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[] To ensure delivery to your mailbox please add domain @lexology.com to your safe senders list [View in Browser]( [Lexology]( [My Account]( | [About]( | [Search Archive (729,853 articles)]( [North America](#northamerica) | [Global](#global) [USA] [North America] Internet & Social Media #top [Saved By Punctuation: James Woods Escapes Liability For A Question Mark]( Kelley Drye & Warren LLP A federal judge in the Southern District of Ohio recently dismissed a case against actor James Woods over a tweet he posted during the 2016… [EU regulators warn consumers of virtual currencies bubble]( Hogan Lovells Three European regulators have warned investors about the risks associated with dealing with virtual currencies, saying they are unsuitable “for most… [‘Mean Girls’: Union Violated Labor Law By “Ostracizing” and “Humiliating” Its Own Members On Facebook, Says NLRB GC]( Barnes & Thornburg LLP In what reads like a storyline from a movie portraying bullying at a high school, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has just released an… [Practical GDPR Steps for US-Headquartered Life Sciences Companies]( Mintz Levin In case you had not heard, the European Union is replacing its current privacy laws with a new, comprehensive General Data Protection Regulation… [The Cyberlaw Podcast - The News Roundup]( Steptoe & Johnson LLP Cyberlaw Podcast alumnus Marten Mickos was called before the Senate Commerce Committee to testify about HackerOne’s bug bounty program. But the… [Cyber]( Gilbert + Tobin In recent times there has been a marked shift in the perception of how to manage cyber-security. Organisations who are subject to a breach are no… [Data, data everywhere and not a place to hide]( Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC 2017 was full of emerging technology and data breaches. There is reason to believe that 2018 will be more of the same. Here are some observations on… [Lessons From The Waymo v Uber Trade Secrets Trial]( Fisher Phillips Just hours after the Eagles clinched their upset Super Bowl win over the Patriots, a different battle royale began in a San Francisco courtroom… [NYDFS Issues Guidance to Deter Fraud and Manipulation in Virtual Currency Markets]( Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP On Feb. 7, 2018, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) issued new guidance reminding all virtual currency business entities… [A Grocery Attack on Multiple Fronts]( Goulston & Storrs PC Amazon has entered the grocery store space with a bang. From the recent opening of its AmazonGo store, to its acquisition of Whole Foods last August… [IAB Alleviates the Anxiety of Influence]( Baker & Hostetler LLP In a head-to-head contest between a slogan and a human, the human will almost always win. [FTC Settles with Online Talent Search Site over COPPA Violations]( Morgan Lewis Earlier this week, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settled a complaint against the operator of an online talent search company, asserting that… [Uncle Sam Shows Blockchain Some Love]( Crowell & Moring LLP Today on Valentine’s Day, two subcommittees of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a joint hearing on the potential application… [Enforce your repeat infringer policy]( Thompson Coburn LLP Seinfeld famously noted that taking the reservation is not nearly as important as holding the reservation. In the same way, Internet service providers… [California Employers Beware: W-2 Phishing Scams Skyrocket During Tax Season]( Seyfarth Shaw LLP In 2003, California became the first state to enact a data breach notification law: the California Data Protection Act. Since then, over 30 states… [gTLD Sunrise Periods Now Open]( Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox PLLC As first reported in our December 2013 newsletter, the first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs, the group of letters after the "dot" in a domain… [The GDPR Deadline Looms: Is Your U.S. Website Ready?]( Greenberg Traurig LLP Effective May 25, 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) imposes sweeping new requirements for many website operators… [USPTO director makes first public comments, Louboutin dismisses media speculation, and ‘.com’ rises: news round-up]( World Trademark Review Every Tuesday and Friday, World Trademark Review presents a round-up of news, developments and insights from across the trademark sphere. In today’s… [Deadline Approaching under NY Cybersecurity Regulations]( New York Mintz Levin If your company is one of the broad group of businesses licensed by the New York Department of Financial Services (NY DFS), a very important deadline… [Keeping Your Social Media Contests Compliant]( Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC Let's say that your marketing department plans to launch a product promotion through dedicated software applications (apps), the Internet, and/or… [Major Copyright Victory for the Music Industry Against P2P File Sharing]( Morrison & Foerster LLP The music industry came out on top in one of its first attempts to hold an internet service provider liable for its subscribers’ unauthorized… [Be Like Grumpy Cat]( Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox PLLC News recently hit the wires that Grumpy Cat Ltd., the company behind the Grumpy Cat Internet “person”ality, was awarded over $700,000 in a trademark… [Education Department Toughens Tone on Cyber and Threatens to Pull Funding for Non-Compliance]( Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP Recently-issued guidance from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) threatens to “yank” Title IV funding for post-secondary institutions lacking… [Caution: Olympic Marks Ahead Staying In-bounds with the U.S. Olympic Comittee]( Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox PLLC Beginning February 9th, the eyes of those interested in athletic endeavor and spectacle will turn to Pyeong Chang for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games… [BMG Rights Management v. Cox Communications]( Loeb & Loeb LLP Fourth Circuit affirms ruling that internet service provider is not entitled to DMCA safe harbor defense because it failed to reasonably implement its… [Zillow Faces Antitrust Lawsuit for Alleged Conspiracy to Conceal Display of Inaccurate 'Zestimates' for Favored Brokers’ Listings]( Arent Fox LLP A recent antitrust lawsuit filed against Zillow claims that the online real estate marketing giant has illegally conspired with certain brokers by… [NIST SP 800-171 Resources for Government Contractors]( Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP There are several helpful resources for contractors looking to comply with the National Institute of Standards and Technologies Special Publication… [The DFS Effect: Cyber Meets Sarbanes Oxley]( Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP Today, financial institutions with ties to New York are spending their Valentine’s Day learning how to use the New York State Department of Financial… [Email Marketing]( Bryan Cave LLP Email is ubiquitous in modern life with billions of emails - wanted and unwanted - sent each day. Since its enactment in 2003, the Controlling the… [WorkedUp: Crisis Management!! How To Handle The Employment Issue Gone Viral….]( Audio Akerman LLP Matt Steinberg welcomes Ed Trissel, partner at corporate communications firm Joele Frank, to discuss effective employer strategies and best practices… [Proposed Class Action over Customers’ Digital Privacy Sent to Arbitration]( Winston & Strawn LLP The Southern District of New York recently upheld the arbitration clause of Barnes & Noble’s online terms of use, finding that class action plaintiffs… [Cybersecurity: Achilles’ Heel for Self-driving Cars?]( King & Wood Mallesons In our modern, interconnected world hacking is an ever present danger. Hackers can break into systems to steal information, bank details, bring down… [Dating Website to Pay $2.2 Million for Deceptive Continuous Service Practices]( Winston & Strawn LLP The dating website eHarmony recently settled with California municipalities in the amount of $1.2 million in penalties and $1 million in restitution… [A New Valentine’s Day Conundrum for Employers: Could Emoji Messages Amount to Harassment in the #MeToo Era?]( Ogletree Deakins It's Valentine's Day yet again, but this year the climate is different for employers. Between the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, and the near-daily… [Five Crypto-Securities Trends That Spell More Lawsuits in 2018]( O'Melveny & Myers LLP A recent wave of private crypto-securities lawsuits points to a potential tsunami of such actions on the horizon. In just the past four… [Iron Maiden gets heavy with trademark infringers]( Novagraaf Iron Maiden were originally founded by bassist and songwriter Steve Harris in 1975, but the English heavy metal giants are continuing to tour and… [OCIE Announces Its 2018 Examination Priorities]( Morrison & Foerster LLP The SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has published its 2018 examination priorities. Not surprisingly, it will continue… [Global] Internet & Social Media #top [Electronic marketing and internet use in Turkey]( CDCA A structured guide to electronic marketing and internet use in Turkey [Data Security and Cybercrime in Italy]( ICT Legal Consulting A structured guide to data protection and cyber security in Italy [Electronic marketing and internet use in Israel]( S Horowitz & Co A structured guide to electronic marketing and internet use in Israel [Data Security and Cybercrime in Germany]( Mayer Brown A structured guide to data protection and cyber security in Germany... [Electronic marketing and internet use in Singapore]( Taylor Vinters Via LLC A structured guide to electronic marketing and internet use in Singapore [Electronic marketing and internet use in Malta]( GVZH Advocates A structured guide to electronic marketing and internet use in Malta [Blockchain]( Gilbert + Tobin Blockchain is the tech du jour, and for good reason. Blockchain technology presents opportunities across a variety of industries and is driving a… [Digitalisation and decentralisation: blockchain technology and cryptocurrency]( MME Legal Tax Compliance Bitcoin, the virtual currency as cryptocurrency is strong. According to coinmarketcap (19.12.2017)1 Bitcoin is worth 18'342 USD. What's behind it? Why… [Ethereum, Ether and Smart Contracts]( MLT Aikins LLP Blockchain has led to serious consideration of how its decentralized technology can be applied in the finance sector and beyond. In this post we… [WIPO - No fan site for tribute band]( Hogan Lovells In a recent decision under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a… [Global Innovation Centers in the Data-Driven Digital Economy]( Pillsbury Data is driving growth and change in the 21st century in the way that oil did last century. As noted in The Economist: “Flows of data have created new… [New gTLD Sunrise Availability February - April 2018]( Spruson & Ferguson Generic top-level domains (gTLD) such as .com, .net and .org typically cycle through a “Sunrise Period” prior to becoming available to the general… Other top stories [BMG V. 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