Amazon App Store: Primed for a Refund
After several years of litigation Amazon has decided to settle a case and pay out $70 million for in-app purchases made by children without parental permission.… Read More Amazon App Store: Primed for a Refund
After several years of litigation Amazon has decided to settle a case and pay out $70 million for in-app purchases made by children without parental permission.… Read More Amazon App Store: Primed for a Refund
The Federal Trade Commission is enhancing its focus on social influencers and deceptive product promotion. New regulations may require brands to be more transparent about their sponsored content. … Read More Disclosure in the Digital Age: The FTC Sets Forth New Regulations for Social Media Marketing
Uber has been using a software called “Greyball” in order to evade law enforcement and public officials in cities and locations where where the company has faced opposition from people seeking to regulate ride-sharing applications. An issue may arise for Uber’s in-house counsel regarding the legal ethics of advising the company to utilize this software. … Read More Uber: Veering Off Course
With the rise of fake news and hate speech easily publishable on the internet, some nation states have had enough. Germany has introduced a new law to impose heavy financial penalties on social media firms operating in Germany that do not comply with new takedown procedures related to illegal content. … Read More Balancing Censorship and Hate Speech: Germany’s Approach to Blocking Illegal Content on Social Media in the Fake News Era
Every contract for the purchase of encryption products will not be finalized without an ‘export control’ section that mentions International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulation (EAR). As expected, defense contractors (contractors) are concerned with their proprietary information landing in the wrong hands during an international sale, specifically in the hands of rogue foreign persons. Thus, international sales are heavily regulated. My blog will analyze how international transactions for encryption products are effected by such ITAR and Export Control Act provisions.… Read More How to Export Encryption Products While Staying Compliant
Distracted driving is nothing short of an epidemic these days. While a vast majority of people today are addicted to cellular technology, the main focus when it comes to curing this epidemic is getting people to put their phones away before they get behind the wheel. This goal however does not appear to be aimed towards ride sharing services such as Uber and Lyft where the use of a cellular device is the crucial element giving them a competitive advantage. The topic of debate with regard to ride sharing services and distracted driving is really whether these companies should be more strictly regulated when it comes to cellular use behind the wheel.… Read More A Serious Outbreak of Distracted Driving
IBM claims that 90% of Americans will regularly use Watson by the end of 2017. With the advent of smart technology and artificial intelligence on a mass scale, questions will arise on how these technologies interfere with our constitutional rights, such as freedom of speech and privacy.… Read More Watson, The Firm’s Newest Associate
On its face, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) doesn’t sound like something that should concern companies in the United States. Yet, recent estimates show that nearly 68% of top American multi-national corporations are earmarking between one and $1 and $10 million dollars to get ready for its implementation and enforcement.… Read More The EU General Data Protection Regulations: Why U.S. Entities Should be Concerned about a European Regulation