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The legal industry and technology are intertwined. Technology presents many legal challenges to companies, lawyers, and legal professionals, due to cybersecurity demands, data breach concerns, and media regulations. The National Law Review features the latest news, litigation, stories, and coverage related to legislation in the industry, and the ever-evolving changes which arise because of how quickly technology changes are occurring today.

Regulations on Communications & Media: Including TCPA, GDPR, and FCC

Media and communications news covered by the National Law Review includes FCC (Federal Communications Commission) enforcement actions, cybercrime and terrorism stories, TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act) violations, email communications, social media platforms, and how to properly navigate them in a professional setting, telecommunications laws, and compliance issues and concerns. Staffing changes at the FCC, litigation and regulation changes, including the state of net neutrality, are covered by the legal experts who write for the National Law Review.

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation

Legislation like the Telephone Consumer Protection and international regulations such as the EU’s  GDPR,  companies must take the time to update their privacy standards and must understand the complexities of this area of law, in order to avoid legal repercussions when engaging with customers in the US and around the world. The National Law Review has legal experts who analyze litigation related to the TCPA as it impacts healthcare, debt collection, and other areas.  Additionally, many facets of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation; including notes on applicability, GDPR company compliance, and definitions of GDPR terminology are analyzed by the legal experts at NLR.

Legal Communication Concerns across Industries

Because the internet and technology change on what seems to be a daily basis, it can be difficult for companies to properly navigate these changes, concepts, and ensure they are complying with legislation in these areas. Some of the concepts businesses must be aware of in terms of cybersecurity and media that the National Law Review covers include domain name registrations, gTLDs (generic top-level domain names), international legislation in data and cybersecurity, HIPAA legislation, and data protection and cybersecurity laws. Additionally, with telemedicine taking a forefront in the field of healthcare, ransomware and data theft occurring daily, and continual security breaches occurring in the US and around the world, like the WannaCry Ransomware incident, companies must take proper measures in safeguarding their networks and servers to protect their clients’ personal information.

We report on these issues, concerns, and news stories regularly. In addition to regulations and legislation in the US, visitors can also read about international provisions and safeguards, including EU Safe Harbor and Privacy Shield, Canadian Anti-Spam laws, and other international protections, to avoid major data and cybersecurity breaches.

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Recent Communications, Media, Internet & Privacy Law News

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2017
#Clear and #Conspicuous Paid Partnerships: Instagram Lends Helpful Technology Hand Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Oct
28
2013
#DoNoHarm: Rhode Island Issues Social Media Guidance for Physicians Mintz
Feb
11
2013
#Human Resources Tip – Save Those Voicemails Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Feb
21
2015
#livingwage: Is Social Media the New Frontier for Class Notice in US Wage and Hour Litigation? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
14
2017
#ShowMeTheMoney: Sofia Vergara’s Settlement of Social Media False Endorsement Lawsuit Highlights Modern Legal Issue Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
28
2017
#SocialMedia #Endorsement #Disclosures #Sponsored (notthispost): FTC Warns Social Media Influencers and Advertisers about Failure to Disclose Relationships Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
1
2017
#Sponsored – FTC Warns Social Media Influencers to Clearly Disclose Material Connections Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Sep
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2018
#Transparency: California’s Social Media DISCLOSE Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
7
2020
#WashYourCyberHands K&L Gates
Jan
6
2021
#WorkforceWednesday: 2020 in Review and What’s to Come in 2021 Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
May
20
2020
#WorkforceWednesday: Telemental Health Benefits, Support Employee Mental Health, Balancing Safety and Privacy Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Nov
15
2022
$1,000 A CALL IN TEXAS?: Another Court Holds Automatic Double Recovery For TCPA Violations Permitted Under 305.053 of Texas Business and Commerce Code–But Here’s Why That’s Not Quite Right Troutman Amin, LLP
Jan
21
2022
$10,000 PLUS DAILY PENALTIES?: Be Sure to Follow FCC Guidance to Avoid Big Fines Under Kari’s Law and Section 506 of RAY BAUM’S Act Troutman Amin, LLP
Jul
22
2020
$100 a Day in Sanctions: Shelton Is Simply Crushing a TCPA Defendant and I Just Can’t Watch Anymore Troutman Amin, LLP
Nov
8
2022
$100M FTC Enforcement Action Against Internet Phone Service Provider for Dark Patterns Hunton Andrews Kurth
Nov
29
2017
$130B Tech Merger Takes Monopoly To A Global Scale IMS Legal Strategies
Jan
4
2024
$162k or 1,200 Bucks?: Court Finds TCPA Plaintiff Only Owes a Fraction of Defense Costs Following Dismissal of Claim Troutman Amin, LLP
Sep
6
2016
$195,000 Fine for RFID Violation; Mixed Responses Network Outage Reporting Rules; FAA Drone Advisory Committee; Annual Regulatory Fees – Telecom Alert: September 6, 2016 Keller and Heckman LLP
Mar
7
2022
$195,000 IN DAMAGES ON 26 CALLS?: New Decision Shows Just How Extreme TCPA Damages Can Get Troutman Amin, LLP
Jan
9
2020
$2,400,000 TCPA Settlement Granted Final Approval, $92 to Each Class Member Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
19
2021
$2.35 Million Settlement in Dickey’s Barbecue Data Breach Class Action Robinson & Cole LLP
May
11
2017
$2.5M HIPAA Settlement against CardioNet is the First Involving a Wireless Health Services Provider Polsinelli PC
Apr
14
2020
$200 Million of Funding for COVID-19 Telehealth Program McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
11
2023
$228M Damages Award Vacated in First BIPA Trial Blank Rome LLP
Jul
7
2023
$228M Damages Award Vacated In Illinois Biometric Privacy Class Action ArentFox Schiff LLP
Sep
12
2019
$267 Million Judgment against Debt Collector for TCPA Violations Robinson & Cole LLP
May
7
2019
$3 Million Settlement for Exposure of and Latent Response to Exposure of 300,000 Patients’ Protected Health Information Faegre Drinker
Apr
8
2012
$30 Million Fine Underscores Importance of Do-Not-Call Compliance Mintz
 

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