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Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: What to Watch in 2024

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/11/2024

The year 2023 ended with a bang in the cartel space, with a federal court of appeals upending what was long believed to be the scope of conduct that should be considered per se under the Sherman Act. The new year, 2024,...more

Privacy Litigation Update: Illinois class action lawsuit joins string of wiretapping claims arising out of website operator use of...

Husch Blackwell LLP on 2/8/2023

Keypoint: In states with “two-party” consent laws, Privacy-Plaintiffs are bringing class action lawsuits against companies that use “session replay” technology on their websites. Last month in the Northern District of...more

Drone Operators Beware….Michigan Appellate Court Opines On Privacy

Fox Rothschild LLP on 3/29/2021

In a new decision, the Michigan Court of Appeals has held that when it comes to privacy and aerial surveillance, a landowner has a greatly enhanced expectation of privacy when unmanned aircraft are involved. The decision,...more

Deepfakes, Artificial Intelligence, and Corporate Espionage

King & Spalding on 12/16/2019

This is the third alert in our series on the risks to corporations, including financial services firms, posed by “deepfakes”—a type of technology, powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, that can be used to...more

AI Driven "Deepfakes" Expose Holes in Corporate Compliance Programs: The Road to Recovery

King & Spalding on 10/17/2019

Artificial intelligence (“AI”) has made astounding advancements in recent years. Driven by incredible computing power, AI has the potential to change nearly every industry. AI is touted as having the potential to reduce...more

Interactive Newsletter: Inside the Privacy Shield Annual Review

ArentFox Schiff on 10/9/2019

Inside the Privacy Shield Annual Review - Dozens of senior US and EU government officials were joined by officials from data protection authorities in Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany and Hungary to discuss whether the...more

Amazon Echo Data At Center Of Another Legal Battle

Cozen O'Connor on 12/11/2018

Amazon, Inc. is on the receiving end of another court order demanding it release the data and recordings associated with one of its Echo smart devices. For the uninitiated, Echo smart devices support voice interaction, music...more

FTC’s New COPPA Guidance on Recording Children’s Voices: Five Tips for App Developers and Toymakers to Comply

Fenwick & West LLP on 11/17/2017

The Federal Trade Commission on October 23, 2017, provided guidance on how it will enforce the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) with respect to audio recordings of children. This comes as part of a wave of...more

August 2017: The Top 11 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 9/9/2017

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes each month in 2017. August was no...more

CMS Issues Warning to Nursing Homes Regarding Abuse of Residents Via Social Media

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/11/2016

On August 5, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to nursing homes in a letter to state survey agencies that addresses nursing homes’ obligations to protect residents. The Letter focuses on...more

Workplace Recording Bans and the NLRA: Are "No-Recording" Policies Still Allowed?

Littler on 2/18/2016

The ubiquity of smartphone applications ("apps") that record audio and/or video – coupled with the risk of workplace discussions being uploaded to social media for all to hear – has led many employers to implement...more

Are You on Candid Camera? The NLRB Just Made It More Difficult to Ban the Use of Recording Devices in the Workplace

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/18/2016

On December 24, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Whole Foods Market, Inc., 363 NLRB No. 87 (Dec. 24, 2015), finding for the first time that it is unlawful for an employer to adopt a work...more

The NLRB Finds Whole Foods’ No-Recording Policy Unlawful

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 1/7/2016

In Whole Foods Market, Inc., the National Labor Relations Board, in a 2-1 decision, held that Whole Foods’ rules prohibiting the recording of conversations in the workplace violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor...more

Smart-TV now regulated under new California law

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/16/2015

Californians are now protected from smart-TV eavesdropping under new law, Assembly Bill 1116, which requires that smart-TV manufacturers ensure that voice-recognition features will not be enabled without consumer consent, and...more

Throwback Thursday: Why Trade Secret Theft Isn’t Just a Digital Problem And What Businesses Can Do About It

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 9/4/2015

With stories of cyberattacks and data breaches on a seemingly endless loop, businesses and governments have been doubling down on their efforts to protect digital information and assets. But, in some industries, the greatest...more

Think Fast: HR’s Prompt Investigation Key Factor in Sexual Harassment Case Win for Employer

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/5/2015

A recent ruling from a Tennessee appeals court reinforces that a prompt and reasonable investigation can help save an employer from liability in response to sexual harassment charges....more

Websites Required to Post "About Us" Contact Info Under New Florida Law

McCarter & English, LLP on 5/28/2015

Effective July 1, 2015, many websites will be required to comply with Florida’s new True Origin of Digital Goods Act. This Act adds Florida to the growing list of states with laws aimed at achieving transparency in online...more

Recent Developments in Copyright: Blurred Reasoning and I Won't Back Down Until You Stay with Me

Polsinelli on 3/26/2015

The jury's March 10th verdict in the "Blurred Lines" case has understandably generated a significant amount of interest and attention from the public, and has also led to differing opinions from legal experts as to whether...more

Recorded Conversations with In-House Counsel Permitted as Evidence in FCPA Trial

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/27/2015

Earlier this month, a federal judge in New Jersey held that a secretly recorded conversation between a former chief executive officer and his general counsel may be used by prosecutors as evidence against the former executive...more

California Privacy Law Update: What to Prepare for in 2015 and Beyond

Troutman Pepper on 1/5/2015

California Governor Edmund G. Brown has been busy over the last year and a half, signing several bills into law that strengthen California’s privacy laws in various areas. The bills range in scope from invasion of privacy and...more

Turtles Quick to Leverage SiriusXM Decision in New Suit Against Pandora

JD Supra Perspectives on 10/9/2014

Any child familiar with Aesop’s Fables can tell you that turtles are slow. The founding members of the 1960s rock band named after these half-shelled plodders, however, were anything but slow in moving to take full advantage...more

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