Yelp Lawsuits Signal Rise in Internet Defamation Cases
4/30/14
By: Matt Foree
The ubiquity of social media and internet communications has drastically increased the opportunities for defamation. The spread of defamatory statements to countless individuals is often as easy as pushing a button.
Recent defamation cases regarding user review …
A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words
4/30/14
By: Seth Kirby
In the ever evolving world of marketing through social media, companies strive for ways to drive traffic to their virtual doorsteps. The constant question running through the mind of a person tasked with internet marketing is “what …
4/1/14
By: David Cole
In credit card data breaches, individual consumers are usually not directly harmed because they are issued new cards and not held responsible for fraudulent charges. Instead, it is the card issuers that are usually harmed because they …
Three Steps to Reduce Your Data Breach Exposure
3/13/14
By: David Cole
The U.S. is on pace for a record number of data breaches in 2013. If you think your organization is not at risk, guess again. Any organization with information about its customers, employees, or other individuals is …
Best Practices for Gramm-Leach-Bliley Compliance
3/12/14
By: David A. Cole
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) recently issued a Staff Advisory on the recommended best practices for covered financial institutions that must comply with Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) provisions on data security and customer privacy.
Congress …
New HIPAA Rule Brings Sweeping Changes
5/2/13
By: David Cole
The wait is over. The new HIPAA omnibus rule that the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued in January officially took effect on March 22, 2013. The deadline for compliance …
