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News & Analysis as of May 18, 2013

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Great Jakes Newsletter -- May 2013

by Great Jakes Marketing on 5/8/2013

Law Firm Websites for the iPad Generation Published in Strategies, The Journal of Legal Marketing Prediction: The next website your firm launches will incorporate something called “responsive design.” Why? Because 40% of...more

FCC Releases Rules Requiring Accessibility of Browsers

by Maria T. Browne, Brad Guyton | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/2/2013

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Report and Order on April 29, 2013, reversing an earlier interpretation in its October 2011 rulemaking, and clarifying that Internet browsers used for advanced...more

What’s That Charge on My Mobile Phone Bill? The FTC Wants to Know

by Jeff Ifrah on 4/26/2013

“Cramming” – while it sounds like the experience of being in the middle row of a cross-country flight – actually refers to unauthorized charges on phone bills. Residential and business telecommunications customers have...more

2013 In-House Counsel New Media Engagement Survey – Mobile Consumption is Rising

by Greentarget on 4/26/2013

With established benchmarks stemming from three years of data and analysis, our latest research reveals accelerated and irreversible trends regarding “on the go” media consumption and how B2B organizations market and...more

FTC Dot Com Disclosure Update: What's New for 2013

by Jeffrey Nisbet, Emily Tabatabai, Daniel Yost | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/24/2013

In March, the Federal Trade Commission issued updated advertising guidelines to take into account the challenges created by the rapid growth of mobile and online advertising platforms, particularly small screen size and other...more

Heard Of The Internet Of Things? FTC To Conduct A Workshop

by Tim Banks | Dentons on 4/24/2013

Have you heard about the Internet of things? If it is industry’s great opportunity, it might be the Privacy Officer’s brainteaser over the next few years....more

Advertising News & Analysis - April 11, 2013

by Jeffrey D. Knowles, Claudia A. Lewis, Amy Ralph Mudge, Steven Schwarz, Erin Seder, Randal M. Shaheen | Venable LLP on 4/15/2013

In this issue: - Product Demonstrations and Disclosures – The Truth’s Not Always Pretty - Smartphones Spotlight Design Patents - Natural or Synthetic? USDA’s Draft Guidance Weighs In - Upcoming...more

IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- April 11, 2013

by Meg Charendoff, Tal Dickstein, W. Allan Edmiston, David Grossman, Jonathan Neil Strauss, Jonathan Zavin | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 4/12/2013

- American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc., USCA Second Circuit, April 1, 2013: Second Circuit affirms district court’s denial of plaintiffs’ request for preliminary injunction prohibiting defendant, Aereo,...more

Do Police Need a Warrant to Track Your Cell Phone?

by Aaron Kase | Lawyers.com on 4/11/2013

Can police track your location via your cell phone without so much as obtaining a warrant? The answer, for now, is maybe. ...more

Personal Smartphones: A Ticking HIPAA/HITECH Time Bomb?

by Cory Fox | BakerHostetler on 4/10/2013

In this brave new world of health information privacy, many industry experts and healthcare organizations have emphasized the need to secure portable electronic devices such as laptops, issued to employees. But a recently...more

BB&K Police Chief Bulletin: Public Records - Public Records Act May Require Disclosure of Content Stored on Personal Devices of...

by Paul A. Cappitelli, G. Ross Trindle III | Best Best & Krieger LLP on 4/9/2013

Overview: A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge recently ruled that the California Public Records Act (PRA) required government agencies to disclose communications relayed through the privately-owned personal devices of...more

BB&K Police Chief Bulletin: Distracted Driving - Looking at Map on Cell Phone While Driving Violates “Hands-Free” Law

by Paul A. Cappitelli, G. Ross Trindle III | Best Best & Krieger LLP on 4/9/2013

Overview: The Appellate Division of the Fresno County Superior Court recently held that using a cell phone solely for its map function violated the Vehicle Code. Section 23123(a) prohibits driving while “using” a cell phone...more

Birmingham Medical News: I-Phone Or HIPAA-Phone?

by Kelli Carpenter Fleming | Burr & Forman on 4/9/2013

With the recent issuance of the long-awaited final rule by the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), the protection of patient information has been a hot topic among the health care industry the past few months....more

Despite The Risks, Distracted Driving Is Still On The Rise

by Stipe, Harper, Laizure, Uselton, Belote,... on 4/8/2013

Distracted drivers endanger not only themselves, but also occupants of other vehicles on the road and pedestrians on the sidewalk. With the rising popularity of smartphones, the problem only continues to get worse....more

Mobile Payments Start-Ups: The need to know landscape

by Erin Fonté | Cox Smith on 4/3/2013

Originally published in E-Finance & Payments Law & Policy - February 2013. New payments companies need to be aware of the legal and compliance issues that are part of operating in two of the most heavily regulated US...more

Do’s and don’ts for dot-com ads

by Mark Sableman | Thompson Coburn LLP on 4/3/2013

Internet and mobile advertising is subject to the same rules as anything else, the Federal Trade Commission recently assured us in a detailed 53-page booklet....more

From LOL To SOS: When Sexting Becomes A Crime

by The Byrd Law Firm, P.A. on 4/2/2013

All teenagers make mistakes, but Florida’s Phillip Alpert will be paying for his youthful misstep for the rest of his life. Just after turning 18, Alpert sent out a naked photo of his 16-year-old girlfriend in a moment of...more

The 9th Circuit Shows Luvdarts No Love

by Karen Henry | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 4/2/2013

Last week, the 9th Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision in Luvdarts, LLC, et al. v. AT&T Mobility, LLC, et al., dismissing with prejudice the vicarious and contributory infringement claims brought by Luvdarts, LLC...more

Federal Reserve Board Report Reviews Consumer Use Of Mobile Financial Services

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/2/2013

On March 27, the Federal Reserve Board presented the findings of a November 2012 online survey of consumers’ use of mobile technology to access financial services and make financial decisions. The report follows a related...more

Be Careful When Searching Student Cell Phones, Sixth Circuit Warns

by David G. King, Christopher M. Trebilcock | Miller Canfield on 4/2/2013

With text messages, Tweets, Facebook posts and other digital communications so prevalent in student’s lives, schools have been struggling to deal with the influx of mobile devices on campus. Last week, the Sixth U.S. Circuit...more

FTC Recommends Consumer Protections for Mobile Payment Industry

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 4/1/2013

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a staff report on mobile payments, which identifies and makes recommendations for three key issues in the mobile payment industry that the FTC believes present consumer...more

Patent Watch: Power Integrations, Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor Int'l, Inc.

by Lawrence M. Sung | BakerHostetler on 3/29/2013

On March 26, 2013, in Power Integrations, Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor Int'l, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Lourie, O'Malley, Reyna*) affirmed-in-part, reversed-in-part, vacated-in-part and...more

FTC Report on Mobile Payments

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 3/27/2013

The Federal Trade Commission issued a report and recommendations for mobile payments called Paper, Plastic... or Mobile? An FTC Workshop on Mobile Payments, which is based on a workshop held by the Commission in 2012 to...more

FTC Updates Dot Com Disclosures to Address Mobile and Social Media Advertising

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 3/27/2013

Today the Federal Trade Commission released an updated version of its 2000 guidance on how to make disclosures clear and conspicuous to avoid deception. Dot Com Disclosures: How to Make Effective Disclosures in Digital...more

FTC Releases Report Regarding Mobile App Privacy Disclosure

by Scott & Scott, LLP on 3/27/2013

Scott & Scott, LLP attorney, Brian Von Hatten, suggests that anyone who develops or offers mobile apps should seek to ensure that their disclosures are at least up to par with respect to the FTC’s best practices concerning...more

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