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In a case of first impression, a New York Magistrate Judge held that US-based Internet service providers must turn over data stored overseas, if so requested by a U.S. government search warrant. The case itself addressed a search warrant issued to Microsoft for a customer’s data stored in Dublin, Ireland. More information on the Court […]

114 Columbia Law Review 583 (2014) From the article’s abstract: “In this Article, we contend that the FTC’s privacy jurisprudence is functionally equivalent to a body of common law, and we examine it as such. We explore how and why the FTC, and not contract law, came to dominate the enforcement of privacy policies. A common view of […]

From the article: The objective of this white paper is to outline the best practices that are emerging in the application of predictive coding technology to the e-discovery arena The full text can be downloaded at http://www.equivio…

Il Diritto dell’informazione e dell’informatica 09/2012; 2012(4-5) ABSTRACT: This Article provides the first analysis of the Italian transposition of Directives 2009/136/EC and 2009/140/EC on cookies and data breaches. The full article is available at: http://www.researchgate…

Committee on Professional Ethics Topic: Permissible Information on a Law Firm Website Digest of the Committee: A lawyer may accurately list, on his firm’s web site, his former positions in other firms. The web site may also accurately quote bona fide professional ratings or comments from any ratings publication if the ratings or comments are factually […]

Opinion No. 357 of the District of Columbia Bar’s Legal Ethics Committee   Topic: Former Client Records Maintained in Electronic Form   Conclusion of the Committee: “Social media is a constantly changing area of technology. Social media can be an effective tool for providing information to the public, for networking and for communications. However, using […]