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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

FTC issues recommendations on mobile data disclosures, urges mobile industry to act

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

Data use and sharing disclosures on mobile devices need work, the FTC said in a staff report released last week. The report recommends ways that

New Massachusetts data security regulations go into effect on March 1, 2010

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 18 2010

New regulations concerning the safeguarding of personal information with respect to persons residing in Massachusetts will go into effect on March 1, 2010 (the "Regulations"

Jury picked and trial commences in SCO v. Novell UNIX code copyright ownership dispute

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 10 2010

The back story to the dispute between The SCO Group and Novell, Inc., over the ownership of copyrights to UNIX source code is lengthy indeed

European Commission seeks to balance data protection and business globalization with updated standard contractual clauses

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • March 2 2010

After years of negotiations, on February 5, 2010, the European Commission (EC) updated its Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), which set forth contract terms that govern the protection of personal data transferred from data exporters within the European Union (EU) to data processors outside the EU

Landmark open source lawsuit ends with settlement

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 24 2010

A dispute between a proprietary software company and the Java Model Railroad Interface (JMRI) open source project has ended with a settlement, the JRMI project announced on February 17

Life unlocked? FTC and 35 state attorneys general ding LifeLock, Inc. for deceptive claims and poor data security

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 15 2010

On March 9, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission and 35 state attorneys general announced a negotiated settlement with LifeLock, Inc. and its co-founders, Richard Todd Davis and Robert J. Maynard

The FTC brings 27th case for "faulty data security practices"

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 2 2010

On March 25, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it had entered into a settlement with entertainment operator, Dave & Buster’s, Inc., for alleged violations of Section 5(a) of the FTC Act, and for “engaging in a number of practices that, taken together, failed to provide reasonable and appropriate security for personal information on its networks.”

Warrant required for delayed search of laptop seized at border

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 29 2010

While the search of a laptop computer at a border crossing did not require a search warrant, one of two subsequent warrantless searches of the laptop after it was seized by law enforcement officials violated the Fourth Amendment, a district court ruled

No Fourth Amendment violation in ISP scanning of user e-mail, and reporting of suspected child pornography in compliance with law

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 29 2010

An Internet service provider that scanned user e-mail in order to screen out images containing child pornography, and reported suspected images in compliance with federal law, was not acting as an agent of law enforcement for Fourth Amendment purposes, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled

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