Three developments in the last two months suggest websites face greater liability for content authored by third parties in the European Union—including reader comments, posts on message boards and social networks, and search...more
7/2/2015
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Duty of Care ,
E-Commerce ,
EU ,
France ,
Google ,
Online Commentary ,
Popular ,
Right to Be Forgotten ,
Search Engines ,
Third-Party Liability ,
Websites
On Jan. 1, 2015, California’s “Online Eraser” law will take effect, requiring websites and other online service operators to delete on demand any content posted by minors. The law also prohibits such operators from sharing...more
11/18/2014
/ Commerce Clause ,
Communications Decency Act ,
COPPA ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
First Amendment ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Marketing ,
Minors ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Websites
The California Court of Appeal held earlier this month that certain right of publicity claims are freely assignable, and that the Copyright Act does not preempt a right of publicity claim where the defendant has no legal...more