7 tips for preventing your IP from walking out the door with contractors

Intellectual property is a critical corporate asset that can make or break a company. When that IP is in an IT contractor’s hands, follow these best practices.
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Data Breach Litigation Waivers: Be Careful What You Wish For

Companies with data breach litigation waivers may find those waivers used against them by savvy law firms In her 1969 book, “On Death and Dying,” Elisabeth Kübler-Ross described the five stages of grief and loss: Denial and isolation Anger… Continue reading Data Breach Litigation Waivers: Be Careful What You Wish For

Illinois Court Upholds Unilateral Amendment to Shutterfly Arbitration Provision

In a recent opinion, an Illinois federal judge determined that a user’s biometric privacy claims must be arbitrated according to Shutterfly’s 2015 arbitration clause, despite the fact that plaintiff never assented to any version of th… Continue reading Illinois Court Upholds Unilateral Amendment to Shutterfly Arbitration Provision

‘Tiny’ COPPA Case Provides Broad Guidance

At the end of April, the U.S. District Court in New Mexico dismissed most, but not all, of the New Mexico Attorney General’s claims against a group of Ad Networks and Google for violations of the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protectio… Continue reading ‘Tiny’ COPPA Case Provides Broad Guidance

CCPA’s Statutory Damages Push More Breach Litigation to the Golden State

We had long predicted that the CCPA’s introduction of statutory damages associated with certain data breaches would make California a popular venue for data breach class action lawsuits. Sure enough, litigants are now raising such claims in&#160… Continue reading CCPA’s Statutory Damages Push More Breach Litigation to the Golden State

Advancing Open Source Innovation in Cybersecurity

OIN seeks to secure the inclusion of open source in technology without fear of litigation from patent trolls Due to the convergence of an escalation in the number of security vulnerabilities, an increase in hacker capabilities and tools and new legisl… Continue reading Advancing Open Source Innovation in Cybersecurity