Communications Decency Act

Advertising News & Analysis - February 7, 2013

by Leonard L. Gordon, Jeffrey D. Knowles, Maura A. Marcheski, Gregory J. Sater | Venable LLP on 2/12/2013

In this issue: - Jon Leibowitz Announces Departure From FTC - Lessons from FTC’s POM Wonderful Decision - No CDA Immunity for Fake News Site Affiliate Network - Upcoming Events An excerpt from...more

My Open Letter To Congressman Poe On The Houston Business And Technology Roundtable

by Travis Crabtree | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 2/11/2013

Yesterday, I had the privilege of taking part in a “Business and Technology Roundtable” with Congressman Ted Poe. The event was put on by SEMPO, HiMA and Google and was attended by marketing firms, well-known Houston brands...more

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update -- Volume 4, Issue 1 -- January/February 2013

by Amanda Bakale, Tiffany Cheung, Jacob Michael Kaufman, J. Alexander Lawrence, Christine E. Lyon, Julie O'Neill, Matthew R Galeotti, Jesse Soslow | Morrison Foerster - Social Media on 2/1/2013

In this issue of Socially Aware, our Burton Award-winning guide to the law and business of social media, we explore the challenges that arise when employers and employees battle over work-related social media accounts; we...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

Business Law Newsletter - January 2013

by Rachelle E. Hill, James V. Irving | Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 1/10/2013

In This Issue: - Written Contracts and the Statute of Limitations...Page 1 - Website Owners: Who is Liable for Third Party Postings on Your Website?...Page 2 - Business Tort Brings Sanctions...Page 3 -...more

Network Interference: A Legal Guide to the Commercial Risks and Rewards of the Social Media Phenomenon (2nd Edition)

by Reed Smith on 1/9/2013

In October 2009, we published the first edition of this White Paper, focusing primarily on social media issues in the United States. The response was overwhelming and far beyond our expectation — clients, friends, press and...more

Trends For 2013 In Internet And Marketing Law

by Travis Crabtree | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 1/4/2013

After looking at the most popular posts from 2012 in our last edition, today we look at what are likely going to be the big trends for 2013 in internet and marketing law. ...more

Website Owners: Who Is Liable For Third Party Postings On Your Website?

by Rachelle E. Hill | Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 12/28/2012

A recent Fairfax County defamation case involving a consumer’s scathing postings against a contractor on Yelp and Angie’s List raises the issue as to who can be held liable for postings made by third parties. Can the...more

Legal Alert: NLRB Judge Rules That Threatening Posts on Union's Facebook Page Are Not Union's Responsibility

by Brian J. Kurtz | FordHarrison on 12/5/2012

Citing the Communications Decency Act, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) administrative law judge held that a union that maintained a Facebook page did not have a duty to disavow threatening comments posted by union...more

Does the Communications Decency Act Protect Human Trafficking?

by Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 11/19/2012

The State of Texas may find out and it may be more applicable to your site than you think. In early filing for the 2013 legislative session, Democratic state Senator Leticia Van de Putte proposed a bill aimed at stopping at...more

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