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Antitrust Sanctions: The Duty to Preserve Chats

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On August 5, 2024, District Judge Amit P. Mehta (U.S. District Court, District of Columbia) ruled in United States v. Google LLC that Google violated §2 of the Sherman Act by monopolizing the internet search engine market....more

Association of Certified E-Discovery...

Maybe Next Time Google Should Google “Legal Hold”

Six Simple Steps to Avoid Sanctions for Failure to Preserve Electronic Evidence - I’m not a lawyer, and far be it for me to give legal advice, but I’ve lived and worked around lawyers for all of my professional legal career,...more

Miller Canfield

FTC and DOJ Emphasize Companies’ Duty to Preserve Ephemeral Messaging and Data on Collaboration Platforms in Updated Guidance

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The Federal Trade Commission and United States Department of Justice recently released new guidance on preservation of electronically stored information from ephemeral messaging tools and collaboration platforms like Slack,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Assessing Communication Compliance: Ephemeral Messaging and Retention

I recently had the opportunity to visit with Alex Cotoia, Regulatory Manager, and Daniela Melendez, an Associate at The Volkov Law Group, on the importance of addressing electronic communications preservation and management...more

The Volkov Law Group

Google’s Failure to Preserve Electronic Communications — A Warning to Every Company of a New Reality Surrounding Electronic Data

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One thing you can count on — change.  Not that there is anything wrong with that, but not to be too dramatic, we are at the precipice of some significant technology trends that will have a profound impact on corporate...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

ABA Provides New Guidance On Remote Work For Lawyers

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On March 10, 2021, the American Bar Association released new guidance for attorneys working remotely. While there has never been a distinction in the Model Rules for Professional Conduct between working in a brick-and-mortar...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Highest EU Court: Skype is a Regulated Telecommunications Services – Gmail is Not

In two long-awaited decisions handed down yesterday and last week, respectively, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) had the opportunity to decide the fate of online or “over-the-top” (OTT) communications services under...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Lessons for Employers in the Case of a Former Google Software Engineer Fired for Violating Company Anti-Discrimination Policies

Earlier this week, an NLRB attorney issued an advice memo concluding that software giant Google did not violate Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA"), when the company terminated software engineer James...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Perils: Now You See Me ...

In the ongoing and contentious litigation between Uber and Google's autonomous (self-driving) vehicle unit (Waymo v. Uber), allegations have arisen that one party has hidden relevant information, in part by use of...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

EU e-Privacy Regulation Raises Stakes for Compliance

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The European Commission's proposed e-privacy regulation sets forth obligations on handling electronic communications and clarifies obligations for seeking consent for the use of cookies. Meant to bring the e-privacy directive...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Alleged Wiretap Act and CIPA Violations Held to Satisfy Spokeo Test for Standing in Latest Gmail Privacy Class Action

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 136 S. Ct. 1540 (2016), lower courts have begun to address whether alleged violations of statutes intended to protect privacy suffice, in the absence of...more

Brooks Pierce

Nothing to See in This Story about the Electronic Communications Privacy Act

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Check out this story. In it, we learn this: "Andrew Ceresney, director of the Division of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission, [told] the Senate’s Committee on the Judiciary at a hearing on Wednesday...more

BakerHostetler

Privacy Class Action – Theories of Liability – 2013 Year in Review

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One hot area of data privacy litigation over the past several years has been data breach class actions brought under the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (“CMIA”), which provides that a person may recover...more

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