Internet, Electronic Data Transmissions

New Environmental and Telecommunications Laws

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 1/13/2020

Telecommunications - AB 1699 Telecommunications: mobile Internet service providers: first response agencies: emergencies - Fire officials experienced a significant data transmission slowdown of their mobile emergency...more

Client Alert: Using Facebook’s “Like” Button Makes Websites Responsible for Data

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on 8/5/2019

Website plug-ins such as Facebook’s “Like” button are becoming increasingly common on websites to promote websites’ products and services on social media platforms. However, a recent ruling by the European Union Court of...more

Italy: New Web Tax and definition of permanent establishment

Hogan Lovells on 1/23/2018

The Web Tax Italy has introduced a new so-called “Web Tax”, a new tax on certain digital transactions. This will apply from 1 January following the issue of the relevant Decree of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, most...more

Draft regulation on online transmissions and retransmissions – EP ready to negotiate with Council and Commission

Hogan Lovells on 12/14/2017

Drama at the European Parliament: whoever thought the dispute within the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) around the adoption of a new regulation dealing with online transmissions by broadcasters and retransmissions...more

CJEU rules on Cloud Recorder: Transmission constitutes a communication to the public that requires the right holders consent

Hogan Lovells on 12/5/2017

On 29 November 2017, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down a decision on a video recording service that stores TV programmes online in a cloud (C-265/16 – VCAST). ...more

Oregon Supreme Court Provides Definition of "Data Transmission Services" for Central Assessment Purposes

Stoel Rives LLP on 10/3/2014

The Oregon Supreme Court today released its long-awaited decision in Comcast Corporation v. Department of Revenue, 356 Or 282, (Oct 2, 2014) (argued January 8, 2013). ...more