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Google’s CDA immunity armor pierced

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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November 10 2012

Internet search providers and websites that have come to rely on the Communications Decency Act (CDA) to protect against content-related lawsuits should be feeling a little discomfort right now

Court muddies the water on electronic signatures in New York

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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February 6 2010

In Prudential Ins. Co. v. Dukoff, et al., a federal district court in New York has left unclear whether state regulators can add requirements for electronic signatures that go beyond those defined in the state’s electronic signatures law

Court refuses to clean up Dirty World

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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April 14 2012

A federal district court has rejected a lawsuit accusing a gossip website of defamation and invasion of privacy, finding that the site was immune from suit under Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act (CDA

Court makes it easier to unmask online posters of commercial speech

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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July 31 2010

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled in Quixtar, Inc. v. Signature Management TEAM, LLC, that that the Cahill summary judgment standard -- which requires a plaintiff to make out a prima facie case before a court will compel discovery of an anonymous individual's identity, and to try to notify that individual of the attempted unmasking -- is a bar too high when it comes to commercial speech

Court finds online payment services liable for contributory trademark infringement

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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July 17 2010

A federal court in New York has allowed a claim of contributory trademark infringement to proceed against three online payment service companies

FTC publishes new guidelines on internet advertising

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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March 30 2013

Last month, the Federal Trade Commission published its updated guidelines on Internet advertising disclosures. The FTC Staff Report, ".com

FTC and EC target hidden advertising in online social media

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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European Union, USA
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January 9 2010

The Federal Trade Commission and the European Commission each issued guidance last month that requires disclosure of marketing relationships between seemingly independent "endorsers" of a product on a website and the product's advertiser

Online video streaming sites subject to VPPA

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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August 25 2012

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has determined that the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) can be applied to companies that stream video on the Internet

Court tosses spam out of the frying pan and into the fire

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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March 2 2013

The U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota has held, in Gage E. Services, LLC, v. AngelVision Technologies, Inc., that the CAN-SPAM Act

Privacy: there’d better be an app for That

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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December 22 2012

App makers who did not heed California Attorney General Kamala Harris's warning that they needed to have a privacy policy accessible from the app should