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March 16, 2020 - Privacy + Data Security

Amendment To New York Telemarketing Law Bans Some Sales Calls to Coronavirus (COVID-19) Affected Areas

By: Kristen J. Mathews

A late-2019 amendment to New York’s telemarketing law, AB 117, prohibits telemarketers from knowingly making certain kinds of prerecorded sales calls to consumers who are located in a county, city, town, or village that is under a state of emergency or disaster emergency. The …›

March 12, 2020 - Announcements

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource Center

Morrison & Foerster has mobilized a team of legal advisors across our firm’s global practices and disciplines to offer you timely legal and business advice as the worldwide coronavirus (COVID-19) health crisis continues to unfold and adversely affect entire governments, economies, businesses, and countries. The …›

March 12, 2020 - Artificial Intelligence + Robotics, Blockchain, Fintech

The New ABC’s: Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and How Each Complements the Other

By: Dario de Martino, Vivian L. Hanson, Dong Hun (Don) Lee, and Lee Adam Nisson

Artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology are two novel innovations that offer the opportunity for us to move beyond our legacy systems and streamline enterprise management and compliance in ways previously unimaginable. Each technology augments the strengths and tempers the weaknesses of the other. …›

March 3, 2020 - Privacy + Data Security

Fake News & Paid Reviews: FTC Seeks Comments on its Endorsement Guides

By: Adam J. Fleisher, Gina M. Pickerrell, and Julie O'Neill

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appears to be using its ongoing review of current rules and guides to revisit its approach to driving home the message that the relationship between a social media “influencer” and the brand he or she is endorsing must be …›

February 19, 2020 - Mergers + Acquisitions

FTC Uses "Study Authority" to Review Prior Non-HSR Reportable Tech Transactions

By: Megan E. Gerking and Jonathan S. Gowdy

On February 11, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it issued Special Orders to five large technology companies requiring them to submit information related to their acquisitions during the past decade that were not reportable under the HSR Act. According to FTC Chairman …›

February 18, 2020 - Intellectual Property, Litigation, Regulatory

New USPTO Rule Likely to Increase Spam

By: Muzamil Abdul Huq and Ryan Michael Romain

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) just issued new rules that directly affect trademark owners. Going forward, trademark applicants, registrants, and parties to a proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board will need to provide their email address in USPTO …›

February 13, 2020 - Artificial Intelligence + Robotics, European Union

Can AI Be an Inventor? Not at the European Patent Office.

By: Alistair Maughan and Anna Yuan

The European Patent Office has denied two patent applications on the grounds that an AI system cannot be listed as the inventor. For the first time, the European Patent Office (EPO) has issued a ruling on its approach to patent applications that designate artificial …›

February 12, 2020 - Privacy + Data Security

California Attorney General Issues Modified CCPA Draft Regulations

By: Mary Race and Christine E. Lyon

On Friday, February 7, the California Attorney General’s office published a modified set of draft regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). These are not the Attorney General’s final CCPA regulations but rather are a modified set of draft regulations that are subject …›

February 6, 2020 - Privacy + Data Security

Not with a Bang but a Whimper: As the UK Bows Out of the EU, What's Next for UK Data Protection?

By: Annabel Gillham and Rayhaan Vankalwala

It all happened quite quietly in the end. The legislation that governs the UK’s exit from the EU became law and the UK left the EU at 11 p.m. UK time/midnight CET on January 31, 2020. Read our client alert. …›

January 30, 2020 - Privacy + Data Security

Why the Three Lines of Defense Model for Risk Management is Not Fit for Digital Innovation

By: Lokke Moerel

Morrison & Foerster senior counsel Lokke Moerel authored an op-ed for IAPP’s Privacy Perspectives that discusses why risk management best practice is not fit for digital innovation. Lokke argues that innovation requires a culture of openness and transparency where joint decisions about the design …›

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