Administrative Law, International Law & Trade, Communications & Media Law

Levick Weekly - March 1, 2013: The Libor Scandal; Prosecutors Have A New Plan

by Gene Grabowski, Richard S. Levick | LEVICK on 3/4/2013

In This Issue: - The Food Safety Modernization Act - The LIBOR Scandal - Prosecutors Have a New Plan - Food Safety Compliance - A Hogan Lovells Roundtable - Lessons from the Oldest CEO Succession Plan on...more

5 Best Practices for Employers Addressing Social Media Use in the Workplace

by Cecile Martin | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 1/7/2013

For the second year in a row, Proskauer has conducted a global survey, “Social Media in the Workplace Around the World 2.0”, which addresses the use of social media in the work place....more

2012 Payments Systems Year-in-Review

by Craig Hoffman | BakerHostetler on 12/29/2012

The interchange fee and the potential of mobile payments were the dominant payment system issues in 2012. From a landmark antitrust settlement to seemingly daily announcements of a new prepaid or mobile payment product, there...more

Congressional Committee Finds Huawei And ZTE To Be Threats To National Security By Shannon Doyle

by King & Spalding on 12/14/2012

On October 8, 2012, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (“the Committee”) published a report declaring two Chinese telecommunication equipment manufacturers, Huawei Technologies Company and ZTE, to be threats...more

Green Marketing & Advertising Law Update

by Heenan Blaikie LLP on 12/6/2012

In This Issue: - The Skinny: What's New? - So Who Now Has the Strictest Standards in the Land (World)? - Where the US Guide is Less Extensive - US Coming on Board with Other Guidelines - Green Advertising...more

McAfee & Taft tiP Sheet - November 2012

by Sasha L. Beling, William D. Hall, Zach Oubre | McAfee & Taft on 11/20/2012

In This Issue: - 1 Common sense trade secret protection - 4 Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation to impact electronic marketing and communications - 5 Concerns over copyright infringement drive Google to change...more

New Reasons to Protect Trademarks Through Registration

by Deborah A. Wilcox | BakerHostetler on 11/19/2012

Taking the proactive step to register trademarks, whenever possible, is vital in today's online world. Given the proposed release of countless new generic top level domains by ICANN (the governing...more

Exempting Storage Media from Canada's Private Copying Levies (Redux)

by Heenan Blaikie LLP on 11/8/2012

Following up on our post from July 2012, the government implemented on November 7, 2012 regulations to the Copyright Act (Canada) which exempt certain types of memory cards from the sceop of the "private copying levy", as...more

Report From an Energized WIPO Conference in Geneva

by Jeff Ifrah on 10/25/2012

Each October, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a United Nations agency, hosts at its Geneva, Switzerland, headquarters about 50 participants from around the world for a two-day conclave to discuss recent...more

No “Do Overs”: Children, Personal Information and Marketing in Canada

by Dentons on 10/18/2012

Few dispute that the law should protect the privacy of children. In a recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, the court held that the “[r]ecognition of the inherent vulnerability of children has consistent and deep...more

Intelligence Committee Calls for Expansion of CFIUS Jurisdiction

by Patton Boggs LLP on 10/11/2012

On October 8, 2012, the House Intelligence Committee issued a damning bi-partisan report on what it perceived to be national security risks posed by two Chinese telecommunications companies: Huawei and ZTE. The committee...more

Advocacy Groups Challenge The Validity Of WTO Ruling On Country Of Origin Labeling In U.S. District Court

by King & Spalding on 10/9/2012

On September 1, 2012, advocacy groups filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado challenging the recent WTO ruling against U.S. statutory provisions and regulations establishing mandatory...more

EU Environment Report - September 2012

by White & Case LLP on 10/3/2012

In This Issue: - Automobiles: ..EU to extend exemption for lead in cars - Chemicals ..New REACH restrictions on cadmium and lead published ..Prohibition on mercury in measuring devices extended ..New...more

Libya Loses Court Battle Over Its Own ‘Libyan Embassy’ Trademark

by Jeff Ifrah on 9/19/2012

In an interesting recent opinion, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rebuffed the Libyan Government’s bid to obtain a transfer to it of the domain name registration for libyanembassy.com from a “legalization...more

One year of Data Protection Enforcement in France: what the CNIL's Activity Report Reveals

by Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 9/17/2012

The French Data Protection Authority (“CNIL”) has recently issued its activity report for 2011. It provides us with some interesting data and allows us to reflect on the ever-growing importance of privacy and data protection...more

Baker & McKenzie: Intellectual Property (Streamline) - September 2012

by Baker & McKenzie Australia on 9/11/2012

In this issue: - Regulation > High Court Rules on Tobacco Plain Packaging Laws - Trade Marks > Parallel importers beware > Successful opposition based on "use would be contrary to law" > Use...more

‘Health Claim’ Definition to Be Interpreted Widely, EU Court Rules

by K&L Gates LLP on 9/10/2012

In its first judgment on Regulation 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods, the Court of Justice of the EU adopted a broad interpretation of the definition of “health claim” by ruling that claims for merely...more

SEC Adopts Dodd-Frank Rules Regarding Conflict Minerals and Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers and Defers Rules for...

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/23/2012

On August 22, 2012, the SEC adopted disclosure rules required by Sections 1502 and 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act related to conflict minerals and payments by issuers engaged in resource...more