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Michael L. Mallow, Christine M. Reilly; Loeb & Loeb LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 1, 2013, previously published on January 2013 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has amended a recent decision in which it suggested that prior express consent under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for telephone calls made to mobile phones for the purpose of debt collection could exist only if consumers gave their...
| | Update Your ECF Email Address: Or Risk Losing Your Client's Appeal Rights
Foley Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 31, 2013, previously published on January 28, 2013 The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in Communications Network Int’l, Ltd. v. MCI WorldCom Communications, Inc., a 2-1 decision issued on January 24, dismissed an appeal as untimely because the putative appellant’s lawyer failed to update his email address in the...
| | FCC Provides Guidance on Tower Site Collocation
Russell H. Fox; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article January 31, 2013, previously published on January 29, 2013 In order to help wireless communications providers meet the need for new facilities to satisfy the exploding demand for service, last year Congress enacted legislation designed to make it easier to add, remove or replace transmitting equipment on existing towers. In particular, it prohibited state...
| | Reminder: February 4 Online TV Public File Compliance Deadline
Lerman Senter PLLC;
Legal Alert/Article January 30, 2013, previously published on January 22, 2013 Monday, February 4, 2013 is the deadline by which commercial and noncommercial full power and Class A television stations must complete uploading the historic contents of their public inspection files to the online files hosted by the FCC.
| | Data Privacy Day 2013 Post #3 — Look out for the Maryland Privacy Police!
Cynthia J. Larose; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article January 30, 2013, previously published on January 28, 2013 Maryland’s Attorney General, Douglas Gansler, announced today that Maryland has a new Internet Privacy Unit to monitor the data collection practices of online companies. According to the Attorney General’s press release, the Internet Privacy Unit will
| | Why Medical Providers Should Take Caution with Sensitive Information, Especially With Mobile Devices
Steven J. Bonafonte; Pullman & Comley, LLC;
Legal Alert/Article January 30, 2013, previously published on January 22, 2013 We continue to hear reports of large-scale data breaches that involve the loss or theft of thousands of records containing personally identifiable information of individuals (PII). If such a loss or theft is determined to constitute a “breach of security” of the information, certain...
| | Data Privacy Day 2013 - Passwords
Cynthia J. Larose; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article January 30, 2013, previously published on January 28, 2013 Something everyone can do for Data Privacy Day: make it a point to change at least one password and make it “long and strong.”
| | Use of Social Media Platforms
Nerushka Deosaran; Norton Rose Canada LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 28, 2013, previously published on January 2013 Companies have jumped onto the social media bandwagon without recognising the legal risks involved. Social media platforms are used by companies for advertising and marketing, promotional offers and competitions, online trading, as well as customer relations. The risk when using social media as...
| | Can the Private Copy Obtained from an Illegal Source Be Legal?
Sofie Cubitt; Crowell & Moring;
Legal Alert/Article January 28, 2013, previously published on January 22, 2013 On September 21, 2012, the Dutch Supreme Court asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling in the case of ACI vs Stichting De Thuiskopie regarding the interpretation of the private copying exemption laid down in Article 5(2) of the EU Copyright Directive. The...
| | DC Circuit Vacates Plug and Play Rules
Seth A. Davidson, Arthur H. Harding, Ari Z. Moskowitz; Edwards Wildman Palmer;
Legal Alert/Article January 25, 2013, previously published on January 2013 On January 15, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated in their entirety the FCC’s 2003 “Plug and Play” order and a subsequent modification of that order. The Court took this action in response to petitions for review filed by Dish...
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