Articles by Dan Pepper
Dan Pepper is the founder and managing attorney of Pepper Law Group, LLC. Dan is a seasoned lawyer representing individuals and companies in numerous fields, and has a unique understanding of the needs of businesses. Dan has acted as in-house counsel for General Accident Insurance (now One Beacon), Oracle Corporation, and BEA Systems, Inc. Additionally, Dan has been a lawyer for small and large firms alike, practicing in the fields of general business counseling, technology law, and entertainment law, handling many of the day-to-day legal issues that both technology and non-technology companies face.
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 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 Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on July 19, 2011
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The FTC has put together this handy video outlining seven simple things to remember about complying with the CAN-SPAM...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on May 18, 2011
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The FTC continues its enforcement activities against businesses that don't comply with their own website privacy policies.
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) details what a website operator must include in a privacy policy, when and...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on April 29, 2011
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By Dan Pepper, Posted in Entertainment Law on April 15, 2011
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We find that many website operators that collect information from their users treat their privacy policies as an afterthought. Based on a number of recent actions from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), that would be a mistake.
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