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News & Analysis as of May 25, 2013

Personal Data Transfers from the European Economic Area: Time to Consider Binding Corporate Rules 2.0

by Rafi Azim-Khan, Steven Farmer | Pillsbury Global Sourcing Practice on 5/16/2013

What exactly is the '"best" solution for an international business needing to handle and transfer personal data across borders? This has become an increasingly important and common question as business becomes more...more

How to Ensure That Your Company’s Data Doesn’t Get Lost in the Clouds PART III

by Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL on 2/6/2013

Cloud computing has become an increasingly popular option for businesses to cheaply and efficiently manage their data systems. Businesses interested in utilizing these services should be cautious, however, when entering into...more

Health Care Legal News - October 25, 2012 • Volume 2, Number 9

by Dickinson Wright on 10/30/2012

In This Issue: - Five Core antitrust Principles For mergers of health insurers By: James M. Burns. On July 9, WellPoint and Amerigroup, two prominent health insurers, announced that they intended to merge in a...more

Impact of the EU Cookie Directive on US Companies

by Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn -... on 10/2/2012

A number of national enforcement agencies recently indicated they are going to start actively enforcing 2009/135/EC Directive (the “EU Cookie Directive”). If a US company has business operations in an EU member country, or...more

Data protection: How To Seal The Deal

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/8/2010

Ann Bevitt of Morrison & Foerster (UK) LLP examines the data protection issues facing both sellers and buyers during the course of a business or share sale. The recent introduction of fines of up to £500,000 for serious...more

A Legal Fog

by Alan Wernick on 5/1/2009

Cloud computing is one of the current waves in information technology. This article explores some of the key legal issues in cloud computing. Cloud computing allows the user to transfer many (if not all) of the user’s...more

Privacy and liability in a connected world

by Alan Wernick on 8/1/2008

Computing connectivity is usually equated with convenience. Plug in the USB memory device you carry in your pocket to the company network, download the business data, and off you (and the data) go. Quick. Easy. And...more