[Podcast] Broadband and Beyond: A Conversation with NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson
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PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - DMCA Takedowns – Benefits to Content Owner
II-36- Holiday Party Tips, the 2018/2019 Federal Regulatory Agenda, and Noteworthy Cases On Suing and Being Sued
The Latest with the FCC's Open Internet Order
Polsinelli Podcast - Social Media at Work - What's Allowed and What Isn't?
Weekly Brief: Rakoff Orders Gupta To Pay Goldman Sachs' Legal Fees
Copyright Safe Harbors: Establishing Protection Against Infringement Claims
The EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) comes into force from 17 January 2025. Under DORA, in-scope regulated financial services (FS) businesses operating in the EU (Firms) face new cybersecurity requirements and...more
The Online Safety Bill (OSB or Bill) passed its final reading in the UK’s Parliament in September 2023. The Bill will become law in the coming weeks, ushering in a new era for the regulation of digital services in the UK....more
The United Kingdom’s Civil Procedure Rule Committee recently approved methods of extra-jurisdictional service of Norwich-type information orders that could make it easier to pursue cross-border economic crime disputes in...more
Under a statutory instrument promulgated under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (amending the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019)), the UK government recently passed sweeping new trade restrictions...more
On April 29, 2022, the UK introduced new measures to prevent the provision of internet services to or for the benefit of designated persons. These measures apply to the whole territory of the UK and to conduct by UK persons...more
On 27 April 2022, the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No 9) Regulations 2022, SI 2022/477 (the ‘Regulations’) were laid before Parliament and came into force two days later. The regime created under the statutory...more
As people around the world are living increasing portions of their lives online, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, the triumph of the internet in bringing together people, ideas and opportunities has been brought into...more
On 22 October 2021, the UK High Court handed down a judgment that clarifies the existing law on the requirements for granting blocking injunctions against internet service providers (ISPs) where there has been copyright...more
To help organisations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison & Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical developments in this area that...more
California Can Enforce Net Neutrality Law After Court Victory - California’s net neutrality law bars internet service providers from prioritizing, blocking, slowing down, or speeding up internet content. California’s law...more
In this month's edition, we examine the Court of Justice of the European Union's decision invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, as well as the U.S. government's response to the decision. We also examine two...more
What are interim Code rights? Operators have been having issues in relation to non-responsive owners of multi-let buildings where the Operator’s customer occupies part of the building as a tenant. This means that there is...more
Federal US News - FTC Takes Action Against Companies Falsely Claiming Compliance With International Privacy Agreements - The FTC reached a settlement with a background screening company over allegations it falsely claimed...more
Favourable Supreme Court decision for ISPs finding they do not have to bear costs of complying with blocking orders. Historically, internet service providers (ISPs) that have been ordered to block access to websites have...more
The Supreme Court handed down its much anticipated judgment in Cartier International AG v British Telecommunications Plc yesterday. ...more
Premier League Takes the Pitch in Fight against Pirated Streams - The United Kingdom's most popular soccer league is using skillful legal tackling to maintain possession of its intellectual property. The Football...more
While the UK Court of Appeal has opened the door for broadband ISP blocking to combat trademark or copyright-infringing activities, the picture in the United States, China and Hong Kong is more complex. ...more
The new law gives UK intelligence and law enforcement bodies sweeping surveillance powers. The IPA was introduced in response to recommendations that David Anderson QC made, in his capacity as the Independent Reviewer of...more
The UK government has published its Digital Economy Bill, intended to lead to a new Digital Economy Act. Although this is not the first time that the UK has produced legislation on the Digital Economy, the timing of the...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
On 4 November 2015 the Home Secretary published a Draft Investigatory Powers Bill (the “Bill”), emphasising its importance in combating the increasingly sophisticated communication technologies used by criminals to intercept,...more
The pressure on ISPs to take responsibility for the sites accessible through their services has been growing in recent years (e.g., the requirement for certain ISPs to block filesharing sites). On October 17, 2014, the High...more