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The Katten Kattwalk | Issue 21

SCOTUS Confirms Willful Infringement Not Required to Award Trademark Profits - On April 23, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a plaintiff can win a profits remedy without showing that the defendant...more

Hotels, Hospitality and Guest Privacy: Six Important Questions to Ask After the Andrews Verdict

Earlier this month, a Nashville jury awarded sportscaster Erin Andrews $55 million after she sued the companies that franchise, own and operate a hotel, alleging that the hotel improperly gave her private information to...more

What US Companies Need to Know About New EU Data Protection Rules

On December 15, the European Commission put forward the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which—subject to formal adoption by the European Parliament in 2016—will replace the 1995 Data Protection Directive, the...more

The Court of Justice of the European Union Sinks the Safe Harbor Program

The End of Safe Harbor - In a decision that could significantly impact those doing business in the United States and Europe, the European Union's highest court ruled on October 6, 2015, that the U.S.-E.U. Safe Harbor...more

Privacy Policies 2.0: Making Disclosures More Meaningful

Website privacy policies are a ubiquitous fact of web life, intended to allow users to easily understand the personal information being collected by a website and how that site uses and shares that information. Over time,...more

FTC Settles With Businesses Who Allegedly Misrepresented US-EU Safe Harbor Certification

Beware: Even if your company substantially complies with the Privacy Principles of the US-EU Safe Harbor, failure to annually re-certify can land you in hot water. Twelve US businesses—ranging from sports teams, to...more

California Does It Again! - Recommends Best Practices for the Mobile App Industry

In last month’s Technology Advisory, I described recent actions of the California Attorney General designed to improve privacy protections for users of mobile applications. This included an agreement the California Attorney...more

Privacy Policies Now a Must for Mobile Apps

California has long been a leader in privacy legislation. That position was strengthened recently when the California Attorney General filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against a company for its failure to include a privacy...more

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