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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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Jun
11
2018
Mystery Solved!: So That’s What Happened to the FCC’s Order Implementing the BBA Amendment to the TCPA Exempting Collectors of Government-Backed Debt Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jun
17
2018
Secret Limitation?: Court Denies Summary Judgment to TCPA Defendant Who Couldn’t Prove Customer Had Full Authority to Provide Number Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jun
21
2018
Changes On The Horizon? Here Is The REDLINE You’ve Been Waiting For Tracking How The Stopping Bad Robocalls Act Would Change The TCPA Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
27
2014
Airport Restaurant Service Provider Seeks to Ground Hijacked URL Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
3
2020
Commercial Payors and Medicaid Telehealth Billing Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
31
2014
Georgia Federal Court Delivers Markman Order in UPS Case On Order of Text Message Deliveries Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
9
2020
Can COVID-19 Protections be Designed for Privacy? Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Sep
16
2021
For Cannabis Dispensaries, Ounce of Prevention Worth More than Pound of Cure Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
22
2024
The Imperatives of AI Governance Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
7
2018
Out of the Frying Pan?: Eighth Circuit Agrees that TCPA Violation Did not Cause Article III Harm But Reverses Dismissal in Favor of Remand to State Court Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
16
2018
From Cute to Ugly: Adoption of Kitten Leads to Summary Judgment for TCPA Violation Against Pet Insurance Company Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
18
2018
“Flu Shots Available”: Court Finds that These Three Little Words Are Within the Scope of Consent Provided to Receive Texts Related to Prescription Status Updates Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
29
2018
Time To Protect Your Satellite Feed Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Sep
4
2018
Fee Request Gets Axed: Western Union’s $8.5MM TCPA Settlement Approved but Lead Class Counsel Receives a Lecture and a Huge Pay Cut Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Sep
7
2018
A Primary Jurisdiction Nightcap: Primary Jurisdiction Also Applies to Fact-Specific Statutory Interpretation Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Oct
12
2021
Hacking Is Changing: Should Our Data Security Change? Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Oct
19
2021
To Sleep, Perchance To Dream of Coors Beer and Halo 2 Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
15
2014
Aftermath of the Supreme Court Ruling Regarding Patent-Ineligible Abstract Ideas in Alice v. CLS Bank Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jan
12
2017
Swiss-US Privacy Shield Will Replace Swiss-US Data Protection Safe Harbor Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Sep
28
2018
Stop Means Stop: Court Certifies TCPA Class Action in “Stop” Text Message Case–But Forces Class Counsel to Amend Retainer Agreement to Allow Individual Settlement Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
23
2023
The 1, 2 Step of Data Retention Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jun
5
2020
FCC and CISA Tell Governors Communications Services Essential to COVID-19 Response – Why Now, What Does It Mean? Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Oct
3
2018
Indiana Court Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Defendant, Holding that Simply Terminating Health Insurance Is Not Revocation of Prior Express Consent Under the TCPA Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Oct
8
2018
Striking the Mother Lode: Court Grants Final Approval of $3.5M TCPA Class Action Settlement Providing Award of Over $800 Per Claim, and $1.05M in Attorney Fees Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Oct
10
2018
Eighth Circuit Examines Impact of Consent on Injury in Fact: Auer v. Trans Union, LLC Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Oct
26
2018
TCPA Classes Failing Failsafe Rule: Why Courts Should Start Taking the Rule Against Failsafe Classes A Little More Seriously at the Pleadings Stage Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
23
2017
FCC Sets April 10th as First Day for New, More Flexible FM Translator Rules Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
28
2018
TCPA Taking its Toll: Third Circuit Court of Appeal Rejects Tolling of TCPA Claims in favor of Plaintiff that Served as Class Representative in Earlier Suit Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
 

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