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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

No longer up in the air? Cloud transaction regulations are released

Long-awaited proposed regulations recently released by the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) address the classification of certain transactions involving digital content and the...more

Morgan Lewis

Government Requests for Data: CLOUD Act Attempts to Provide Guidance

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On March 23, US President Donald Trump signed the omnibus spending bill, a portion of which contained the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (CLOUD Act). The CLOUD Act’s main goal is to offer guidance to providers of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Recent Supreme Judicial Court Decisions Highlight How Courts Must Embrace Technological Change

Courts are often faced with the dilemma of applying centuries, or even decades, old law to constantly evolving technological advancements. See, e.g., Transcript of Oral Argument, United States v. Microsoft, No. 17-2 (U.S....more

Fenwick & West LLP

Litigation Alert: The Sixth Circuit Expands Potential Federal Wiretap Act Liability for Developers and Sellers of Cloud-Based...

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Last week, the Sixth Circuit expanded potential liability for violations of the Federal Wiretap Act for manufacturers of devices that can be used for wiretapping, like monitoring software, in reversing the dismissal of a...more

BakerHostetler

Government Access to Private Data: Microsoft Opens a New Front in the Battle for Consumer Privacy

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Prior to the Information Age, sensitive papers were stored in file cabinets and drawers. When home computers arrived, information was digitized and moved to hard drives or other electronic media, still possessed by the user....more

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California Enacts CalECPA, Requiring a Search Warrant to Obtain or Access Users’ Electronic Information

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On Thursday, October 8, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (the “California ECPA”). This legislation, which takes effect on January 1, 2015, has been heralded by...more

McDermott Will & Emery

California Joins Other States with the Passage of CalECPA

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Law enforcement requests for electronic information, particularly from technology companies such as Google and Twitter, have skyrocketed in recent years. In response, several states—Maine and Texas in 2013, Utah in 2014 and...more

King & Spalding

New York Banks Agree To Conditions For Use Of New Communication Platform

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On Monday, September 14, 2015, four major banks signed agreements with New York’s Department of Financial Services to regulate their use of a new financial messaging platform provided by Symphony Communication Services...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The USA Freedom Act: What it Changes and (Mostly) Doesn’t for Cloud Services – And is it Really the Issue

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The recent showdown over renewal of certain provisions of the USA Patriot Act (often called simply the Patriot Act) and the subsequent enactment of the USA Freedom Act have raised a number of questions about the ongoing...more

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