Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 30 Aug 2017
In recent years, courts have issued varying rulings as to whether online or mobile users adequately consented to user agreements or terms of service…
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 28 Jul 2016
In Nghiem v Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc., No. 16-00097 (C.D. Cal. July 5, 2016), the Central District of California held browsewrap terms to be…
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 14 Jul 2016
A former employee, whose access has been revoked, and who uses a current employee’s login credentials to gain network access to his former company’s…
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 9 May 2016
The District Court for the Northern District of California recently issued what could be a very significant decision on a number of important digital…
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 9 Apr 2015
The past few years have seen exponential growth in the use of technology in the classroom, with applications ranging from the increased availability…
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 20 Dec 2012
It is a common practice for Web site providers who accept submissions of user-generated content to include a license provision in their “Terms of Use” to obtain rights to use the content.
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 10 Nov 2011
A lawsuit against consumer review site Yelp! has yielded an opinion that demonstrates the breadth of the protection afforded interactive service providers under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 1 Nov 2011
On October 27, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed to rehear the appeal in United States v. Nosal.
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 19 May 2011
In what may represent a new wave in an interesting challenge to the viral nature of social media marketing, a recently filed putative class action asserts a right of publicity claim against Facebook in connection with the service's "Like" and "Friend Finder" features.
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 31 Mar 2011
The Internet legal landscape has often been compared to the Wild West, but most recently the high seas may be the more apt comparison.