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3rd Circuit Upholds Contempt Ruling for Man Who Didn't Unlock Devices

The appeals court decision affirmed a civil contempt order against a John Doe defendant, who refused to provide law enforcement with passwords to some of his devices while doing so for others.
8 minute read

Legaltech News

Ninth Circuit Weighs Privacy in Police Cellphone Tracking Case

Judges Mary McKeown and Jay Bybee expressed concern over the growing frequency and precision with which cellular providers can track their customers.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Yahoo Names Arthur Chong New General Counsel

After the sudden departure of Ronald Bell, Yahoo's former general counsel, the company has named Arthur Chong as his replacement.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

US Implicates In-House Lawyers at China's ZTE in Sanctions Case

Inside the billion-dollar plea agreement this week between the U.S. government and the Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. sits a tale of lawyers gone bad. And at least one who didn't. U.S. authorities pointed fingers at in-house lawyers for their alleged roles in a scheme to violate trade sanctions.
16 minute read

The Recorder

California Supreme Court Issues Decision on Use of Private Email

Public officials may turn to private email and messaging services to evade public scrutiny of potentially embarrassing information. In California at least, avoiding public disclosure just became much more difficult.
12 minute read

Legaltech News

Answering the Call for Remote Conference Security

The value that reservationless conferencing provides is severely undercut by the security issues introduced by dial-in.
12 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FCC Reaches $9.1M Settlement With Telecom Companies

The Federal Communications Commission announced Wednesday that it has reached a $9.1 million settlement with two telecommunications companies that provide relay services for people with hearing and speech disabilities.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Regulate That Hairbrush? Cyberlaw Experts Say Maybe

In 2003 there were an estimated 500 million internet-connected devices. By 2020 it is predicted there will be 50 billion. Travis LeBlanc, recently resigned chief of enforcement at the Federal Communications Commission, says the profusion poses privacy and security risks for individuals, companies and countries.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Vapor IO and SoundCloud Hire New GCs

Cloud computing company Vapor IO based in Austin, Texas hired Catherine Bedell as general counsel this week. Audio hosting platform SoundCloud hired Amazon veteran Merritt Farren as GC.
11 minute read

Legaltech News

Ericsson, TCL Battle Over FRAND Patents in 'Cutting-Edge' Case

TCL is asking Judge James Selna to set a FRAND rate and award damages for Ericsson's alleged breach of FRAND commitments.
31 minute read

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