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Yes, I really am Angela Merkel

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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Germany
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May 4 2013

Facebook can keep forcing its German users to disclose their real names in order to register for and continue using the social network, after an

German regulator fines Google over privacy violations

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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Germany
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April 27 2013

A German privacy regulator has fined Google Inc. 145,000 (around $189,000) for violating the country's data protection laws. The Hamburg

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 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 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

India establishes broad interception, data retention, cyber security, and website blocking requirements

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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India
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November 14 2009

India's Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, came into effect at the end of last month, instituting significant new requirements governing the interception and decryption of communications, access to stored data, data retention, cyber security, and website blocking

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

France forces Google to help people break the law. Vraiment.

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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France
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November 27 2010

Following fair competition concerns raised by the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence), Google agreed to make the rules of its AdWords program more transparent and predictable

European cybersecurity: good start, but more to be done

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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European Union
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June 30 2011

The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has released 30 updated Network and Information Security Reports (NIS reports) covering all EU member countries as well as Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein

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