Communications & Media Law

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News & Analysis as of May 18, 2013

Corrections Officer Posts Gory Injury Pic on Facebook

by Lanier Law Group, P.A. on 4/10/2013

A correction officer at Rikers Island snapped a photo of a nasty wound which resulted from a random attack in the visitors’ center and shared it on Facebook with the caption of "The Things That Happens On The Island Shhh"....more

Defrauding Facebook: How One Man Almost Stole The World’s Largest Social Network

by The Law Offices of Tacopina Seigel and... on 3/11/2013

In October 2012 Paul Ceglia of New York was arrested on charges he forged documents in a multibillion-dollar scheme to defraud Facebook and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. Mr. Ceglia had brought a much publicized lawsuit...more

Should we all be getting the Twitter 'jitters'? – Be careful what you say online

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/1/2012

History is littered with examples of the law being slow to catch up with the use of technology. Social media is no exception. As our Socially Aware blog attests, countries around the world are having to think fast to apply...more

Abbott Labs to Pay $1.5 Billion in Depakote Settlement

by Lawyers.com on 5/9/2012

Abbott Laboratories Inc. pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a $1.5 billion settlement for the company’s off-label promotion of anti-seizure drug Depakote. Depakote may be used only for epileptic seizures, bipolar mania and...more

Don Draper: Modern-Day Criminal?

by Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger... on 3/14/2012

This blogger will be the first to admit that I may have a slight television addiction. I’m routinely behind in my DVR watching (at least we’ve moved beyond the dark ages of the late 1990s when I had to record my...more

More Fun With FaceBook

by Sands Anderson PC on 11/11/2011

Here, are two recently reported stories highlighting the vagaries of FaceBook and other such social media outlets. First, enter Dana Thornton. Apparently, she was not fond of her ex-boyfriend and decided to create a...more

RICO Claims in Bonus Annuity Case Headed for Trial?

by Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 10/27/2011

On October 13, 2011, the United States District Court for the Central District of California denied defendant’s renewed motion for summary judgment in Negrete v. Allianz Life Ins. Co. of North America (No. CV 05-6838) and...more

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update - Vol. 1, Issue 4 - October 2010

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/28/2010

In This Issue: 2 Facebook Sued for Unauthorized Use of Minors’ Names and Likenesses; 2 YouTube Faces Damages and Injunction in Germany for Infringing User Uploads; 3 California Criminalizes Malicious Online Impersonation; 3...more

Newsletter of the Advertising, Marketing & Media Practice Group of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 6/26/2008

IN THIS ISSUE: *Pending New York Right of Publicity Bill To Provide Protection for Deceased Celebrities *French Court Fines eBay Over Fakes *ISPs Will Block Child Pornography Sites *FTC To Focus on Green Building and...more

Newsletter of the Advertising, Marketing & Media Practice Group of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 1/24/2008

IN THIS ISSUE: *FTC Questions Carbon-Offset Claims *FCC Probing Comcast for Data Discrimination *U.S. Arrests Eight in Online Gambling Operation *NY Passes Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Please see full...more