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Corporate Counsel

Internet Expansion Has Made Brand Protection Increasingly Difficult for Fashion Attorneys

"The internet is the problem," Javier Diaz, associate general counsel at Chanel, quipped at the symposium. "It is harder and harder to distinguish an authentic product from a counterfeit these days."
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

More Than 100 Law Firms Have Reported Data Breaches. Is Your Firm Next?

Unfortunately, these rules do not include any specific technical requirements that attorneys can reference. This puts attorneys in the difficult position of trying to determine what is sufficient when it comes to cybersecurity.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

What Lanham Act Liability Do Retailers Face for Stocking and Selling Mislabeled Third-Party Products?

Surprisingly, there are few cases that have considered liability of retailers who sell products with (allegedly) false or misleading labels under the Lanham Act, or who engage in other promotional acts related to third-party products. Recently, however, two cases have addressed these issues in the context of both brick-and-mortar and online retail outlets.
12 minute read

Daily Business Review

Analyzing the 2020 Florida Consumer Data Privacy Act

The legislation—which is yet to be named but for our purposes will be referred to as the 2020 Florida Consumer Privacy Act (act)—appears to be very similar to the Nevada Online Privacy Protection Act, which was amended last year to add a right to opt-out of sales of covered information.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Hanna Andersson Customers Sue Salesforce for Data Breach

Customers whose information was sold on the dark web after malware infected retailer Hanna Andersson's Salesforce e-commerce platform will face "a lifetime risk of identity theft," according to a complaint filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Airbnb Sued for Failing to Pay Local Occupancy Taxes to Georgia Cities, Counties

The lawsuit seeks to force Airbnb to collect and then remit occupancy taxes to municipalities across the state.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Baker & Hostetler Reshuffles Practice Groups, Signaling Data's Dominance

The firm's new Digital Assets and Data Management practice group will be its sixth, putting data activities on equal footing with stalwarts like litigation, business and tax.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Lawsuit Targets Marijuana Firm Trulieve Over Text Messages

Quincy-based Trulieve allegedly violated federal communications laws by sending unsolicited text messages to a Tennessee man that advertised special deals on marijuana products.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Boca Raton CBRE Trio Closes $8.7 Million Pompano Beach Office-Industrial Sale

The buyer is an e-commerce company that produces customized apparel and other merchandise.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Kirkland in a Dog Fight Over the Latest in Pet Comfort

Who knew the market for self-cooling pet mats was so lucrative?
5 minute read

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