Commercial Law & Contracts, Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law

Recent Privacy Developments: California AG Continues to Lead on Mobile with New Recommendations and FTC Amends COPPA

by Antony Kim, Stephanie Sharron, Joe Wright | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/15/2013

Nearly all businesses today are involved in some way in the development or distribution of mobile applications. The first part of this Client Alert highlights recent activities of the California State Attorney General to...more

California Attorney General Announces Privacy Recommendations for Mobile Apps and the Mobile Industry

by Ieuan Jolly, Brian Nixon, Michael Thurman | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 1/14/2013

Yesterday Kamala Harris, California's Attorney General, issued Privacy on the Go: Recommendations for the Mobile Ecosystem. The report and recommendations are intended to encourage app developers and others in the mobile...more

California’s Attorney General Releases Privacy Recommendations for Mobile Apps

by Karen H Bromberg | Cohen & Gresser LLP on 1/11/2013

California’s Attorney General released, on January 10, 2013, a lengthy set of recommended privacy practices aimed at app developers, app platform providers, mobile ad networks, operating system developers, and mobile...more

Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL) – Proposed New Regulations Would Soften Impact

by Margot Patterson | Dentons on 1/9/2013

Draft Regulations recognize CASL should not apply to ”regular business communications” Industry Canada has published long-awaited draft Regulations that would lessen the impact of Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL) on...more

The New Generation Of Channel Surfing

by Michael Shedletsky | Heenan Blaikie LLP on 1/7/2013

With big media moguls rushing to have their share of the YouTube pie, it is worth examining the fundamental shift in the YouTube platform, prompting Peter Chernin, Time Warner Cable, and RTL Bertlesmann (the largest private...more

Stefanie Fogel On What’s Next For Food Labeling Issues In 2013

by Gene Grabowski | LEVICK on 1/7/2013

After a year that saw labeling issues come to the forefront of the food safety conversation, I sat down with DLA Piper trial lawyer Stefanie Fogel to get her take on how manufacturers, producers, and retailers can expect the...more

Privacy Resolutions for Mobile App Providers in the New Year

by James McPhillips | Pillsbury Global Sourcing Practice on 1/5/2013

The end of 2012 saw a flurry of activity in the area of privacy enforcement. In July, Kamala Harris, the Attorney General of California, announced the formation of California's own state agency to investigate and enforce the...more

Increasing Scrutiny of Consumer Data Collection

by Rochelle Alpert, Karen Butcher, Ron Dreben, W. Reece Hirsch, Dana Nicoletti, Carla Oakley | Morgan Lewis on 1/3/2013

Recent FTC and California Attorney General actions highlight the need to reassess privacy policies. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently ordered the data brokerage industry to provide information on the collection...more

Private Eyes Are Watching You – California Files Its First Internet Consumer Privacy Enforcement Action

by Joan Archer, Jennifer Byrne, Tiffany Schwartz | Armstrong Teasdale LLP on 1/3/2013

Last month, the State of California filed its first enforcement action under its privacy laws against Delta Air Lines, seeking potentially millions of dollars in fines. Under California’s consumer privacy law, all parties...more

Five Data Governance Matters To Address In 2013

by Tim Banks | Dentons on 1/2/2013

It is 2013, and time for a bit of tough love. Here are five data governance matters that need your attention as soon as possible....more

Privacy Policies Now a Must for Mobile Apps

by Tanya Curtis, Leonard Ferber, Doron Goldstein | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 1/2/2013

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

Employee Burnout

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 1/1/2013

Sometimes employers can’t see the forest from the trees. This is often the case when it comes to the work environment, including workplace policies, and their impact on employee productivity and retention. In the rush to...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

The Retail Point Of Sale Goes Mobile

by Thomas (Tom) C. Bell, J. Dax Hansen, Sarah E. Lysons | Perkins Coie on 12/29/2012

Mobile point-of-sale payment terminals have experienced explosive growth over the past year. Unlike a traditional point-of-sale terminal, a mobile terminal communicates wirelessly when processing payment cards. There are...more

Déjà Vu All Over Again: California Federal Court Finally Tells Merchants When They Can Ask Consumers for Personal Infomation - But...

by Michael Mallow, Michael Thurman | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 12/28/2012

A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California issued an opinion Dec. 17, 2012, that seems to answer definitively a question that has weighed on the minds of California merchants for the...more