleSEC Issues Guidance on Bad Actor Rules
On December 4, 2013, the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“CDIs”)...
View Article“Dope!” Does Not Indicate Consent
It is rare for a case to combine energy drinks, copyright law, DJs, rap and snowboarding in Canada. The court’s decision in Beastie Boys v. Monster Energy Co. is such a case....By: Field Law
View ArticleThird-Party Service Providers Not Liable for Contributory Trademark...
Trademark owners frustrated by cybersquatting will not be able to sue third-party service providers for contributory infringement, according to a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth...
View ArticleThe Regulation of Follow-on Biologics
What is new in the world of follow-on biologics? Manthei: Congress enacted the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 to provide an alternative to the submission of a Biologics License...
View ArticleAdvertising News & Analysis - December 6, 2013
In this issue: - A Little Free Advice on Quality "Sale" Disclaimers - What are the Odds? CARU Takes Aim at Boy Scout Sweeps - What Happens When Marketers Ignore NAD? - Upcoming Events - Excerpt from...
View ArticleLook for the Red Kettle This Holiday Season?
My iPhone captured this Salvation Army ad posted on a Minneapolis bus that I was following this morning in snowy and very slow traffic. Given how prominently the Red Kettle has become in Salvation Army...
View ArticleReaction to the Passage of the Innovation Act (H.R. 3309)
As we reported last week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3309, the Innovation Act, by on overwhelming margin. A copy of the final bill can be found here. The next step is consideration by the...
View ArticleBeware of What You Wish for, You Might Get It
As this blog has reported on numerous occasions, plaintiffs have brought claims challenging labeling of food products for mislabeling. The labels challenged include the use of the term “natural”, “0g...
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