tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86693683182703957132023-09-15T02:40:00.945-07:00On The 50 Yard LineStuart Pardau's blog about legal issues from a 50 yard line perspective.Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.comBlogger765125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-25186866035380980352014-01-18T19:59:00.000-08:002014-01-18T19:59:04.061-08:00Target Data Breach Was the Result of BLACKPOS, an "off the shelf" malware created by a 17-year old<br />
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The massive data breach at Target during late last year used an inexpensive "off the shelf" malware known as BlackPOS. The same malware may have also been involved in the Neiman Marcus attack.</div>
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IntelCrawler, a Los-Angeles based cyber intelligence company, announced that the age of BlackPOS malware author is close to 17 years old and the first sample of it was created in March 2013</div>
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<a href="http://intelcrawler.com/about/press08">http://intelcrawler.com/about/press08</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-31237702809601490012014-01-15T22:02:00.003-08:002014-01-15T22:02:54.652-08:00A Bite of the Apple: FTC Requires Apple to Provide Consumer Refunds To The Tune of 32.5 Million For Alleged Charges for Children's Mobile Apps Without Proper Parental Consent<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br />
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Apple Inc. has agreed to provide full refunds to consumers, paying a minimum of $32.5 million, to settle a Federal Trade Commission complaint that the company billed consumers for millions of dollars of charges incurred by children in kids’ mobile apps without their parents’ consent.</div>
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Under the terms of the <a href="http://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cases/140115appleagree.pdf" style="-webkit-box-sizing: border-box; color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">settlement with the FTC</a>, Apple also will be required to change its billing practices to ensure that it has obtained express, informed consent from consumers before charging them for items sold in mobile apps.</div>
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“This settlement is a victory for consumers harmed by Apple’s unfair billing, and a signal to the business community: whether you’re doing business in the mobile arena or the mall down the street, fundamental consumer protections apply,” said FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez. “You cannot charge consumers for purchases they did not authorize.”</div>
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The <a href="http://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cases/140115applecmpt.pdf" style="-webkit-box-sizing: border-box; color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">FTC’s complaint alleges that Apple violated the FTC Act</a> by failing to tell parents that by entering a password they were approving a single in-app purchase and also 15 minutes of additional unlimited purchases their children could make without further action by the parent. </div>
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<a href="http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2014/01/apple-inc-will-provide-full-consumer-refunds-least-325-million">http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2014/01/apple-inc-will-provide-full-consumer-refunds-least-325-million</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-48804288578911864922014-01-15T21:52:00.002-08:002014-01-15T21:52:50.283-08:00Burford Capital Releases Survey of External and Internal Counsels re Alternative Litigation Financing (ALF)The visibility and acceptance of ALF continues to grow.<br />
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<a href="http://www.burfordcapital.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2013-SURVEY-REPORT-FINAL-2014-01-14.pdf">http://www.burfordcapital.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2013-SURVEY-REPORT-FINAL-2014-01-14.pdf</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-44761738085552448772014-01-14T19:57:00.000-08:002014-01-14T19:57:05.817-08:00Attacking the Victim: Let's Not Forget That Copyright Holders Have Rights Too!Citing Congressional testimony today before the House Judiciary Committee from both David Nimmer and Glynn Lunney, the EFF takes another opportunity to trash the entire statutory damages regime under the U.S. Copyright Act.<br />
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Have there been some isolated high-profile abuses? No question. But the fact remains that statutory damages exist for very good reasons. Because it may be difficult for the copyright holder to prove actual damages (think of a young and new struggling artist, who still has precious little in the way of sales to support her case for actual damages in the infringement of her copyrighted works) they should have the ability to elect to seek the range of damages specified under the Act.<br />
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Too often as well, the debate has been framed with the use of the proverbial "straw man"techniques. The big, bad multinational corporation going after the helpless, morally innocent individual blogger. For every such instance I know of at least as many cases of a small business whose hard-earned copyrighted works have been infringed upon by large corporate enterprises. In the absence of statutory damages, many of these start-ups, small businesses and other nascent enterprises would be further disadvantaged in the marketplace.<br />
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Casting this debate as some sort of Manichean struggle of good vs evil is not helpful in advancing the serious discourse of these very important issues.<br />
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<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/safeguard-public-domain-and-public-interest-fix-copyrights-crazy-penalties">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/safeguard-public-domain-and-public-interest-fix-copyrights-crazy-penalties</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-33763868005398618022014-01-14T19:28:00.003-08:002014-01-14T19:28:48.791-08:00Senator Leahy reintroduces Data Privacy Legislation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Leahy first authored and sponsored the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act in 2005, and he has reintroduced the legislation in each of the last four Congresses. The bill would establish a national standard for data breach notification, and require American businesses that collect and store consumers’ sensitive personal information to safeguard that information from cyber threats. Leahy’s bill introduction on Wednesday comes just weeks after the department store chain, Target, suffered a major data security breach involving 40 million credit and debit cards used to pay for purchases at its stores during the busy holiday buying season.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/leahy-reintroduces-data-privacy-legislation">http://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/leahy-reintroduces-data-privacy-legislation</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-33562255595527279142014-01-14T19:23:00.003-08:002014-01-14T19:23:44.370-08:00Court Overturns FCC Rules Regarding Net NeutralityCould a regime where internet access to popular websites be governed paywalls? Given the centrality of this issue, it seems almost certain that this will go to the U.S. Supreme Court<br />
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<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/01/14/court-strikes-down-fccs-net-neutrality-rule/">http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/01/14/court-strikes-down-fccs-net-neutrality-rule/</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-65503099646215501142014-01-09T22:26:00.003-08:002014-01-09T22:26:31.870-08:00Who Would Have Known: SAC Defendant Was In Fact Expelled From Harvard Law in 1999 for Falsifying Transcripts <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/01/09/sac-defendant-was-booted-from-harvard-law-a-look-at-the-details/">http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/01/09/sac-defendant-was-booted-from-harvard-law-a-look-at-the-details/</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-70131674239138934252014-01-09T22:21:00.003-08:002014-01-09T22:21:49.597-08:00Use of Social Media for Determination of Credit Status<br />
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More lending companies are mining social media such as Facebook and Twitter to help determine a borrower's creditworthiness. Is this a problem legally or otherwise? IMHO, no it is not. In the absence of the affirmative selection of privacy settings, once someone elects to put their information out there in social media, sorry Charlie, you have, in essence "opted-in" to the widespread sharing of your personal information. Information captured that is more broadly captured on the worldwide web presents a related, though slightly more nuanced, difference. Also subject to widespread access and use, likewise expectations of privacy should be reduced accordingly. That said, what to do about information that may be untrue, inaccurate, or downright defamatory? What protections exist there?<br />
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<a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/wall-street-journal/concern-in-us-as-social-media-decides-credit-status/story-fnay3ubk-1226799034240#">http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/wall-street-journal/concern-in-us-as-social-media-decides-credit-status/story-fnay3ubk-1226799034240#</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-61448782425354433112014-01-07T22:54:00.000-08:002014-01-07T22:54:05.559-08:00Facebook Sued in Northern District for Scanning Private Messages, Selling to Marketers for Targeted Ads<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br />
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The social networking company scanned plaintiffs’ private messages containing URLs (uniform resource locators) and searched the website identified in the URL for “purposes including but not limited to data mining and user profiling,” according to the complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.</div>
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<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2083800/facebook-faces-lawsuit-for-allegedly-scanning-private-messages.html">http://www.pcworld.com/article/2083800/facebook-faces-lawsuit-for-allegedly-scanning-private-messages.html</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-39889572114357275412014-01-07T21:28:00.001-08:002014-01-07T21:28:10.662-08:00France Enacts Law to Facilitate Real-Time Collection of Metadata<a href="http://www.hldataprotection.com/2014/01/articles/consumer-privacy/france-enacts-law-to-facilitate-real-time-collection-of-metadata/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ChronicleOfDataProtection+%28HL+Chronicle+of+Data+Protection%29#!">http://www.hldataprotection.com/2014/01/articles/consumer-privacy/france-enacts-law-to-facilitate-real-time-collection-of-metadata/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ChronicleOfDataProtection+%28HL+Chronicle+of+Data+Protection%29#!</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-32635261060959240422013-12-30T19:38:00.000-08:002013-12-30T19:38:02.225-08:00Federal Trade Commission Grants Approval of Imperium's "ChildGuardOnline" As A COPPA Verifiable Consent Method<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br />
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Based on an application submitted by Connecticut-based Imperium, the FTC has approved the use of knowledge-based authentication as a method to verify that the person providing consent for a child to use an online service is in fact the child’s parent.</div>
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Under the COPPA Rule, online sites and services directed at children must obtain permission from a child’s parents before collecting personal information from that child. The rule lays out a number of acceptable methods for gaining parental consent, but also includes a provision allowing interested parties to submit new verifiable parental consent methods to the Commission for approval.</div>
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Knowledge-based identification is a way to verify the identity of a user by asking a series of challenge questions, typically that rely on so-called “out-of-wallet” information; that is, information that cannot be determined by looking at an individual’s wallet and are difficult for someone other than the individual to answer. This authentication method has been used by financial institutions and credit bureaus for a number of years, and has been acknowledged by the Commission and other government agencies as effective for that purpose.</div>
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<a href="http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2013/12/ftc-grants-approval-new-coppa-verifiable-parental-consent-method">http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2013/12/ftc-grants-approval-new-coppa-verifiable-parental-consent-method</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-42709137034461291062013-12-28T20:10:00.000-08:002013-12-28T20:10:04.949-08:00Hulu Loses Motion To Dismiss in Lawsuit Against re Alleged Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) Violations<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">A US, Magistrate Judge has turned down a request by ad-supported video content platform Hulu to dismiss a lawsuit which accused it of illegally sharing users’ viewing history with Facebook and comScore.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Hulu has argued that viewers need to demonstrate ‘actual injury’ in order to receive damages under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). However, the Court ruled that this act requires only injury in the form of a wrongful disclosure before damages might be available.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.mrweb.com/drno/news18412.htm">http://www.mrweb.com/drno/news18412.htm</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-13238500536991754612013-12-26T13:40:00.001-08:002013-12-26T13:40:48.449-08:00The End of Law Libraries?Or at least the end of law libraries as we have historically known them. The basic premise that law schools, now in secular contraction mode, will need to continue to find ways to cut expenses. Moving to pure online research is a logical next step for most law schools. Think in terms of law firms, these days. How many of the attorneys do their legal research in the traditional law firm library? Not many, is my sense.<br />
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<a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2370567">http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2370567</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-37800662359712730302013-12-24T12:40:00.003-08:002013-12-24T12:40:37.702-08:00A Moving Target: Meetings with State Attorney Generals Ongoing; Number of Civil Lawsuits Close to 20Not much holiday cheer in the GC and CPO offices at Target this year. This is a major legal and public relations disaster for Target. Almost certainly, they will make it through this mess but not without a lot of pain along the way.<br />
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<a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/target-meets-state-attorneys-lawsuits-063050278.html">http://finance.yahoo.com/news/target-meets-state-attorneys-lawsuits-063050278.html</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-78404353110164440972013-12-17T18:03:00.001-08:002013-12-17T18:03:14.324-08:00Shocker: Law School Enrollments For Entering Classes Nationwide at 1977 LevelsWell, maybe not so shocking. The job market for junior lawyers remains horrible and more commoditized, cookie-cutter legal work (setting up LLCs, basic agreements, etc.) are being overtaken by legal information/service providers such as Legal Zoom. Indeed, it has been reported that over 50% of the LLC's set up in California in 2012 were through Legal Zoom. This has a real impact on the bar and on the future of many existing law practices.<br />
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<a href="http://muckrack.com/link/MT4p/first-year-law-school-enrollment-at-1977-levels">http://muckrack.com/link/MT4p/first-year-law-school-enrollment-at-1977-levels</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-80468402709048099522013-12-17T17:56:00.002-08:002013-12-17T17:56:47.475-08:003 Paradoxes of Big DataThe good, the bad and the ugly.<br />
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<a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2325537&download=yes">http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2325537&download=yes</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-47145342002907397842013-12-06T01:12:00.000-08:002013-12-06T01:12:01.780-08:00New Jersey AG Settles WIth Maker of "Dokobots" App RE Alleged COPPA Violations <a href="http://nj.gov/oag/newsreleases13/pr20131122a.html">http://nj.gov/oag/newsreleases13/pr20131122a.html</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman, the Division of Law and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that Dokogeo, Inc., a California-based company that makes mobile device applications, has entered into a settlement agreement with the State that resolves allegations it violated the federal Children’s Online Privacy Act (COPPA) and the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act by collecting personal information about children who used its animation-based “Dokobots” mobile app.</span><br />
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Under terms of the settlement, Dokogeo must clearly and conspicuously disclose – in its apps and on the homepage of its Web sites – the types of personal information it collects, the manner in which it uses such information, and whether it discloses information to third parties. The company also is required to refrain from collecting the personal information of children age 13 and under until it makes the required disclosures, and otherwise complies with COPPA. Dokogeo already has removed all photographs and files containing children’s images from its Dokobots Web site, and has removed geolocation information of children since July 1, 2013.</div>
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Dokogeo also agrees to a suspended payout of $25,000. The payout will be due immediately if the company fails to comply with other restraints and conditions included in the settlement agreement. Dokogeo’s $25,000 payout obligation will be vacated after 10 years if it meets all settlement terms, and avoids violating consumer fraud and child online privacy laws.</div>
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Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-9183892413029703262013-11-29T11:56:00.001-08:002013-11-29T11:56:17.924-08:00Black, Black Friday: Melee At Walmart... Over A TelevisionThis 90 second video kind of speaks for itself. A very sad statement.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_adgG8Ba2Q">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_adgG8Ba2Q</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-55218529926271306942013-11-27T12:26:00.000-08:002013-11-27T12:26:07.757-08:00Disgraced Journalist, Stephen Glass Seeks Admission to California Bar; Appeals to California Supreme Court<a href="http://www.calbarjournal.com/November2013/TopHeadlines/TH7.aspx">http://www.calbarjournal.com/November2013/TopHeadlines/TH7.aspx</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-29050262679095659132013-11-20T23:45:00.002-08:002013-11-20T23:45:11.855-08:00Swiss Proposal to Cap CEO Salaries<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Swiss voters will decide whether to cap the highest wages in a company at 12 times the lowest pay. Swiss corporations and the government have joined forces to oppose the so-called 1:12 initiative, which is forecast to be rejected.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-19/ceo-salaries-spark-passions-as-swiss-split-ahead-of-vote.html">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-19/ceo-salaries-spark-passions-as-swiss-split-ahead-of-vote.html</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-54003326906364363552013-11-18T15:41:00.001-08:002013-11-18T15:41:56.237-08:00Yahoo! Proposes Encryption Of All Consumer DataPerhaps a differentiator in the marketplace for Yahoo!? This could be a good test of what importance consumers place on privacy.<br />
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<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_YAHOO_DATA_SECURITY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-11-18-17-45-08">http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_YAHOO_DATA_SECURITY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-11-18-17-45-08</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-59003042779648868352013-11-18T12:19:00.000-08:002013-11-20T23:42:22.836-08:00DC: The highest concentration of "rich people"?Highest concentration of "One Percenters" in the U.S. are in the DC metro-area (surpassing NY, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley).<br />
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<a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/d-c-awash-in-contracts-lobbying-wealth/article_53336d9b-a75f-5a1a-bb19-d46d3186a960.html">http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/d-c-awash-in-contracts-lobbying-wealth/article_53336d9b-a75f-5a1a-bb19-d46d3186a960.html</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-3912237835164070332013-11-14T17:22:00.003-08:002013-11-14T17:22:33.056-08:00Judge Chin Dismisses Author Copyright Digital Book Scanning Suit Against Google<br />
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A great victory for Google...The lawsuit dates to 2005, when groups representing authors and publishers sued Google for scanning print copies of books in huge numbers. Years later, they agreed to a $125 million settlement, but Judge Chin<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/technology/23google.html" style="color: #004276; text-decoration: underline;" title="Article from the archive. "> </a>in 2011 rejected the settlement. The publishers’ group later split from the authors and reached its own agreement with Google that was not subject to court approval.</div>
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/15/business/media/judge-sides-with-google-on-book-scanning-suit.html?_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/15/business/media/judge-sides-with-google-on-book-scanning-suit.html?_r=0</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-83399992332628397812013-11-14T17:15:00.001-08:002013-11-14T17:15:01.321-08:00Law Firms Adding Cybersecurity Practice Groups<a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/business/legal/2013/11/04/VENTURING-INTO-THE-DATA-BREACH-Law-firms-adding-cybersecurity-fields/stories/201311040006?goback=%2Egde_2083215_member_5806592802565419012#%21">http://www.post-gazette.com/business/legal/2013/11/04/VENTURING-INTO-THE-DATA-BREACH-Law-firms-adding-cybersecurity-fields/stories/201311040006?goback=%2Egde_2083215_member_5806592802565419012#%21</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669368318270395713.post-54252502105035189092013-11-07T09:26:00.002-08:002013-11-07T09:26:43.520-08:00Google Must Wipe Out Compromising Photos of Max Mosley From Its Search Database, French Court says. Consistent with EU's principle of the "right to be forgotten", can one require search giant Google to wipe out troubling photos or other information? This goes to the heart of the tension of free speech/free flows of information vs. rights to privacy. While Max Mosley does not cut a very sympathetic figure, this is a fascinating test case. We'll see if this decision holds in France (my guess is "yes"). How long will it be before these trends/impulses find their way across the pond?<br />
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<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2488600/Google-banned-linking-Max-Mosely-S-M-video.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2488600/Google-banned-linking-Max-Mosely-S-M-video.html</a>Stuart Pardau Biohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950524956238592345noreply@blogger.com0