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Safe Harbor
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Ohio Passes Law Providing Safe Harbor for Businesses Suffering Data Breach
The Ohio legislature recently passed S.B. 220, which gives businesses that suffer a data breach an affirmative defense against tort claims brought in class action suits. The law goes into…
China Law Insight
关于《电子商务法》中知识产权保护及“避风港原则”的解析
By King & Wood
近年来，我国电子商务迅速发展，在转方式、调结构、稳增长、促就业、惠民生等方面发挥了重要作用，而电商平台对市场的主导作用，是我国电子商务发展的重要特点。
Consumer Protection Connection
FTC Approves ESRB’s Updated COPPA Safe Harbor Program
By Sheila Millar, Tracy Marshall
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved modifications to the video game industry’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) program. Earlier this year, the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) proposed several…
Employee Benefits Blog
IRS Finalizes Regulations Allowing Use of Forfeitures to Fund Safe Harbor Contributions, QNECs and QMACs
By Joshua N. Lerner, Sarah L. Engle
The Internal Revenue Service recently released final regulations confirming that employers can use plan forfeitures to fund qualified non-elective contributions (QNECs), qualified matching contributions (QMACs) and safe harbor contributions. As…
Bankruptcy Litigation Briefing
The Safe Harbor Provision of the Bankruptcy Code Redefined
The United States Supreme Court recently issued a ruling in which it held that the Bankruptcy Code’s safe harbor provision § 546(e) does not prevent a trustee from clawing back…
In Solvency
The Safe Harbor Provision of the Bankruptcy Code Redefined
The United States Supreme Court recently issued a ruling in which it held that the Bankruptcy Code’s safe harbor provision § 546(e) does not prevent a trustee from clawing back…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Europe: New Obligations for Platform Operators – Where Do We Stand?
The reform of European Copyright law is at the heart of the European Commission’s efforts to create a true Digital Single Market. The new draft Directive on copyright in the…
PTAB Law Blog
The Strict Limits of 3 U.S.C. § 121’s Safe Harbor Provision (And the Intersection of Two Blogs)q
Patent litigation often involves the intersection of practice before the PTAB and district courts. Not surprisingly then, the subject of this post—the Federal Circuit’s recent opinion concerning the reexamination of…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Oral Argument Preview: Does A Juvenile Court’s Failure to Follow Procedures under Ohio’s Safe Harbor Law for Victims of Human Trafficking Invalidate the Juvenile’s Transfer to Adult Court? State of Ohio v. Alexis Martin.
Update: On August 14, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. Read an analysis of the argument here. On…
Triage Health Law
Safe Harbor Proposals Face Deadline in February
By Thomas Zeno
Suggestions for Safe Harbor proposals face a deadline of February 27, 2018, according to a Federal Register announcement. The same deadline applies to suggestions for practices that should be discussed…