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Trade Secrets/Non-Compete Quarterly Update - Q2 2023

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Welcome to our Q2 Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Update. As you can tell from the update, Q2 was a busy quarter in this space from both a regulatory, legislative, civil litigation and criminal litigation perspective....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

235 Million Twitter User Email Addresses Posted on Hacking Forum

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Israeli cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock has reported that the email addresses of more than 235 million Twitter users have been stolen and posted by more than one hacker on an online hacking forum. According to the security...more

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Twitter Data Breach Nightmare – Millions of Subscribers' Data Remains at Risk

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Earlier this year, a massive Twitter data breach occurred. Researchers are learning that the data breach was significantly more severe than initially reported. In the first reports, one hacker was suspected of exploiting a...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

“So What?”: Twitter Resists Merger Agreement Termination by Invoking Musk’s Unclean Hands

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Elon Musk has lobbed in two additional termination letters since his original July 8 letter seeking to terminate his agreement to acquire Twitter for $44 billion.  Each termination letter cites alleged false representations...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Social Media Unmasking: Removing Anonymity from Digital Bullies and Cyber Criminals

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Whether or not Elon Musk’s recent acquisition of Twitter is a good thing or bad thing for the future of social media (Twitter accepts buyout, giving Elon Musk total control of the company – The Verge), one aspect of social...more

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Privacy Tip #258 – Misinformation on Social Media

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The misinformation on social media about the election results (and other topics) is rampant. Social media companies like Twitter and Facebook are struggling with the balance between the First Amendment right to free speech...more

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New York Department of Financial Services Issues Report on Recent Twitter Hack

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You probably heard about the recent hack of Twitter accounts that took place on July 15, 2020. The hackers took over several prominent Twitter accounts, which resulted in a scam that netted over $118,000 in bitcoin for the...more

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Cybersecurity Lessons From The Twitter Hack As New York’s Chief Financial Services Regulator Calls For A Dedicated Cybersecurity...

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There are cybersecurity lessons to be learned from high profile data breaches and the ensuing regulatory responses. The recent well-publicized Twitter hack is no different. According to the New York State Department of...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 3, August 2020

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The Editors' Note - Welcome to the third issue of Decoded, Spilman's e-newsletter focusing on technology law, including data security, privacy standards, financing technologies, and digital-based means of conducting...more

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News of Note for the Internet-Minded – Harry Potter Go?, Chatbot, Esq., DARPA

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Niantic looks to the Potterverse for its next potential AR blockbuster, Instagram’s ToS don’t travel so well in Germany, Google gives VR and AR app developers a new tool, holograms may help our memories outlive us, and more! ...more

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The Doxing Dilemma: A Popular Tactic of Social Activists and Cyber Bullies Alike Remains Mostly Legal

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After counter-protests ended in tragedy, a small group of social media users took to Twitter to expose the identities of the white supremacists and neo-Nazis rallying in Charlottesville, Va. Since last Sunday, the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: Twitter modifies Privacy Policy; YouTube ad-policy changes lower some video creators’ payouts; teen beats Ellen...

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Twitter updated its online Privacy Policy to disclose that Twitter will be personalizing content and facilitating interest-based advertising by sharing information about its users’ online activity both on and off the...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 9.26.16

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The Deal Professor weighs in on Yahoo’s announcement last week of the hack of roughly 500 million of its customers’ data and the specter of the MAC (material adverse change) that Verizon may choose to invoke to dance away...more

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Our List of Lists

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January is the month when lists—lists of predictions, lists of trends, lists of feats and lists of failures—pervade social media newsfeeds and publications’ headlines. Here at Socially Aware we’re making an annual tradition...more

Zelle LLP

That is SO last week - July 2015 #4

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Last week, the Equality Act was introduced in Congress. If enacted, this historic legislation will prohibit discrimination in employment and other life activities on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. It’s...more

Baker Donelson

Cybersecurity in the Workplace: Obama's Proposals and More

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In the past five years, employers both big and small have become accustomed to social media and increased technology in the workplace. Everyone and their parents are on Facebook, and one cannot go anywhere without being asked...more

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Is Your Account Tweeting Without You Knowing It? Twitter Upgrades to Two-Factor Authentication

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On April 15, 2013, the Associated Press’s Twitter account reported that President Obama had been injured in an explosion at the White House. Within seconds of the announcement, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted more...more

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AP Hack Demonstrates the Power of 140 Characters #Twitter

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Many small and medium business owners are overwhelmed by the social media choices available to them, and unsure of which might best fit their target clients and markets. Twitter, being a relative new kid on the block, can be...more

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