News & Analysis as of

Internet

Venable LLP

Federal Courts Split on ‘Server Test’ in Copyright Infringement Cases Involving Embedded Images

Venable LLP on

Earlier this week, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas joined a number of other federal district courts that have challenged, narrowed, or simply rejected the applicability of the “server test,”...more

Mayer Brown

CIPA Claims Stumble at Summary Judgment

Mayer Brown on

Like a zombie apocalypse, hordes of California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) claims have chased corporate defendants to court where they were held off for a time, until, clawing at the courthouse doors, CIPA claims broke...more

Mayer Brown

Online Advertisements and Trade Mark Infringement – Singapore Court of Appeal Issues a Landmark Decision

Mayer Brown on

The Singapore Court of Appeal's decision in East Coast Podiatry Centre Pte Ltd v Family Podiatry Centre Pte Ltd [2025] SGCA 28 ("East Coast Podiatry") marks a significant development in Singapore's trade mark jurisprudence,...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Right to Be Forgotten: Protecting Your Privacy in Digital News

There once was a time when the publication of personal information had a defined readership life span. This life span was short and the public’s interest surrounding the publication of personal information would usually...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Navigating the 2025 Cybersecurity Landscape: Data Breaches, Rising Costs, and CISA’s Evolving Role

In June 2025, cybersecurity researchers discovered a leak of 16 billion passwords in one of the largest data breaches ever, impacting a wide range of platforms and placing billions of users’ information at risk. This incident...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

High Steaks Affairs: Internet Accessibility Lawsuits on the Rise

Last month, Hallyu Korean BBQ (“Defendant”) was named as a defendant in an internet accessibility lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Plaintiff, who is blind, alleged that...more

Blank Rome LLP

Ninth Circuit Upholds Converse’s Win in CIPA Chat Case: What the Gutierrez v. Converse Decision Means for Online Businesses

Blank Rome LLP on

Introduction - The intersection of digital customer service tools and privacy law continues to generate high-stakes litigation, especially in California, where the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) has become a...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Ninth Circuit Judge Questions Continued Viability of Internet Wiretapping Claims

Readers of this blog may recall a piece in which we discussed an unfavorable Ninth Circuit California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) internet wiretapping decision. Interestingly, the Ninth Circuit recently weighed in again...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

SCOTUS Age-Gates the Internet: Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton and the Future of Adult Content Regulation

In a ruling that could reshape how adult content is regulated online, the U.S. Supreme Court has officially age-gated the First Amendment—at least when it comes to minors. On June 27, 2025, the Court upheld a Texas law...more

Fisher Phillips

SCOTUS Saves E-Rate Program, Preserving Tech Funding for Schools Across the Country

Fisher Phillips on

In a major victory for public institutions and the tech companies that support them, the U.S. Supreme Court just preserved the federal funding lifeline that underpins internet access and telecommunications connectivity in...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Nevada regulates consumer lenders doing business remotely

On May 28, the governor of Nevada approved SB 437, establishing requirements for consumer lenders operating outside the state over the internet. Under the new law, an “Internet consumer lender” is defined as an entity that...more

Fisher Phillips

California Court Rejects Attempt to Expand Third-Party Eavesdropping Claims to Internet Communications: How Your Business Can...

Fisher Phillips on

Businesses just received some good news when a federal court dismissed a California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) claim that aimed to expand the reach of the state’s wiretapping law to cover internet communications. The...more

Clark Hill PLC

Clark Hill 2025 Commercial Real Estate Outlook: The Number One Cybersecurity Threat Facing the Real Estate Sector

Clark Hill PLC on

When we talk to clients about cybersecurity, it tends to conjure up images of ransomware, systems that are encrypted and inaccessible, and stolen data. For the real estate sector, ransomware isn’t the largest cybersecurity...more

Fisher Phillips

Businesses Get Big Privacy Win in Tester Plaintiffs’ Wiretapping Case: 3 Key Takeaways

Fisher Phillips on

In a big win for businesses, a California federal court just held that a “tester” plaintiff – someone who visits websites for purposes of initiating litigation – cannot bring a claim under the California Invasion of Privacy...more

Fisher Phillips

SCOTUS Will Soon Decide the Fate of E-Rate Program: Could Schools Lose Their Tech Funding?

Fisher Phillips on

The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard argument on an important case that has the potential to upend a significant source of technology funding for school systems throughout the country. The FCC v. Consumers’ Research case,...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

When Analyzing Likelihood of Confusion, It’s Not Just Location, Location, Location

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated a district court’s decision finding no infringement that focused on only the geographic distance between the physical locations of the two users without considering the...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Escaping Orwell’s Memory Hole: Why Digital Truth Should Outlast Big Brother

George Orwell warned us in his dark masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four how effortlessly authoritarian regimes could erase inconvenient truths by tossing records into a “memory hole”—a pneumatic chute leading directly to...more

Mayer Brown

Europe Daily News, 31 March 2025

Mayer Brown on

COMPETITION - Agenda for: Working Party on Competition - 10 April 2025 Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Senāts)... of 9 January 2025 – Jelgavas valstspilsētas pašvaldība Vs. Konkurences padome...more

Potomac Law Group, PLLC

Should Your Internet-Delivered "FAST" Channel Be Closed Captioned?

You may be familiar with FCC closed captioning rules that require programming delivered on traditional linear TV networks to be closed captioned (subject to certain exceptions and exemptions), but what about programming on...more

Osano

The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 11: Signal and Noise: The New Administration, Privacy, and Our Digital Rights with Cindy Cohn...

Osano on

Digital rights, privacy, and government policies have been a hot topic over the past month as the Trump Administration comes on board. But the truth is, data protection and safeguarding our freedoms are not partisan issues....more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Prop 65 Update: Big Changes to the Short-Form and Internet Warnings

Major new changes to the California Proposition 65 warning requirements went into effect on New Year’s Day. After multiple attempts, California’s Office of Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) adopted long-awaited changes to the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

6th Circuit Invalidates FCC's 2024 Network Neutrality Order

On January 2, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit issued a decision ("Decision") invalidating the Federal Communications Commission's ("FCC") Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet Order ("Safeguarding...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Sixth Circuit Blocks Net Neutrality

In a ruling issued on Jan. 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit blocked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from restoring its net neutrality rules. The court cited the Supreme Court’s recent decision in...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – AI in the year 2024, OpenAI for-profit restructuring, AI-generated social media accounts, and more

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Is Your Internet Bill About to Skyrocket While Your Service Gets Worse?

The Sixth Circuit’s January 2, 2025, decision in Ohio Telecom Association et al. v. Federal Communications Commission et al. may reshape the future of the Internet, delivering a significant blow to the concept of net...more

1,353 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 55

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide