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Scott Graham
The Supreme Court let stand a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision that said issuers of takedown notices aren't liable under the DMCA unless they actually knew that the material did not infringe their copyright, or were willfully blind to that knowledge.
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Tom McParland
A Texas company has accused Snap Inc. of infringing four patents with systems that allow Snapchat users to scan "Snapcodes" and add friends on the popular social networking app.
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Miriam Rozen
More firms are working to tailor their apps to the right audiences, and improving their use as client development tools in the process.
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Robert A. Naeve
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Jaclyn B. Stahl
<b><i>Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.</b></i><p>After years of demand letters, complaints and settlements, a website accessibility lawsuit under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act finally went to trial. The case is remarkable not just because it is the first of its kind to go to trial, but also because the court's opinion does not consider whether a website owner can employ alternatives other than WCAG 2.0 to make website content "accessible."
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Roy Strom
By now, every managing partner has heard the warning: Law firms and their clients' sensitive information are a treasure trove for hackers.But the ransomware…
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Benjamin Znaty
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Marc Schuler
<b><i>Companies and Lawyers Should Begin to Learn the Laws of Individual Platforms Before Trying to Apply National and Local Legal Concepts</b></i><p>Since the possibilities offered by social networks and their reach on consumers are unquestionable, companies must remember that important legal consequences exist between an online presence on social media and on a proprietary website. We look at a few key consequences of going "all in" with social platforms below.
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India E. Vincent
The scope of WannaCry changed our perceptions of ransomware attacks. It made it clear that ransomware could reach a broad cross-section of computers worldwide, at essentially the same time.
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Shari Claire Lewis
When a database is breached in one way or another, the results can be devastating. Many companies suffering this kind of loss turn to litigation, often under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which prohibits improperly accessing a protected computer. There is, however, a growing consensus in the Second Circuit that recovery of certain forms of damages under the CFAA simply is not permitted.
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Todd Cunningham
Foreign rights presales, which since the 1970s have been used by independent Hollywood producers to raise funds to get their movies shot, are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Credit Netflix for giving them a big shove out the door. So what does that mean for Hollywood's deal lawyers? Bigger rights deals — but fewer of them to go around.
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Jason Straight
A procrastinator's guide to overcoming technical challenges in GDPR compliance.
