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mobile apps
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Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Could Flipboard drive the future of legal publishing?
I've never bought the argument that law firms should have iPhone apps for the distribution of their content. It made no sense that consumers of legal services (whether a corporate…
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
Buying Into the Whole Google Catalog App Thing
By Lisa Salazar
Last Sunday, I did my Christmas shopping in a half hour. Online, of course. But if I had waited, I could have used Google Catalog, a just released app available…
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FTC Mobile App Enforcement: Mobile App’s Acne Treatment Claims Require 2 Clinical Studies
By Kelley Drye
Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) approved a final settlement with marketers of the “Acne Pwner” and “AcneApp” mobile applications (“apps”). This is the first FTC settlement targeting health claims…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
New Guidelines Released for Mobile App Privacy Policies
By Mark Brennan
Amid increasing media and regulator scrutiny over location-based services, the Mobile Marketing Association has released a set of draft privacy policy guidelines for mobile applications ("apps"). These guidelines address key…
Employment Law Worldview
Employment Law Cloud update – don’t take it from us!
It is now just over a month since we launched the Squire Sanders UK Employment Law Cloud app and it continues to get great feedback. Key highlights are: Named "App…
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Default Privacy Settings of Mobile App Draws FTC Scrutiny
On October 11, 2011, the FTC announced a settlement with Frostwire LLC, a peer-to-peer (“P2P”) file-sharing application (“app”) developer, and its Principal, over charges that the company publicly exposed its…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
Smart Phones and The DOL: Employers Better Wise Up
Some months ago, I had posted about the DOL commencing a program by which it was going to make referrals of DOL complaints to private plaintiff attorneys. I lamented that…
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
Pretty Is as Pretty Does: LinkedIn's New iPhone App
By Lisa Salazar
My grandmother always taught me that beauty is only skin deep. She'd always say, "pretty is as pretty does." Sadly, LinkedIn's grandmother isn't nearly as wise. Although LinkedIn has substantially…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
LexisNexis for iPad Expected October 15th
Law Technology News reports today that LexisNexis is planning to launch its flagship legal research service in an Apple iPad edition on Oct. 15. Versions for iPhone and Google Android are…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
Mobile Applications and the Law: LXBN Roundtable
The first cell phone I saw was a brick. Not literally, but its weight, size, and shape was eerily similar to that of a building block. Today, mobile phones come…