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On-Line Sales of Shipped Goods Held Outside Reach of California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 5/7/2013

A California federal court recently narrowed further the scope of California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act (Cal. Civ. Code § 1747.08), which limits the information retailers can collect during credit card transactions, by...more

Public Company Adviser - April 2013: New Life Breathed into SEC’s Unbundling Rules

by King & Spalding on 4/30/2013

The SEC’s “unbundling” requirements have largely been the stuff of SEC lore -- periodically referred to but rarely seen in corporate governance matters. However, thanks to the high profile dispute between David Einhorn’s...more

Apple Store Design Now a Registered Trademark

by Catlan McCurdy | Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 4/19/2013

Duets readers everywhere may recall my shock back in June 2011 when I encountered the first Microsoft brick-and-mortar store at the Mall of America. Now, about two years later, the store is still there, located right across...more

Another reason to coordinate discovery in parallel litigation – circumvention in section 1782 requests

by Brian Claassen, Irfan Lateef | Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP on 4/18/2013

The pressures of global litigation have forced litigants to further consider how, when, and where they will obtain discovery. Under developing case law, litigants involved in related litigations in different venues should...more

Renewable Energy Update -- March 29, 2013

by William R. Devine, Emily L. Murray, Patrick A. Perry | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 4/1/2013

In This Issue: Renewable Energy Focus - California ISO Gives Green Light To Renewable Energy Transmission Projects; Senators Introduce Bipartisan Offshore Energy Revenue-Sharing Legislation; Wind Energy Constituted...more

Intellectual Property LEGAL NEWS - March 22, 2013 • Volume 1, Number 2

by Joan Ellis, Chris Mitchell, H. Jonathan Redway | Dickinson Wright on 3/25/2013

In This Issue: - AMERICA INVENTS ACT FINAL IMPLEMENTATION: FROM FIRST-TO-INVENT TO FIRST-TO-FILE: The America Invents Act (“AIA”), which went into effect September 16, 2011, introduces some of the most...more

Advertising Law - Mar 15, 2013

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/15/2013

In This Issue: SPECIAL FOCUS: FTC Releases Updated Guidance for Digital Marketers; Less Dry or Moisturized? NAD Decides; FTC Targets Lack of Security on Mobile Device's Software; Apple, Parents Reach Deal on In-App...more

Setback for Apple in iPhone MDL

by Evan Nadel | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 3/13/2013

In a case about exposing user data, Apple suffered a setback due to its concealment of information in litigation. Last week, in the multi-district litigation, In Re iPhone Application Litigation, Judge Lucy Koh of the...more

Federal Court Halts Apple Shareholder Vote

by Nicole M. Maron | Holland & Knight LLP on 3/6/2013

On February 22, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of Greenlight Capital, L.P., et al. ("Greenlight") in the matter of Greenlight Capital, L.P., et al v. Apple, Inc....more

Advertising Law -- Feb 21, 2013

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 2/22/2013

In This Issue: Neutrogena Escapes Class Certification; It's Not "Hip" to Steal Contact Info; Leibowitz Leaves the FTC—Who Will Take His Place?; A Court Ruling Wouldn't Be Kosher; California Supreme Court: Some Online...more

California Supreme Court Rules That Song-Beverly Act Does Not Apply To On-Line Transactions

by Timothy Toohey | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 2/22/2013

A little over a year ago, the United States District Court for the Central District of California ruled that California’s Song-Beverly Act (the Act), which prohibits collection of “personal identification information” in...more

California Supreme Court Holds Online Retailers of Downloadable Products May Require Personally Identifying Information For Credit...

by Mira Serrill-Robins | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 2/14/2013

The California Supreme Court held on February 4, 2013 that the provision of the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 (the “Act”) prohibiting retailers from requesting personally identifying information as a condition to...more

Online, But Off Song-Beverly: California Supreme Court in a Narrow Ruling Finds That Song-Beverly Does Not Apply to Retailers...

by Caitlin Ross, Stephanie Sheridan | Sedgwick LLP on 2/14/2013

In at least one specific type of transaction, California retailers can now breathe a little easier. In Apple Inc. v. Superior Court (Krescent), No. S199384 (Cal. Feb. 4, 2013), the California Supreme Court found that Section...more

California Supreme Court Holds that Song-Beverly Act Does Not Apply to Online Downloadable Purchases

by Edward Boyle, Emilio W. Cividanes, Douglas Emhoff, Stuart P. Ingis, Melissa McLaughlin | Venable LLP on 2/14/2013

On February 4, 2013, the California Supreme Court held in Apple Inc. v. Superior Court (Krescent) that the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act’s prohibition against recording customers’ personal identification information as a...more

California Privacy Laws Don’t Protect Consumers Online

by Aaron Kase | Lawyers.com on 2/14/2013

The California Supreme Court ruled last week that online retailers of electronically downloaded goods may seek personal information from customers who use credit cards, bypassing privacy restrictions placed on physical...more

California Supreme Court: Online Retailers May Require Personal Info for Electronic Downloads

by Michael Mallow, Michael Thurman | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 2/13/2013

Online retailers do not violate California's credit card privacy law by requiring consumers to provide personal information, including their addresses and phone numbers, as a condition of accepting credit card payments for...more

The FTC Mobile Privacy Staff Report

by Michael von Ansbach-Young | BakerHostetler on 2/12/2013

As reported here, the FTC earlier this month released a staff report on mobile privacy. The report, Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency, provides privacy practice recommendations to firms operating...more

Designing for Privacy & Web Success

by Timothy Toohey | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 2/11/2013

Originally published in Website Magazine, on January 18, 2013. It is a safe prediction for 2013 that public awareness of websites’ data privacy issues will continue to increase. In the last few years, popular websites,...more

FTC Issues Report On Mobile Privacy

by Pedro Pavon | Carlton Fields on 2/8/2013

On February 1, the FTC released a comprehensive report titled “Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency. As its title suggests, many of the recommendations in the report target mobile privacy issues. ...more

You Can’t Make a Square Peg Fit in a Round Hole: California Supreme Court Holds Online Purchases of Electronically Downloadable...

by Megan Low, David McDowell, Purvi Patel | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/6/2013

Handing a victory to online retailers, on February 4, 2013, the California Supreme Court held in a split decision that online transactions involving electronically downloadable products fall outside the scope of the...more

Major Win for eCommerce Businesses: California Supreme Court Rules On-Line Merchants May Collect Personal Information to Verify...

by Helen Christakos | Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn -... on 2/6/2013

The California Supreme Court held today in Apple v. Superior Ct. that on-line merchants may require customers to provide personally identifying information (such as home address and phone number) to purchase electronically...more

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