Law firms cannot use “officer” or “principal” in job title for non-lawyers or pay them bonuses contingent upon the firm’s achieving of certain revenues. Texas Ethics Opinion 642

A Texas law firm which employs non-lawyers to perform, among others, “marketing, advertising, IT services, and search-engine optimization” asked whether these non-lawyers could be given the job title “chief executive officer” and “chief technology officer” and be identifed as “principals”. The law firm also asked whether it could pay them “specified bonuses if the firm […]

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Facebook appeals order to disclose account information of 381 users

Facebook has appealed a September 17, 2013 New York County trial court sealed order containing bulk search warrants directing Facebook to produce virtually all records and communications of 381 Facebook accounts. The warrants also included provisions barring Facebook from informing users of the warrants. Facebook unsuccessfully moved to quash the bulk warrants as overly broad […]

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The European Data Protection Reform is on track, vice President of EU Commission says

Viviane Reding referenced about the Justice Council’s progress on the data protection reform. According to her press release, the Justice Council agreed on two pillars of the reform: 1) rules governing data transfer to third countries (which will be possible either when the Commission finds that a third country is “adequate” in terms of data […]

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European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)’s 2013 Report “Fundamental rights: challenges and achievements in 2013”

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) – one of the decentralized agencies of the European Union – issued its 2013 Report  Fundamental rights: challenges and achievements in 2013 – Annual report 2013. Section 3 deals with Data Protection (Information Society, Respect for Private Life and Data Protection) and in particular with the following: –       Mass surveillance revelations spark […]

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Do EU authorities think that Google needs help … to help Europeans to be forgotten?

Article 29 privacy group met on June 4, 2014 to decide whether a special taskforce of European privacy overseers should monitor Google’s attempts to respond to citizens’ requests to be forgotten. They decided it should. The taskforce should analyze how European regulators should react in case of complaint of citizens — which might be likely […]

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Italian Data Protection Authority’s Decision on information and consent requirements for the use of cookies — doc. web n. 3118884

Published on June 3, 2014 on the Italian Official Gazette no. 126, the May 8, 2014 Italian Data Protection Authority (GPD)’s decision on the use of cookies by websites. Individuazione delle modalità semplificate per l’informativa e l’acquisizione del consenso per l’uso dei cookie. The GPD orders that pursuant to Articles 122(1) and 154(1)(h) of the Privacy Code, websites […]

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Privacy issues for Facebook in Iran?

An Iranian court of the southern province of Fars opened a case against social networks WhatsApp and Instagram and also summoned Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg after some citizens complained of privacy violations. It is not reported which violations of privacy are alleged to have occurred. Read more at http://www.reuters…   Follow us on& Like us […]

Survey says Internet is now the most common way to find a lawyer

According to a recent survey conducted by FindLaw.com and Thomson Reuters, 38% of people surveyed would turn to the Internet to find a lawyer. Only 29% would ask friends and relatives. This was very different in 2005 when only 7% would search the Internet for that purpose and 65% would ask friends and relatives.Read the […]

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