Digestible Law
Digestible Law is "a blog dedicated to Internet law, incorporating the Perkins Coie Internet Case Digest."
Author: This blawg is sponsored by Perkins Coie, a law firm based in Seattle, Wash.
Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Internet Law • Media & Communications Law • Science & Technology Law
Recent Posts from Digestible Law
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Ninth Circuit: CDA Section 230 Protects Security Software Companies From Liability
Last week, in Zango v. Kaspersky Lab, Inc., No. 07-35800 (9th Cir. June 25, 2009), the Ninth Circuit upheld a trial court determination that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Action (CDA) immunizes providers of filtering…
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EU Data Protection Working Party Issues Guidance on Social Networking Sites
On June 12, 2009 the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party adopted an opinion regarding its expectations for operators, application providers and users of social networking services – including those based outside the EU – to…
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Ninth Circuit Amends Barnes Decision to Eliminate Controversial Dicta
Today, in response to a petition for rehearing by Yahoo! supported by several amici, the Ninth Circuit amended its initial decision in Barnes v. Yahoo! to (1) eliminate its previous assertion that a Section 230 defense…
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Dinner and Drinks at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market
While you are in town for the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, Perkins Coie, D.A. Davidson and the Generator Group invite you to take some time to unwind at Salt Lake City's Grand America Hotel. Connect with…
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FTC to "Rethink" Approach to Privacy Protections
The keynote speaker at the ABA Consumer Protection conference in DC on June 18, 2009 was Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Dave Vladeck. He identified as one of this goals "rethinking" the agency's approach to privacy…
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Jury Awards $1.92 Million to Recording Industry in Retrial of Music Downloading Case
For the second time, a federal jury in Minnesota has found that Jammie Thomas-Rasset infringed copyrights by sharing songs using Kazaa in the only music download case brought by the recording industry yet to go…
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Alaska and South Carolina Data Breach Notification Laws Go Into Effect on July 1, 2009
On July 1, 2009, new data breach notification laws will go into effect in Alaska and South Carolina. Generally, they require notification of data breaches that result in unauthorized disclosure of personal information (PI) about…
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Important Change in Facebook Policy: Protect Your Trademark Rights Now
Beginning June 13, 2009, at 12:01 a.m. EDT (June 12, 2009, at 9:01 p.m. PDT), Facebook will allow current members to select a username that will be associated with their personal profile or their Facebook…
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Six Federal Agencies Jointly Issue FAQs on Red Flag Rules
Today, the FTC and five other federal agencies jointly issued a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to help financial institutions, creditors, users of consumer reports, and issuers of credit and debit cards comply with…
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Winston Discusses Privacy, Data Security, and FTC Red Flag Rules
In an interview with GovInfoSecurity.com, Joel Winston, associate director of the FTC's Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, commented on current FTC priorities, risks to consumers, and the FTC's Red Flag Rules. Currently, Winston said…