Author discusses the common criticism to the current EU Data Protection Directive, according to which it invites forum shopping. Apparently, the new General Data Protection Regulation aims to resolve this issue. The author explains why, in his view, this might not be true. The full text is available at http://privacylawblog.fieldfisher…
On May 7, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that the controversial surveillance program according to which the National Security Agency (NSA) has been collecting Americans’ phone records is not authorized under the USA Patriot Act. ACLU v. Clapper, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 7531. In particular, the court held that the […]
The authors discuss ACLU v. Clapper and the laws concerning the government’s collection of sensitive information. The full text is available at https://www.aclu.org…
On May 5, 2015, the Mexican Federal Government published in the Official Gazette of the Federation the decree that issues the General Law of Transparency and Access to Public Information, which its main purpose include the following: Distribute authorities between the guarantor bodies of the Federation and the Federal States with respect to transparency and […]
Following the Statement of Objections to Google sent by the EU Commission on April 15, 2015, the French Senate is discussing “search neutrality” amendments. According to James Waterworth, the ‘search neutrality’ amendments would be introduced in the ‘Loi Macron’, an economic reform bill, and they would oblige search engines to avoid discrimination toward their competitors’ services. However, […]
On April 28, 2015, several major tech companies (e.g., Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo) together with some national associations (e.g., Transatlantic Business Council and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce) sent a letter to Chttp://www.technethics.com/ongress urging it to support the bipartisan Judicial Redress Act of 2015, H.R. 1428, which would extend Privacy Act remedies to citizens of […]
The authors discuss the future of Section 215 of the Patriot Act and its possible reforms. The authors argue that the best way to begin the reform effort might be letting Section 215 expire. The full text is available at https://www.aclu.org…
On April 22 and 23, 2015, the House of Representatives passed, with strong bipartisan support, two bills on cybersecurity, the “Protecting Cyber Networks Act” (H.R. 1560) and the “National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015” (H.R. 1731). H.R. 1560 was passed by the House on April 22, 2015, with 307-116 votes. According to the House’s […]
Author discusses the launch of the online Electronic Filing Depository (EFD) by the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) to enhance the efficiency of the regulatory filing process for certain exempt securities offerings. The full text is available at http://www.americanbar.org…
Texas Ethic Opinion 648 Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas Topic: Communication of confidential information by email Conclusion of the Committee: “Under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, and considering the present state of technology and email usage, a lawyer may generally communicate confidential information by email. Some circumstances, […]