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Dechert Re:Torts - Key Developments in Product Liability and Mass Torts - Issue 10

Dechert LLP on 10/31/2023

Senators Focus Attention on Litigation Funding’s Opacity - Building on the momentum we previously noted related to litigation funding, on September 14, Senator John Kennedy introduced the Protecting Our Courts from Foreign...more

Data Privacy Day 2021: Owning Your Privacy

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/28/2021

More and more often industry reports reveal that many individuals perceive less and less control over their own personal information. So it’s not a coincidence that the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCSA) designated this...more

Financial Daily Dose 5.30.2019 | Top Story: Consumer privacy claims against Facebook survive to trial

Robins Kaplan LLP on 5/30/2019

Recent San Francisco-federal court decisions from Judge Vince Chhabria suggest that the “dozens” of lawsuits accusing Facebook of violating users’ privacy for its own profit (many of which stemmed from the Cambridge Analytica...more

Utah Privacy Law Would Be First to Require Search Warrant for Government to Access Stored Data

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/28/2019

Utah Governor Gary Herbert is expected to sign a new privacy law in the coming weeks that will make his state the first to protect private electronic data stored with third-party providers from government access without a...more

Proposed EAS Rules Mark a Greater Role for New Media Platforms and Increased Importance for Social Media in Delivering EAS Alerts

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 3/29/2016

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM” or “Proposed EAS Rules”) in January, proposing improvements to the Emergency Alert System (“EAS”) and Wireless Emergency Alerts...more

India Rejects Facebook’s Zero-Rating “Free Basics” Program on Net Neutrality Grounds

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/29/2016

In 2015, Facebook announced with some fanfare the rollout of its “Free Basics” service in India. Partnering with the wireless telecom Reliance, customers that downloaded the Free Basics app onto their smartphones could use...more

Why is Omnichannel Retail so Hard?

Goulston & Storrs PC on 10/22/2015

The retail industry has been evolving rapidly to keep up with new technology and consumer patterns. While the chief concern previously was about how traditional retailers could prevent the loss of market share to online...more

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