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November 16, 2018 - Litigation, European Union
Updating Evidence Laws for the Digital Space: Overseas Production Orders
By: Annabel Gillham
In a bid to keep English law up to date with technological advances, the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill 2018 has passed the committee stage at the House of Lords. The proposed legislation is intended to allow enhanced judicial cooperation to tackle serious crime. However, it
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October 16, 2018 - Privacy + Data Security, Litigation
Lloyd v Google – English High Court Blocks Collective Data Breach Claim
By: Annabel Gillham
Last week, the English High Court limited the availability of collective actions for data breaches to identifiable individuals who have suffered specific and discernible damage. In Richard Lloyd v Google LLC , the Court refused to allow a representative action alleging breach by Google of
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July 13, 2018 - Privacy + Data Security, Litigation, Mergers + Acquisitions
Five Key Legal Risks for Data-Centric Technology M&A
By: Stephanie Lynn Sharron and Erin M. Bosman
Companies acquiring or selling businesses that leverage data through technology face special challenges and risks. Focus and prioritization can assist both business principals and lawyers effectively manage these concerns. This article offers answers to five key questions toward achieving that end. Read the full
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May 14, 2018 - Privacy + Data Security, Litigation
California’s GDPR? The 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act
By: Purvi G. Patel
While companies are focusing on compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements, Californians will likely be given the option on the November 6, 2018 ballot to impose a sweeping, GDPR-like privacy regime that also deserves attention. If approved by voters in
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May 02, 2018 - Litigation, Intellectual Property
Turn On, Tune In, and Drop Out? BREXETING UK Signs up for the UPC, Whilst Germany Is Lingering to Ratify
By: Wolfgang Schönig and Robert Grohmann
The Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) will be a Court common to 25 Member States of the European Union (“EU”) (currently including the UK) and thus be part of their judicial system. The Court will have exclusive jurisdiction over traditional European patents (a bundle of
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May 02, 2018 - Litigation, Intellectual Property
German draft bill on the implementation of the EU Trade Secrets Directive
By: Wolfgang Schönig
Summary The European Union is finally making significant progress in implementing the first pan-EU trade secrets protection rules. The EU’s largest country, Germany, has published its long-awaited draft bill setting out how it proposes to implement trade secrets protection. The EU directive on trade
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April 24, 2018 - Litigation, Intellectual Property
Supreme Court IP Decision Preserves Inter Partes Review Process
By: Matthew I. Kreeger, Mehran Arjomand, Brian R. Matsui and Seth W. Lloyd
After the biggest challenge yet to the Patent and Trademark Office’s popular inter partes review proceedings, the name of the game is largely “same old” for today’s Supreme Court decision in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC , No. 16-712. The
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March 20, 2017 - Litigation, Fintech
Court Finds CFPB Case Against Payment Processor Lacking
A federal district court in North Dakota on March 17, 2017, dismissed a complaint against the payment processing company Intercept Corporation and its senior executives, holding that the evidence provided by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) did not show any signs of Intercept’s
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March 11, 2017 - Litigation
House Passes Bill Proposing Sweeping Changes to Class Action Litigation
By: Claudia M. Vetesi
The House of Representatives has passed legislation – called The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017 (the “Act” or “H.R. 985”) to fundamentally change all stages of class action litigation. For example, the provisions require stricter “typicality” requirements for class members, the
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March 07, 2017 - Litigation
The Madden Saga Continues: On Remand, Madden Survives Summary Judgment and District Court Certifies Class
Saliha Madden (“Madden”) claims that Midland Funding LLC (“Midland”) illegally charged Madden and other similarly situated New York debtors a usurious rate of interest on certain defaulted credit card obligations that Midland had purchased from a national bank. After a previous summary judgement for
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Topic Archives: Litigation

Updating Evidence Laws for the Digital Space: Overseas Production Orders

By: Annabel Gillham

Lloyd v Google – English High Court Blocks Collective Data Breach Claim

By: Annabel Gillham

Five Key Legal Risks for Data-Centric Technology M&A

By: Stephanie Lynn Sharron and Erin M. Bosman

California’s GDPR? The 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act

By: Purvi G. Patel

Turn On, Tune In, and Drop Out? BREXETING UK Signs up for the UPC, Whilst Germany Is Lingering to Ratify

By: Wolfgang Schönig and Robert Grohmann

German draft bill on the implementation of the EU Trade Secrets Directive

By: Wolfgang Schönig

Supreme Court IP Decision Preserves Inter Partes Review Process

By: Matthew I. Kreeger, Mehran Arjomand, Brian R. Matsui and Seth W. Lloyd

Court Finds CFPB Case Against Payment Processor Lacking

House Passes Bill Proposing Sweeping Changes to Class Action Litigation

By: Claudia M. Vetesi

The Madden Saga Continues: On Remand, Madden Survives Summary Judgment and District Court Certifies Class