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Cloud Computing
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SALT Shaker
Florida’s Bob Ross Cloud: Happy, Puffy and Tax-Free
By Stephen Burroughs and Andrew Appleby The Florida Department of Revenue determined that the sale of remote storage and cloud computing services, along with related data transfer fees, are information…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
State Department Issues Advisory Opinion on Cloud Computing
By HL Chronicle of Data Protection
In a recent advisory opinion related to an exemption under the International Traffic In Arms Regulations, the State Department confirmed that a company could use a data security method called…
Trade Secret Insider
CFAA “Clouds” In The Aloha State
By PJ Kee
The federal district court for Hawaii recently held that assessing a "cloud" computing platform qualifies as assessing a "protected computer" under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The holding…
Focus on Regulation
State Department Issues Advisory Opinion on Cloud Computing
By Brian Curran
In a recent advisory opinion related to an exemption under the International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR), the State Department confirmed that a company could use a data security method…
informed.JD
PacerPro Unveils DocketShare
By Stosh Jonjak
I have been lucky enough to give a few presentations that usually require a brief explanation of cloud computing. I am intrigued by the concept, of course, but am always…
LawSites
Cloud Ethics Opinions: A Full List (Maybe)
The ABA Legal Technology Resource Center has a useful collection of cloud ethics opinions from around the U.S. For anyone researching the topic, however, you should note that the list is…
Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility
Webinar, May 20: Protecting Trade Secrets in the Cloud
In a complimentary webinar on May 20 (1:00 p.m. ET), our colleagues James A. Goodman and Ian Carleton Schaefer will lead a webinar focusing on how the cloud and employee mobility are impacting trade secret…
Inside SALT
Revise Your Tax Matrix: Remote Access of Software Exempt in Michigan and Idaho
By Diann Smith, Stephen P. Kranz
A trend is developing in response to aggressive Department of Revenue/Treasury policymaking regarding cloud computing. The courts and legislatures are addressing the issue and concluding that the remote access to…
Data Law Insights
Court Holds That U.S. Government Can Seize Email Data Stored Overseas and Questions Applicability of Fourth Amendment to “Information Communicated Through the Internet”
By Stephen M. Byers, Theresa Buckley
In a remarkable decision addressing the reach of search warrants aimed at personal data stored by a third party in the cloud, a court ruled last week that an internet…
SALT Shaker
Exemptions Abound! Virginia Clarifies Taxability of Sales of Computer Software and Cloud Computing Services
By Derek Takehara and Andrew Appleby The Virginia Tax Commissioner issued a taxpayer-favorable ruling addressing Virginia sales and use tax on (1) computer software sold to manufacturers and (2) cloud…