Process Failure: Why the Copyright Review Was Right To Ignore the Canadian Heritage Committee Study, Part One
How to ace adoption of your brand-new software
New York Further Delays Enforcement of Household Cleansing Product Information Disclosure Program
On June 12, 2019, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) announced that it will delay enforcement of the Household Cleansing Product Information Disclosure Program (Disclosure Program) from July 1, 2019, to January 1, 2020. NYSDEC states in the June 12, 2019, Environmental Notice Bulletin that it will begin enforcing any violations of the required disclosure as of January 2, 2020. According to the notice, NYSDEC “will continue to work with any manufacturers…
Advocate General’s opinion on social networks’ obligations on (worldwide) deletion of illegal content
“The internet’s not written in pencil, it’s written in ink.”
Advocate General (AG) Szpunar commenced his opinion dated 4 June 2019 in Case C-18/18 (Opinion, available here) with the above quote from the movie The Social Network. In the Opinion the AG analysed the substantive scope of injunctions, in particular if social network providers “may be required to delete, with the help of a metaphorical ink eraser, certain content placed online by users of…
FTC settlement and warning letters over cross-border personal data transfers
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recently announced settlement with background check provider SecurTest, Inc. shows the agency remains vigilant regarding businesses’ claims that they comply with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (Privacy Shield). Privacy Shield provides U.S. businesses with a legally recognized mechanism for receiving personal data in the United States from the EU. In its complaint against SecurTest, the FTC alleges that for several months SecurTest falsely claimed on its website that it complied…
Valuing Your Business – How to Get Started
https://youtu.be/fqJ7eft1JnQ
Jen: This is the PKF Texas Entrepreneur’s Playbook. I’m Jen Lemanski, and I’m here with Matt Goldston, an Entrepreneurial Advisory Services Director and one of the faces of PKF Texas’ Transaction Advisory Services team. Matt, welcome back to The Playbook.
Matt: Thank you very much, Jen.
Jen: So, I know you were talking with one of our guest hosts, Russ Capper, about selling your business, and what I want to touch on today is…
What Is Innovation in Law? Take this Very Short Survey
Lookout for Luddites: Don’t Overlook the Risk of a Non-Electronic Data Breach When Evaluating Your Cyber Insurance Program
In the wake of numerous high-profile electronic data breaches, companies are justifiably concerned about beefing up their cybersecurity programs and ensuring that they have adequate insurance coverage in the event of an electronic data breach. While the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive electronic data, whether through cyberattacks, insider malfeasance, inadvertence, or otherwise, is, of course, a substantial risk that must be addressed in any cyber insurance program, businesses should also understand and insure against their potential…
LawNext Episode 43: LexLab’s Alice Armitage on Teaching Innovation and Mentoring Startups
Outlook Users Can Undo Send Just Like Gmail Users
We all move much too fast these days and are prone to make mistakes as we rush through tasks during the day. I’m sure every one of us has clicked on Send and then went…oh crud I shouldn’t have done that. Gmail users have had an undo send feature for some time. Now Outlook users can enable undo send as well. The feature works the same way as Gmail by giving you a few seconds…