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New State Laws Prohibit Employers and Academic Institutions from Requesting Usernames and Passwords to Monitor Social Media...

An increasing number of states are passing laws that prohibit employers and academic institutions from requesting or requiring employees, job applicants, students, and prospective students to turn over their social media...more

Advertising Law -- March 1, 2012

In This Issue: FCC Issues New Regs on Robocalls Lack of Magnetic Attraction Leads to False Ad Suit SEC Cautions Advisers About Risks of Social Media Google’s Privacy Changes Result...more

California Amends Its Security Breach Law And German Privacy Agency Limits Social Media Marketing By Businesses

California Amends Its Security Breach Notification Law Beginning January 1, 2012, any business that is required, under California's security breach notification law, to provide notice to individuals must include in the...more

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update - Vol. 2, Issue 4 - August 2011

In this issue: Crowd Control: SEC Cracks Down on Crowdfunding Venture; Using Copyright Assignments to Control Customer Reviews; A Short History of Social Media; Stir It Up: Bob Marley and Cease & Desist Letters; Two Recent...more

Paris' Best Kept Secret

Launch of New Incoterms 2010 Rules by the ICC...more

California State Teachers Retirment System v. Blankenship, et al.

West Virginia Supreme Court Order denying Preliminary Injunction in Massey - Alpha merger case, but also refusing to seal certain...

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issued an Order denying Massey shareholders' request for a Preliminary Injunction to challenge the merger of Massey and Alpha Natural Resources. The parties had also sought to seal...more

California State Teachers Retirement System v Blankenship, et al.

NPR and the Charleston Gazette's Opposition to Motion to Seal Record in Massey - Alpha merger case

National Public Radio (NPR) and the Charleston Gazette filed this Opposition to a Motion to Seal the Record in a case brought by shareholders of Massey Energy Company seeking to block the sale of Massey to Alpha Natural...more

Business News Digest - April 2011

Venable attorneys produce periodic alerts and newsletters covering a variety of topics and practice areas. For your convenience, we have assembled below a collection of the latest alerts and newsletters from March 2011. To...more