The Safe Harbor Framework governing transfer of personal information from the European Union to the United States is no more. On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck down the vaunted bilateral data protection and transfer agreement, impacting...
On July 12, the European Commission formally adopted the EU-US Privacy Shield, a bilateral data privacy agreement hastily assembled from the wreckage of the Safe Harbor Framework, which was invalidated by the European Court of Justice in 2015. U.S. companies...
A California lawsuit against Uber just got a whole lot busier. On September 1st, U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen granted class-action status to a suit brought by three Uber drivers, who are alleging the ride-share company misclassified them as independent...
Congratulations! Your business is growing, and you’re ready to hire your first employee. You’ve moved beyond the legal netherworld of independent contracting, and it’s time to establish a formal employee relationship. This article will help you answer some common...
In an historic decision with wide-reaching ramifications for data privacy and security, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the Federal Trade Commission’s authority to regulate cyberspace under the “unfair and deceptive acts” provision in § 5 of the FTC...
