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Protecting privacy or enabling fraud? Employee social media password protection laws may clash with FINRA rules

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 8 2013

As a growing number of states pass legislation which will protect individuals' social media accounts from employer scrutiny, they have encountered a

President Obama signs executive order on cybersecurity

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 6 2013

As announced during the 2013 State of the Union Address, President Obama recently signed an Executive Order on cybersecurity. The primary goals of

California Supreme Court holds online retailers of downloadable products may require personally identifying information for credit card transactions

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 13 2013

The California Supreme Court held on February 4, 2013 that the provision of the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 (the "Act") prohibiting

Facebook and Netflix now “in a relationship”; Obama signs bill updating video privacy law

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 23 2013

On January 10, 2013, President Obama signed into law H.R. 6671, an amendment to the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (VPPA) codified at 18 U.S.C

California Attorney General issues recommendations for mobile ecosystem stakeholders

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 15 2013

Ever on the forefront of consumer privacy protection, California is again making news in the privacy world with the California Attorney General's

5 best practices for employers addressing social media use in the workplace

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2013

For the second year in a row, Proskauer has conducted a global survey, "Social Media in the Workplace Around the World 2.0", which addresses the use of

New Year's watch: state laws take effect to prohibit employers from mandating that job applicants and employees divulge social media passwords

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 3 2013

With the start of the New Year, the laws of four states (Maryland, Illinois, California, and Michigan) prohibit employers from requiring job applicants or

Learning from the past: the FTC bans undisclosed history sniffing

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 12 2012

It has been said that we must learn from the past to profit by the present

Shaking up the settlement process: FTC reconsiders whether companies can deny wrongdoing while settling privacy violation claims

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 24 2012

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently announced settlements of cases brought against Google and Facebook for alleged privacy violations

California District Court dismisses privacy class action lawsuit against LinkedIn

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 8 2012

A California District Court has dismissed with prejudice a class action lawsuit filed against LinkedIn on behalf of its registered users, finding the allegations too speculative to sustain a lawsuit