Privacy, Commercial Law & Contracts, Constitutional Law

LinkedIn Data Breach Lawsuit Dismissed For Lack Of Standing

by Amelia Gerlicher, James McCullagh | Perkins Coie on 3/19/2013

A federal judge in the Northern District of California recently added to the growing list of cases rejecting attempts to recover damages resulting from data breaches. In In re LinkedIn User Privacy Litigation, Case no....more

Supreme Court Hears Argument on States’ Ability to Exclude Public Records Access for Non-Citizens

by Jason Britt, John Zabriskie | Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/22/2013

On February 20, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in McBurney v. Young, No. 12-17, a case with potentially major implications for businesses that use state freedom of information acts (FOIAs) to obtain...more

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update -- Vol. 3, Issue 5 -- December 2012

by Nicholas A. Datlowe, Anna Ferrari, D. Reed Freeman, Jr., Timothy Denny Greene, Jacob Michael Kaufman, Christine E. Lyon, Julie O'Neill, Matthew R Galeotti, Jesse Soslow | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/6/2012

In this issue of Socially Aware, our Burton Award-winning guide to the law and business of social media, we examine why social media marketing strategies should be concerned with clearing more than just copyrights; we revisit...more

FTC Released Final Privacy Report

by Dentons on 3/27/2012

At a press conference today, March 26, 2012, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its final report on protecting consumer privacy, entitled “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change“. FTC...more

Another Attempt to Curb the Sale of Prescription Data Comes Up Empty

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 2/29/2012

Last year, the Supreme Court limited the ability of states to regulate the sale of prescription data. In Sorrell v. IMS Health, the Supreme Court determined that a 2007 Vermont law that effectively banned the...more

California's Reader Privacy Act: What Every Bookseller Must Know

by Barger & Wolen on 2/22/2012

On January 1, 2012, the California Reader Privacy Act went into effect. The Act requires all “book service providers,” i.e., book sellers, in the State to take certain steps when responding to governmental...more

Data Protection and Privacy in China

by White & Case LLP on 2/15/2012

China does not currently have a comprehensive legal framework to regulate the use and disclosure of personal data nor a national level law that delineates how a company can legally collect, process and retain data...more

Responding to Government Demands for Content Restrictions: The Need to Focus on Responsible Implementation Strategies

by Foley Hoag LLP - Corporate Social... on 2/13/2012

The announcement by Twitter last month that it is deploying the ability to block tweets on a country-by-country basis in response to government demand for content restrictions has generated an enormous amount of...more

Advertising Law - January 12, 2012

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 1/13/2012

In This Issue: Not a Dry Case – Judge Lifts Restrictions on Alcohol Advertising in Texas; Tostitos, SunChips, Tropicana Targets of New Suits; Literally True Claim May Still Convey False Message, NAD Cautions; Do Not Pass...more

Supreme Court Hints That Vermont’s Prescription Data Laws Violate Free Speech

by Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 5/4/2011

Several Supreme Court justices strongly suggested recently during oral arguments that Vermont’s attempt to restrict the use of drug prescription records for marketing purposes violates corporate free-speech rights. Vermont’s...more

Special Report: California Supreme Court Announces State Law Prohibits Marketing Requests for ZIP Codes

by Venable LLP on 2/21/2011

In a case with major implications for retailers and marketers, the Supreme Court of California ruled on February 10, 2011 that state law prohibits businesses from requesting and recording ZIP codes from consumers prior to...more

California Supreme Court Holds that Zip Codes Constitute "Personal Identification Information" under the Song-Beverly Credit Card...

by Barger & Wolen on 2/18/2011

In Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma Stores Inc., 2011 Cal. LEXIS 1355 (February 10, 2011), the California Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether a person’s zip code constitutes “personal identification information” under the...more