ArticleSelfies Going Business Mainstream?Selfies — are you a fan or a hater? Either way, selfies may soon not only be personal, but they may also have a business function.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentDuane Morris LLP
ArticleTelecommunications Law UpdatesUnited StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentWilmer Cutler & Pickering
ArticleTrade Dress Can Be Viable Means of Protecting Websites from Competitor’s Look-Alike SitesSomewhere between a well-recognized website design like Google’s home page and a fledgling e-commerce venture built with free web building software lives most other websites. United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleApp Developers Need To Obtain Free And Informed Consent To Collect Personal Data From End Users Via AppsApp developers must also take care not to stretch or exceed the purposes for which they are collecting and using personal data if they are to avoid breaking European data protection law. United StatesPrivacyMayer Brown
ArticleBoard Oversight And Cybersecurity - What Are The Risks To Your Company?Does your board exercise proper oversight over cybersecurity risks?United StatesPrivacyFoley Hoag LLP
ArticleCalifornia AG Threatens Enforcement of Privacy Policy Disclosure Laws Against App ProvidersOpening up a potential new enforcement risk for all providers of apps, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced on October 30 that she is sending notices to up to 100 providers of mobile apps.United StatesPrivacyRopes & Gray LLP
ArticleVermont Strengthens Its Data Broker LawVermont has significantly strengthened its data broker registration law with amendments that expand the definition of covered businesses, impose know-your-customer obligations, and introduce substantial penalties including...United StatesPrivacyFrankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
ArticleWhat's Up With Facebook's Acquisition Of WhatsApp?WhatsApp, a messaging service that is often used for international texting and other services, is about to be gobbled up by Facebook, right?United StatesPrivacyDuane Morris LLP
ArticleWhite House States Support For Sen. Lieberman's Cybersecurity Act Of 2012The Administration strongly supports Senate passage of S. 3414, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. United StatesPrivacyFoley Hoag LLP
ArticleBring On The Bots!While what constitutes "advanced" constantly evolves, advanced robotic systems have been a reality on manufacturing floors since at least the 1970s.United StatesStrategyFoley & Lardner LLP
ArticleCongressional Bill Introduced re: Financial Support for Joint Ventures Between U.S. and Israeli Companies to Provide Homeland Security Wares and ServicesRep. Jim Turner, a Congressman from Texas and the Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, has introduced a bill, H.R. 3871, to support collaboration between United States and Israeli companies developing or providing anti-terrorist technology. United StatesStrategyWolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen LLP
ArticleDrones: The Next Big Thing!There have been several technological paradigm shifts over the past few decades.United StatesStrategyDuane Morris LLP
ArticleFTC Seeks Comment On Labeling Requirement For E-Mail Containing Sexually Oriented ContentOn January 29, 2004, the Federal Trade Commission published a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish a mark that will be required to be included in commercial electronic mail that includes sexually oriented material under Section 5(d) of the CAN-SPAM Act. The purpose of this mark is to inform the e-mail recipient that the message contains sexually oriented material and to help facilitate filtering of such messages. United StatesStrategyDLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
ArticleRecent Cases Emphasize the Need for Technology Use PoliciesUnited StatesStrategyVinson & Elkins LLP
ArticleThe Danger Of Manipulated VideosTechnology has advanced to the point that videos can be doctored in terms of words spoken or physical actions taken to the point that those videos can look quite authentic.United StatesStrategyDuane Morris LLP
ArticleTrolls Under The Bridge: FTC Proposes Settlement With Patent Assertion EntityThe case marks the first time that the FTC has used its consumer protection authority against a patent assertion entity. United StatesStrategyHolland & Knight
ArticleTax Questions Confront VoIP ServicesLike Tom Cruise in the movie Jerry Maguire, federal, state and municipal taxing authorities are asking IP enabled voice and video services to ‘show them the money.’United StatesTaxBingham McCutchen
ArticleAssisted Reproductive Technology (ART): Will The Everchanging Reproductive Rights Of Oklahomans Be Impacted?With the United States Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, many states are implementing new laws regarding a woman's reproductive right to abortion. As with the implementation of any new law.United StatesTechnologyPhillips Murrah
ArticleFTC Issues Policy Statement Regarding Biometric InformationThe Federal Trade Commission has issued a policy statement addressing the use of biometric information and related technologies, focusing on privacy, security, bias, and discrimination.United StatesTechnologyFrankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC