By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on January 31, 2012
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Chances are, your employees are using social media right now. There’s also a good chance that they’re talking about your company, its products or services. As a business owner, president, HR professional, or in-house counsel,...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on January 9, 2012
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A very interesting court decision just came from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and is important for anyone who uses LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, or other social media as part of their employment.
The case is Eagle v. Morgan, et al., Civil...(more)
By Andy Baharlias, Posted in Technology Law on December 14, 2011
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This past December 1, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (“D-REV”) officially challenged the notion of tax free shopping on the internet with the issuance of Sales and Use Tax Bulletin 2011-01 which provides that remote online retailers...(more)
By Dan, Posted in Entertainment Law on December 12, 2011
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Content providers have been extremely aggressive in recent times issuing subpoenas to Internet service providers (ISPs) and cable companies seeking the names and addresses of users who they believe have illegally downloaded their content. The...(more)
By Dan, Posted in Technology Law on December 5, 2011
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The operator of www.skidekids.com, a website that advertises itself as the “Facebook and Myspace for Kids,” has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he collected personally information from approximately 5,600 children...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Entertainment Law on November 9, 2011
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The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey granted summary judgment to Electronic Arts, Inc. (“EA”), finding its use of a former football player’s likeness in its annual NCAA Football video games was fully protected...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Entertainment Law on October 25, 2011
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An anonymous actress has sued Amazon, claiming that the company's Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com) published her age without her consent.
The anonymous Texan actress, alleges that most people consider it common knowledge that the older the actress,...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on September 12, 2011
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Have you ever invited people you don't know to join your network on LinkedIn?
Believe it or not, you've just violated LinkedIn's terms of service, which was recently updated on June 16, 2011.
Section 10 B “Don’t Undertake the...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on July 24, 2011
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Consider this: You are a successful physician with a distinguished career as an expert in a specialty field of medicine requiring a total of twelve years of niche training. You’ve gone on to build a practice that thrives, providing...(more)
By Andy Baharlias, Posted in Technology Law on July 20, 2011
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This past Independence Day, the New York Times published an editorial describing the $3 billion dollar energy drain on the U.S. consumer economy by cable boxes and DVR’s which are always on, yet are only utilized approximately 33% of the...(more)