Science, Computers & Technology, Communications & Media Law, Administrative Law

Emails and Text Messages On Personal Devices Subject to Public Records Act - Judge’s Ruling Demonstrates Risk to Public Agencies;...

by Kara K. Ueda | Best Best & Krieger LLP on 3/25/2013

A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge recently ruled that emails and text messages concerning city business but stored on a public official’s personal device are subject to the Public Records Act (PRA). The PRA request at...more

FDA Emphasizes Patient-Specific Prescriptions

by Elinor Hart, Rachael G. Pontikes | Duane Morris LLP on 3/21/2013

On March 7, 2013, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to compounding pharmacy Medi-Fare Drug & Home Health Center (Medi-Fare Drug), taking the FDA's most aggressive position to date...more

Levick Weekly - March 1, 2013: The Libor Scandal; Prosecutors Have A New Plan

by Gene Grabowski, Richard S. Levick | LEVICK on 3/4/2013

In This Issue: - The Food Safety Modernization Act - The LIBOR Scandal - Prosecutors Have a New Plan - Food Safety Compliance - A Hogan Lovells Roundtable - Lessons from the Oldest CEO Succession Plan on...more

2012 Year in Review: FDA OPDP Warning Letters and Untitled Letters

by King & Spalding on 2/7/2013

In 2012, the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s (CDER) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued a total of 28 enforcement letters to pharmaceutical manufacturers, two fewer than in 2011. Of the 28 letters,...more

Telecommunications in the 113th Congress

by David Leiter, Jeremy Rabinovitz, Rachel Sanford | Mintz Levin - Communications on 1/16/2013

The 112th Congress saw a lot of activity focused on new and changing technologies, but few legislative breakthroughs. Early in the year, there was significant activity around intellectual property and online piracy issues,...more

D.C. Circuit Vacates Plug and Play Order and Encoding Rules Applicable to Multichannel Video Programming Distributors

by Paul Glist | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 1/16/2013

On Jan. 15, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decided that the FCC lacked the statutory authority to adopt its 2003 encoding rules, which limit the output and copy restrictions that can be applied...more

Recent Privacy Developments: California AG Continues to Lead on Mobile with New Recommendations and FTC Amends COPPA

by Antony Kim, Stephanie Sharron, Joe Wright | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/15/2013

Nearly all businesses today are involved in some way in the development or distribution of mobile applications. The first part of this Client Alert highlights recent activities of the California State Attorney General to...more

California Attorney General Announces Privacy Recommendations for Mobile Apps and the Mobile Industry

by Ieuan Jolly, Brian Nixon, Michael Thurman | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 1/14/2013

Yesterday Kamala Harris, California's Attorney General, issued Privacy on the Go: Recommendations for the Mobile Ecosystem. The report and recommendations are intended to encourage app developers and others in the mobile...more

California’s Attorney General Releases Privacy Recommendations for Mobile Apps

by Karen H Bromberg | Cohen & Gresser LLP on 1/11/2013

California’s Attorney General released, on January 10, 2013, a lengthy set of recommended privacy practices aimed at app developers, app platform providers, mobile ad networks, operating system developers, and mobile...more

Intellectual Property in 2013

by Field Law on 1/8/2013

Infringement! Litigation! Legislation! There is never a dull moment in the wonderful world of intellectual property law, and 2013 will be no exception....more

The New Generation Of Channel Surfing

by Michael Shedletsky | Heenan Blaikie LLP on 1/7/2013

With big media moguls rushing to have their share of the YouTube pie, it is worth examining the fundamental shift in the YouTube platform, prompting Peter Chernin, Time Warner Cable, and RTL Bertlesmann (the largest private...more

Are Your Mobile Devices HIPAA Compliant? Practical Steps to Ensure Compliance

by Sarah E. Swank | Ober|Kaler on 1/7/2013

Mobile device use is becoming more commonplace in health care. Health care professionals use text messaging to communicate with each other about patient status. Medical schools now provide residents tablets to use as...more

FCC Establishes New Healthcare Connect Fund

by Russell Fox | Mintz Levin - Communications on 1/7/2013

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has created a new Healthcare Connect Fund (Fund), designed to expand health care provider (HCP) access to broadband technologies and to encourage the creation of broadband health...more

Keep An Eye On Those Shiny, New Mobile Devices!

by Ryan Blaney | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 1/7/2013

As physicians, nurses, therapists and health care providers continue to utilize new smart phones, tablets, and laptops in caring for patients, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has responded with educational...more

Privacy Resolutions for Mobile App Providers in the New Year

by James McPhillips | Pillsbury Global Sourcing Practice on 1/5/2013

The end of 2012 saw a flurry of activity in the area of privacy enforcement. In July, Kamala Harris, the Attorney General of California, announced the formation of California's own state agency to investigate and enforce the...more

Second of a series: Privacy and Security Issues for 2013

by Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 1/5/2013

Our series over the next 10 days will highlight the top issues, as we see them, in privacy and security for 2013. Yesterday, we looked at the increase in cybcersecurity disclosure by public companies, triggered by the...more

Fifth Circuit Holds Data On Personal Cell Phone Not Protected By Stored Communications Act

by BuckleySandler LLP on 1/4/2013

On December 12, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the Stored Communications Act (SCA) does not apply to data stored in a personal cell phone and affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to...more

Increasing Scrutiny of Consumer Data Collection

by Rochelle Alpert, Karen Butcher, Ron Dreben, W. Reece Hirsch, Dana Nicoletti, Carla Oakley | Morgan Lewis on 1/3/2013

Recent FTC and California Attorney General actions highlight the need to reassess privacy policies. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently ordered the data brokerage industry to provide information on the collection...more

Private Eyes Are Watching You – California Files Its First Internet Consumer Privacy Enforcement Action

by Joan Archer, Jennifer Byrne, Tiffany Schwartz | Armstrong Teasdale LLP on 1/3/2013

Last month, the State of California filed its first enforcement action under its privacy laws against Delta Air Lines, seeking potentially millions of dollars in fines. Under California’s consumer privacy law, all parties...more

Five Data Governance Matters To Address In 2013

by Tim Banks | Dentons on 1/2/2013

It is 2013, and time for a bit of tough love. Here are five data governance matters that need your attention as soon as possible....more

Privacy Policies Now a Must for Mobile Apps

by Tanya Curtis, Leonard Ferber, Doron Goldstein | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 1/2/2013

California has long been a leader in privacy legislation. That position was strengthened recently when the California Attorney General filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against a company for its failure to include a privacy...more

FCC Creates an Annual $400 Million Healthcare Connect Fund for Broadband Services and Infrastructure

by Richard A. Gibbs, Randall B. Lowe, James M. Smith | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 12/29/2012

On Dec. 21, the FCC released its long-awaited Report and Order reforming its funding mechanisms for rural health care by creating a Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) of $400 million annually....more

Bill Could Put Reins on Prosecutors’ Efforts to Seize Domain Names

by Jeff Ifrah on 12/28/2012

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, has indicated that she is drafting legislation that would seek to increase judicial oversight over prosecutors’ efforts to act against Internet...more

HHS Creates Mobile Device Privacy and Security Website: High Expectations for Mobile Device Security

by Adam H. Greene | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 12/21/2012

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently posted a website focusing on mobile devices and health information privacy and security at http://www.healthit.gov/mobiledevices. The website includes five videos on...more

Leveson on Data Protection in the UK: What Do Allegations of Phone Hacking Have to Do With Data Protection?

by Maryanne Stanganelli | BakerHostetler on 12/18/2012

The much-anticipated Leveson Inquiry on the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press (“Leveson Report” or “Report”) was released on November 29, 2012. The inquiry leading to the Report was initiated as a response to ongoing...more

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