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EU Data Protection Regulation: and the horizon recedes again . . .

by Susan Foster | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 5/13/2013

(LONDON) We recently wrote that a crucial committee vote on the new EU Data Protection Regulation had been pushed back until May 29-30. The vote has been delayed again until an unspecified future date, although Jan Phillip...more

Senators Back 12-Year Data Exclusivity Period for Biosimilars and President Obama (Once Again) Does Not

by Donald Zuhn | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 5/10/2013

On March 22, Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate Committee on Finance, sent a letter to Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, the Acting United States Trade...more

EU Data Protection Regulation: Looming closer . . .

by Susan Foster | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 4/22/2013

(LONDON) The draft of the new Data Protection Regulation, the first EU privacy law with highly serious teeth in the form of fines based on global turnover, continues to wend its way through various committees of the European...more

TRANSACTIONAL: Upstream Developments - Russia and former republics: Unconventional Russia

by King & Spalding on 4/19/2013

The unconventional hydrocarbon resource boom that hit the US and Europe had gone relatively unnoticed in Russia until recently. Ignoring the world’s fascination with the potential of unconventional resources, Russia...more

Historical Reform of the Mexican Telecommunications Industry

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/20/2013

The new President of Mexico, Mr. Peña Nieto, has reached an unprecedented multi-party agreement between his party, the Partido Revolucionario Industrial (PRI), and the rest of the major political forces: the Partido Acción...more

Obama Administration Moves Forward With Export Control Reform

by Stephan Becker, Benjamin Cote, Christopher R. Wall | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 3/18/2013

On March 7 and 8, 2013, President Obama took two important steps to further U.S. export control reform. First, the President notified Congress of the proposed transfer of certain items relating to aircraft and gas turbine...more

U.S. Responding To Cyber-Espionage: White House Acknowledges Increasing Threat

by Odia Kagan, Sharon Klein, Jeffrey Vagle | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 3/15/2013

No longer cut from the cloth of 007’s expensive suits, fast cars or well-mixed drinks, present-day espionage is carried out, to a great extent, through computer screens, proxy servers and spoofed e-mail addresses. Dubbed...more

Decades-Old Japanese Electioneering Law May Get a Web 2.0 Refresh

by Gabriel Meister | Morrison Foerster - Social Media on 3/5/2013

Here at Socially Aware, we report regularly on the difficulties inherent in applying long-established laws to new technologies like social media. An interesting example of this is unfolding in Japan: it concerns a decades-old...more

What The Cybersecurity Executive Order Means For The Rest Of Us

by Travis Crabtree | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 2/26/2013

If you are the CEO of Google, Facebook, Verizon, Comcast, Exxon or Boeing, don’t read this. You have a team of lawyers working for you who have already spent hours analyzing President Obama’s Cybersecurity executive order...more

White House Issues Strategy Warning Of Dangers To U.S. Companies From Hackers

by Pedro Pavon | Carlton Fields on 2/22/2013

The White House warned yesterday that hackers and “hacktivist” groups have the intent and capability to target U.S. companies and steal confidential data. A new executive strategy explains that the threat of corporate...more

IP Alert: White House Launches Effort to Curb Trade Secret Misappropriation

by Michael Spillner, Sonia Elizabeth Valdez | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/22/2013

On February 20, 2013, the White House issued a report outlining a new plan to combat trade secret theft from U.S. businesses. Faced with the escalating theft of U.S. trade secrets and noting “the crucial role of trade...more

This Week in Washington - January 11, 2013

by Patton Boggs LLP on 1/14/2013

In This Issue: - DOMESTIC POLICY MATTERS - Congress is in recess this week. The House returns on Monday, and the Senate returns January 21st. Debt Ceiling, Budget & the Economy. The President’s Fiscal Year...more

Congressional Committee Finds Huawei And ZTE To Be Threats To National Security By Shannon Doyle

by King & Spalding on 12/14/2012

On October 8, 2012, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (“the Committee”) published a report declaring two Chinese telecommunication equipment manufacturers, Huawei Technologies Company and ZTE, to be threats...more

Trade & Manufacturing Alert - November 2012

by King & Spalding on 11/7/2012

In This Issue: - International Trade And U.S. Manufacturing Get Prime Time Exposure In Second And Third Presidential Debates - Special Feature: Book Review - Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing...more

U.S. National Security Issues Posed by Chinese Telecommunications Companies Huawei and ZTE

by JD Supra Law News on 10/8/2012

Full text copy of "U.S. National Security Issues Posed by Chinese Telecommunications Companies Huawei and ZTE," the House Committee on Intelligence report that found “the risks associated with [Chinese telecom companies]...more

Protecting Users' Rights to Free Expression and Preparing for the Extremely Exceptional Circumstance

by Foley Hoag LLP - Corporate Social... on 9/17/2012

Google's decision to block access to an anti-Islamic video in Libya and Egypt as a result of widespread violence highlights some of the complex challenges that face companies that host user-generated content. Companies that...more

European Commission Probes Microsoft Again: Failure to Comply With Commitments Will Not be Tolerated

by McDermott Will & Emery on 8/21/2012

The European Commission (Commission) has made clear that it is pursuing a broader policy objective of ensuring swift finality to cases in dynamic markets through settlements and commitments. The Commission believes that this...more

Capital Thinking Update - July 30, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 7/31/2012

In This Issue: - General Legislative - Agriculture & Food - Budget, Appropriations - Cybersecurity - Education - Energy - Environment - Financial Services - Health Care - International, Defense,...more

EU implements new sanctions against Syria targeting the supply of internal repression products and luxury goods

by White & Case LLP on 6/19/2012

On 15 June 2012, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted Regulation 509/20121 which implements the additional restrictions against Syria imposed by the Council on 23 April 2012 and amends Regulation 36/20122 to this...more

Proposed Easing of Satellite Export Controls Could Benefit U.S. Satellite Industry

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/7/2012

Since 1999, strict controls on the export of U.S. satellites and satellite components have drastically eroded U.S. manufacturers’ market share in the global satellite industry. On April 18, 2012, the U.S. Departments of State...more

Loosening Satellite Export Controls

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/7/2012

Originally published in Law360, New York May 04, 2012. Since 1999, strict controls on the export of U.S. satellites and satellite components have drastically eroded U.S. manufacturers’ market share in the global...more

"Cybersecurity Policy Developments: Pending Legislative Action in the House; China as a Network Security Concern"

by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/4/2012

As cybersecurity issues continue to garner headlines, more than half a dozen bills that attempt to address different facets of network security are pending in Congress. Last week, the House of Representatives passed four...more

New Executive Order Imposes Sanctions on Technology Companies that Facilitate Human Rights Abuses in Iran and Syria

by Foley Hoag LLP - Corporate Social... on 5/1/2012

The White House recently released a new Executive Order imposing sanctions on information technology companies that facilitate certain human rights abuses in Iran and Syria. Released on April 23, the Executive Order...more

New Iran and Syria Information Technology Sanctions

by White & Case LLP on 4/27/2012

On April 23, 2012, in an effort to increase pressure on both the Syrian and Iranian regimes to cease ongoing and intensifying human rights violations facilitated by the abuse of information technology, President Obama issued...more

U.N. Should Keep Its Hands Off the Internet

by Jeff Ifrah on 4/27/2012

In March 2012, a resolution was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would urge the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to oppose any resolution that would regulate the Internet. It is...more

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