Communications & Media Law, Science, Computers & Technology

NACHA’s Guidelines For Bill Payments Via QR Codes

by Kate Aishton, Andrew Grant | BuckleySandler LLP on 5/22/2013

NACHA, the Electronic Payments Association, has just taken a step towards easing consumer payments via mobile devices. The Council for Electronic Billing and Payment, a subsection of NACHA, released its 'Quick Response...more

Copyright Law Reform Engages Both Courts and Congress

by Jenevieve Maerker | Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &... on 5/22/2013

Big changes may be afoot in copyright law these days, via both litigation and legislation. Courts are considering sweeping infringement claims with potentially far-reaching implications, and Congress is beginning the process...more

YouTube (Part III) Notice-and-Take-Down Safe Harbour Under the DMCA

by Martin P.J. Kratz Q.C. | Bennett Jones LLP on 5/22/2013

A driving force for the development of the Internet was to provide certainty for Internet service organizations on the liability exposure they may have for acts of third parties on their Internet sites....more

FINRA Levies $9 Million Fine Against Financial Service Company Over Email Failures

by Pillsbury Social Media, Entertainment &... on 5/22/2013

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has levied a $7.5 million fine against LPL Financial LLC (LPL) for a series of email system failures which prevented LPL from accessing hundreds of millions of emails and...more

Poland - Cookies Served on a Tray. New Regulations on the Use of Cookie Files

by Oskar Tulodziecki, Marta Wysokinska | K&L Gates LLP on 5/22/2013

Regulations in Poland relating to entities providing services electronically (meaning practically all entities running Internet websites) have been amended. These changes derive from the new provisions of the EU law, in...more

FTC Sends COPPA Update Educational Letters

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/22/2013

On May 15, the FTC announced that it sent letters to businesses to help them comply with new requirements under the revised Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rule....more

Pro Te Solutio - Vol. 6 No. 1 February 2013

by Hemant Gupta, Keishunna Randall, Travis Swearingen | Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada,... on 5/22/2013

In This Issue: - Can Experts Testify as to the Ethics or State of Mind of Corporate Defendants? - Patent Reform for Biotech Companies - United States v. Caronia and its Implications for Off-Label...more

BYOD Trends and Best Practices: Part 3 of It's 2013. Do You Know Where Your BYOD Policies Are?

by David Johnson, Joshua B. Konvisser | Pillsbury Global Sourcing Practice on 5/21/2013

In Part 3 of "It's 2013. Do You Know Where Your BYOD Policies Are?" we will address developing BYOD trends and best practices. Please check out Part 1 and 2 of this 3-part series addressing employee and employer concerns,...more

Beyond Privacy Policies: Practical Privacy For Web Sites And Mobile Apps

by Anne Davies Newman | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 5/21/2013

In this environment of growing attention to the risks of data security breaches, and in the midst of an explosion of mobile applications that make data storage an increasingly far-flung proposition, many organizations assume...more

What Do Trademark Owners Need to Know About the Trademark Clearinghouse for New gTLDs?

by Bonnie Headley | Bennett Jones LLP on 5/20/2013

The Internet Committee for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organization that oversees the use of Internet domains, has recently implemented a new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) program for the purpose of...more

Around the Virtual World: May 13-17, 2013

by Pillsbury Social Media, Entertainment &... on 5/20/2013

A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. In This Issue: - What's the Matter With Zynga? - Video game maker drops gun makers, not their guns -...more

The Great Disappearing Acts: California Considers Two Bills Addressing the Removal of Online Information of Minors

by Jake Romero | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 5/20/2013

Do you ever find yourself worrying that, given the types of things minors deem appropriate to post on social networking Web sites like Facebook and Twitter, our country won’t be able to produce an electable candidate for...more

Advertising News & Analysis - May 16, 2013

by Maggie Grace, Jeffrey D. Knowles, Amy Ralph Mudge, Gregory J. Sater, Randal M. Shaheen | Venable LLP on 5/20/2013

In this issue: - FTC vs. POM Wonderful: Scorched Earth Approach Burns Other Marketers - “New” Claims: There are Rules for Reboots - FTC Calls Stakeholders Together for Roundtable on Mobile...more

Ivy League joins digital trend

by Douglas N. Masters, Seth A. Rose | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 5/17/2013

The Ivy League this month announced that it will join the Big Ten and the PAC-12 in launching its own digital sports network, giving fans of the conference and its teams unprecedented access to their favorite team’s home and...more

"Eye on Privacy" Newsletter - May 2013

by Wendell Bartnick, Cedric Burton, Caitlin Courtney, Wendy Devine, Tonia Klausner, Anna Pateraki, Tracy Shapiro, Gerard Stegmaier | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 5/17/2013

In this issue: - FTC Issues New Guidance for Disclosures in Online Advertising - European Regulators Opine on "Purpose Limitation" Principle – What Constitutes "Compatible Use" in the Context of Big Data?...more

The New Generic Top-Level Domains and the New Trademark Clearinghouse: Deciding Whether to Register Your Brands

by Susan Neuberger Weller | Mintz Levin - Intellectual Property on 5/17/2013

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) is the organization that oversees domain names worldwide. It recently began accepting new applications for expanding the number of generic top-level domains...more

California Moves One Step Closer to Passing Privacy Bill Requiring a Search Warrant for Providers' Customers' Emails

by Amy L. Pierce | Pillsbury Social Media, Entertainment &... on 5/17/2013

In a 33-1 vote, on May 13, the state Senate approved Senator Mark Leno's bill that would require state law enforcement officials to obtain a search warrant before asking service providers to disclose the contents of their...more

Facebook v. Typosquatters: Damages and Domains Awarded Under Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act

by Elizabeth Featherman, Camille Miller | Cozen O'Connor on 5/15/2013

On April 30, 2013, Magistrate Judge Westmore recommended that the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California award Facebook $2.8 million in damages from typosquatters under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection...more

Federal Legislation Introduced Regarding Mobile Application Privacy

by Allison Dodd, Daren M. Orzechowski | White & Case LLP on 5/15/2013

On May 9, 2013, Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson introduced the Application Privacy, Protection and Security Act of 2013 (the "Apps Act"), a bill "[t]o provide for greater transparency in and user control over the treatment...more

July 1 COPPA Compliance Deadline is Approaching

by Julia Siripurapu | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 5/15/2013

Today, the FTC sent more than ninety (90) “educational” letters to domestic and foreign businesses whose Web sites and online services (including mobile apps) appear to collect personal information from children that are 12...more

Are The Legal Rules For User Generated Content Becoming More Nuanced?

by Travis Crabtree | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 5/15/2013

The general legal advice to website operators who allowed User Generated Content (UGC) in the form of comments, videos or pictures used to be relatively easy....more

Memes Attack

by Derek Allen | Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 5/15/2013

A recent lawsuit combines a number of things that are surely ruining today’s youth: internet memes, the Nintendo DS, and side-scrolling video games (actually, that last one ruined my generation. Thanks Super Mario Bros.,...more

Investment Portals Addressed in SEC Staff Guidance Under JOBS Act; No-Action Letters Also Issued

by Elliott Curzon, Thor Imsdahl, Edward Pittman | Dechert LLP on 5/15/2013

Technology has spawned the formation of new internet-based marketplaces for illiquid and restricted securities. In most instances, these markets are operated by entities registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more

Enter, the APPS Act

by Amy Malone | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 5/14/2013

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, a Democrat from Georgia, has introduced a mobile privacy bill that if passed will require mobile application developers to maintain privacy policies, obtain consent from consumers before collecting...more

Advertising News & Analysis - May 9, 2013

by Allyson Baker, Edward Boyle, Suzanne Fay Garwood, Jeffrey D. Knowles, Randall Miller, Amy Ralph Mudge, Jonathan L. Pompan, Michael Rivera | Venable LLP on 5/13/2013

In this issue: - Product Demonstrations Deliver Reward…and Risk - Sometimes the Claim is in the Eye of the Beholder - Viacom v. YouTube Decision Maintains DMCA Safe Harbor for Video Site - TCPA...more

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