Category: News
State Department Investigating 3 Tourist Deaths in Bahamas
Experts say traveling internationally helps strengthen our ability to empathize. It also helps make people more grounded, trusting, creative, and self-aware. All this is true because traveling internationally exposes you to new, unique situations and cultures. While this has plenty of advantages, it can have a lot of disadvantages, too....
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Why You Should Always Stay Compliant With US Laws Operating a Crypto Biz
In today’s investment landscape, cryptocurrency is the new darling of investors. Much of this is due to its lack of regulation and traceability as it changes hands. While regulation has been slow to catch up, crypto laws and regulations may be finally doing just that, and some in the midst...
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Russian Covid-19 Vaccine is Recognized in EU and US — Is It Time for a Lawsuit?
Over the past year and a half, we have been witnessing a global race against COVID- 19, with many nations coming into play with their own variations of a vaccine. In Russia, the first country to offer a vaccine, Gam-COVID-Vac, also known as Sputnik V, has garnered controversy and speculation...
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Why black market iPhones are a hot commodity in Argentina
Argentina has a serious trafficking issue. And it's not just drugs -- but iPhones. Buenos Aires, the nation's capital, is rife with stores sporting Apple signs and images of the late Steve Jobs. Walk into any of these unaffiliated shops, and you'll find white walls covered with iPhone accessories. But...
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Ubid v. Godaddy and Weather Underground v. Navigation Catalyst: How the “Effects Test” Drove the Courts to Opposite Rulings on Personal Jurisdiction
Web sites can be accessed virtually everywhere. A frequent worry of website operators is that a court in some distant state will find that it has personal jurisdiction over them and force them to defend a suit far from home. While it often seems that courts are biased towards assuming...
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Zheng v. Yahoo!: U.S. Companies Not Subject to U.S. Restrictions on Disclosure of Private Emails if the Disclosure Is Made in a Foreign Country
Digital media law update: Plaintiffs who believe they have been wronged by acts committed by U.S. multinational corporations in foreign countries have long attempted to bring claims against such corporations in the U.S., and based on U.S. law. However, such plaintiffs face many hurdles. Some claims are dismissed for lack...
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U.S.A. v. Iconix: A Website’s False Disclaimer that It Collects Personal Information from Children under Age 13 Can Lead to Doubled Penalties from the FTC
The FTC's recent settlement against soft goods marketer Iconix Brand Group, Inc. shows the hazards of trying to skirt the hassles of compliance with the Childrens' Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501-6506. If your website privacy policy disclaims an intent to collect information from kids and asks...
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iMEGA v. Holder: Third Circuit Rejects Gaming Industry Group’s Constitutional Challenges to Federal Internet Gambling Law (UIGEA)
Internet gaming: On September 1, 2009, the 3rd Circuit handed down an opinion rejecting several facial challenges to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) of 2006 (31 U.S.C. § 5361). This decision was on a suit brought by the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association - iMEGA -- a...
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Employer Access of Employee Digital Communications and Federal Wiretap Laws: It’s Easier to Be Found Immune if the Communications Reside on Your Servers
Employers seeking to discover what their employees are doing and writing on the internet will can find themselves out of the reach of federal wiretap laws (under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act ["ECPA"] and the Stored Communications Act ["SCA"]) so long as they limit their efforts to intercepting and accessing...
Read MoreRecent Federal Court Ruling Would Make It Easy to Sue Foreign Website Operators in U.S. Courts
A recent ruling shows how easy it can be for a company that markets its services via a website to find itself a defendant in a United States federal court. In a trademark infringement case brought over competing claims to the "LifeAlert" trademark, a federal judge ruled on December 29,...
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