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In Novel Case, Federal Judge OKs TCPA Class Action Over 'Textbook Example' of Website Hiding Consent Language

Finding courts in the First Circuit have yet to address the framework for determining whether online terms were sufficiently disclosed to provide a consent defense to a Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts relied on recent Ninth Circuit case law in allowing a putative class action to proceed.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

'The Attorney Threw the Complaint in the Garbage': Inside the $900M Florida Judgment

The ruling centered on the validity of terms of service, and what happens when somebody evades service of court documents.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

DOJ Opens Up a Second Antitrust Front Against Google

"Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown" — Henry IV, Part 2. No one would blame Google for feeling apprehensive about its relationship…
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Internet's Future May Be in the Supreme Court's Hands

As should be clear, if the Court were to rule against social media companies in even one of these cases, the ramifications would be significant for the companies, their advertisers, and their users.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Don't Feed the Trolls: An Investigator's Approach to Online Harassment

For companies caught in a hate or misinformation campaign, the playing field is as complex. Senior executives, board members, and advisors who become the public face of a targeted attack can be doxxed or subjected to death threats.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Senators Ask FTC to Probe Musk's 'Alarming Steps' at Twitter

Seven senators wrote a letter to the Federal Trade Commission Thursday expressing concerns about the "integrity and safety" of the Twitter platform.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Internet Harassment in the Workplace: Civil and Criminal Legal Actions Possible

Internet harassment is a form of conduct. It may take place on a workplace computer or on an augmented realty game. More specifically, internet conduct includes posting threats, obscene images, as well as internet communications via text, messaging, computer or email, which conveys harmful or false information on social media sites.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Pessimist's Assessment of the Proposed EU-US Data Privacy Framework Under 'Schrems II'

On Oct. 7, President Biden signed Executive Order 14086 on "Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities," which serves as the first step toward restoring the free flow of European personal data to U.S. businesses. In this article, Michael Kleinman and Talia Bulka write that the order "contains some serious substantive improvements, but it is far from the "no spy" agreement that European privacy activists have demanded."
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Law.com

Copyright Infringement of Major Motion Pictures Nets $4.2M Against Defunct IaaS Company

The Colorado district court has entered $4.2 million in statutory damages against Micfo, a defunct infrastructure as service company, for contributory and vicarious infringements of the copyrights of 28 movies.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Outcome of Google Algorithm Case Could Change the Internet

To hold interactive computer services liable for the consequences of their recommendations or even search results will not break the internet, but it will certainly bend it.
4 minute read

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