Shari Claire Lewis

June 14, 2021 | New York Law Journal

A wide range of federal and state authorities are involved in the regulation of emerging technologies in one way or another. As Shari Claire Lewis explores in this edition of her Internet Issues/Social Media column, perhaps no federal or state entity is more focused on the plethora of legal issues raised by new innovations than the Federal Trade Commission.

By Shari Claire Lewis

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April 19, 2021 | New York Law Journal

In this edition of her Internet Issues/Social Media column, Shari Claire Lewis briefly describes the state of Communications Decency Act §230 in the Second Circuit, focusing on §230(c)(1), and explores the court's recent decision in 'Domen v. Vimeo', a rare decision involving CDA §230(c)(2), and its implications.

By Shari Claire Lewis

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February 11, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Whether and to what extent the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act may be applied in other cases of arguably "unauthorized access," particularly against business insiders such as employees who exceed their authority, is a question that has divided courts across the country and is currently before the U.S. Supreme Court in 'Van Buren'. In this edition of her Internet Issues/Social Media column, Shari Claire Lewis discusses the Act, lower court rulings and the implications of Supreme Court resolution to the issue.

By Shari Claire Lewis

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December 14, 2020 | New York Law Journal

In her Internet Issues/Social Media column, Shari Claire Lewis writes: The breadth of recent cyber incidences reflects more than just the problems of securing work-from-home technology, interference with Zoom conference calls, and system vulnerabilities that existed even before COVID-19. Indeed, they essentially are a 2021 blueprint for the kinds of privacy issues that companies may best be advised to focus on, and that legislators and regulators in New York and elsewhere across the country may seek to address.

By Shari Claire Lewis

10 minute read

October 19, 2020 | New York Law Journal

One of the most powerful tools available to fight COVID-19 is known as "contact tracing," which has long been used to limit the spread of everything from tuberculosis and measles to HIV and Ebola, writes Internet Issues/Social Media columnist Shari Claire Lewis.

By Shari Claire Lewis

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August 17, 2020 | New York Law Journal

For as long as companies have used internet applications, private and publicly owned businesses, law firms and other professional services organizations, and even public entities have faced potentially devastating financial harm and loss of public good will from "business email compromise" (BEC) fraud, writes Internet Issues/Social Media columnist Shari Claire Lewis.

By Shari Claire Lewis

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June 15, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Although BIPA is an Illinois statute, it is widely depended on as a predicate for class actions concerning assertions of privacy rights filed in New York and elsewhere, Shari Claire Lewis discusses in her column.

By Shari Claire Lewis

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December 16, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Over the past month or so, the FTC took a number of notable privacy-related actions against a host of companies regarding what it considered to be their problematic online activities. Many states have passed or carried over a patchwork of privacy legislation for consideration in their next legislative session, including 25 pieces of privacy legislation that are pending in New York state alone. In her Internet Issues/Social Media column, Shari Claire Lewis discusses these recent developments.

By Shari Claire Lewis

11 minute read

October 11, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The EU's highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union, recently issued a decision limiting a "de-referencing" obligation and declaring that the right to be forgotten is not "absolute." After briefly discussing the right to be forgotten and the de-referencing obligation, Shari Claire Lewis, in this Internet Issues/Social Media column, reviews the CJEU's ruling and explore its implications.

By Shari Claire Lewis

10 minute read

August 19, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In her Internet Issues/Social Media column, Shari Claire Lewis discusses a recent Second Circuit ruling that Communications Decency Act §230(c)(1) shielded Facebook from civil liability for claims brought under federal law by U.S. citizen victims, and their representatives, of certain terrorist attacks committed by Hamas in Israel. The decision amounted to a big victory for Facebook and, implicitly, for other social media platforms. However, there may be political will to amend §230(c)(1) to weaken the immunity it affords online publishers such as Facebook, which could limit the effect of the decision.

By Shari Claire Lewis

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