With the rapid growth of the use of technology in business comes great risk to consumers private information, and a concomitant risk to many of the businesses that are charged with the protection of that private information. In recent years, the Federal Government has enacted regulations, albeit vague in form, in an attempt to manage Read More…
Continue readingBy: Sherry Schwartz On October 13, 2011, the Security Exchange Commission, Division of Corporations, released “new guidance” to the shareholder disclosure requirements of publicly traded companies. Specifically, the SEC noted the significance of “cyber risks” in the scheme of assessing the overall risks and liabilities of a business. The rationale for recommending the inclusion of Read More…
Continue readingLargent v. Reed, No. 2009-1823, slip op. (Pa. C.P. Franklin Co. Nov. 8, 2011). Trial courts continue to allow discovery of social network (specifically Facebook) user profiles, and to deflect the privacy arguments offered to limit such discovery. In Largent, a personal injury Plaintiff refused to provide access to her Facebook account as part of Read More…
Continue readingContributory Trademark Infringement can Effect Carriers Issuing everything from the Standard Commercial General Liability Policy all the way to an Intellectual Property Trademark Abatement Policy It may be common knowledge that you cannot directly use someone’s trademark without first seeking permission. However, many carriers may not realize that a party can also be pulled into Read More…
Continue readingPatent Trolls have Cost U.S. Software and Internet based Companies Billions in Litigation Costs and Untold Amounts in Unreported Licensing Fees Since the mid-2000s, U.S. software and internet based companies have been under attack by patent trolls where losses have numbered in the billions. Hopefully, this article will offer some guidance as to how to Read More…
Continue readingEmail correspondences have become the norm in the legal world to exchange written communications with clients, opposing counsel, and governmental entities. In doing so, however, there exists the risk of inadvertent disclosures. As such, it has become common practice for senders to institute an automated disclaimer at the bottom of each email indicating that the Read More…
Continue readingFrom capturing those unforgettable life moments to tracking your weight loss goals with fellow dieters – the 21st Century social media craze has truly redefined what it means to share one’s photographs with other Internet users. Today, sharing photographs has become a social media phenomenon in which Internet users have embraced such websites as Facebook, Read More…
Continue readingQUESTIONS AND CONCERNS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA While the momentous events of the 2011 show that social media has the capacity to affect great political and social change, the very penetration of such media into the day to day lives of the population also carries with it unanswered questions in the areas of Read More…
Continue readingThe widespread adoption of social media and other methods of public communication on the world wide web may present uncertainty about an employee’s right to speak freely through these modern forums. In general, an employer may come across public content posted by its employees such as on Facebook and Twitter. When the speech places the Read More…
Continue readingPROTECTION AND IMMUNITY FOR THIRD PARTY PUBLICATIONS By: Sherry M. Schwartz Title 17 of the United States Code is the cornerstone of US copyright law. Modernization of this Act has been required to account for the massive transmission of intellectual property via the internet. As many websites are interactive – invite interactive/third party comments, publications, Read More…
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