Facebook, ACLU Argue that “Like” Button is Protected Speech
This week, Facebook and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have filed amicus curiae briefs in the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals arguing that using Facebook’s “Like” button is speech...
View ArticleApple Changes Warranty Policy in China Following State Media Attacks
By Joanne Sum-Ping with research assistance by Susan Shao After enduring weeks of attacks from Chinese state-owned media, Apple has announced a change in its warranty policy in China. The attacks...
View ArticleNew Jersey Restricts Employer Access to Employees’ Personal Online Accounts
New Jersey has enacted restrictions on the ability of employers to access employees’ social media accounts, becoming the twelfth state to enact such legislation. More than 30 state legislatures have...
View ArticleFDA Issues Draft Guidance on Postmarketing Requirements for Promotion on...
On January 13, 2014, FDA issued a draft guidance document entitled “Fulfilling Regulatory Requirements for Postmarketing Submissions of Interactive Promotional Media for Prescription Human and Animal...
View ArticleFDA Issues Untitled Letter Focused On Promotional Claims On Facebook
On March 12, FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (“OPDP”) posted an untitled letter on its webpage alleging that Institut Biochimique SA’s (“IBSA”) Facebook page for the drug Tirosint®...
View ArticleUpcoming Webinar: “Advertising Drugs and Health Care Products via Social...
On Wednesday, May 7, Covington attorneys Stefanie Doebler and Saurabh Anand will be participating in a webinar that might be of interest to many of the readers of this blog. The presentation, entitled...
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Covington Internet of Things Update: BEREC Confirms European 5G Strategy...
BEREC, the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications, recently held its 34th public debriefing in Brussels. It confirmed, among other developments, that it has made 5G a strategic...
View ArticleUK Consumer Protection Regulator (“CMA”) Extracts Undertakings from Social...
On January 23, 2019, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) announced that it had secured undertakings from 16 social media influencers, including well-known names such as Ellie Goulding,...
View ArticleCJEU rules that Facebook and website operators are joint controllers if the...
On July 29, 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) handed down its judgment in the Fashion ID case (Case C-40/17). The CJEU found that when a website operator embeds Facebook’s...
View ArticleFCC Announces Section 230 Rulemaking
FCC Chairman Pai announced today that the FCC will move forward with a rulemaking to clarify the meaning of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA). To date, Section 230 generally has been...
View ArticleFacebook, ACLU Argue that “Like” Button is Protected Speech
This week, Facebook and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have filed amicus curiae briefs in the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals arguing that using Facebook’s “Like” button is speech...
View ArticleApple Changes Warranty Policy in China Following State Media Attacks
By Joanne Sum-Ping with research assistance by Susan Shao After enduring weeks of attacks from Chinese state-owned media, Apple has announced a change in its warranty policy in China. The attacks...
View ArticleNew Jersey Restricts Employer Access to Employees’ Personal Online Accounts
New Jersey has enacted restrictions on the ability of employers to access employees’ social media accounts, becoming the twelfth state to enact such legislation. More than 30 state legislatures have...
View ArticleFDA Issues Draft Guidance on Postmarketing Requirements for Promotion on...
On January 13, 2014, FDA issued a draft guidance document entitled “Fulfilling Regulatory Requirements for Postmarketing Submissions of Interactive Promotional Media for Prescription Human and Animal...
View ArticleFDA Issues Untitled Letter Focused On Promotional Claims On Facebook
On March 12, FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (“OPDP”) posted an untitled letter on its webpage alleging that Institut Biochimique SA’s (“IBSA”) Facebook page for the drug Tirosint®...
View ArticleUpcoming Webinar: “Advertising Drugs and Health Care Products via Social...
On Wednesday, May 7, Covington attorneys Stefanie Doebler and Saurabh Anand will be participating in a webinar that might be of interest to many of the readers of this blog. The presentation, entitled...
View ArticleSupreme Court Grants Certiorari in Gonzalez v. Google, Marking First Time...
This morning, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Gonzalez v. Google LLC, 2 F.4th 871 (9th Cir. 2021) on the following question presented: “Does section 230(c)(1) immunize interactive computer...
View ArticleFacebook, ACLU Argue that “Like” Button is Protected Speech
This week, Facebook and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have filed amicus curiae briefs in the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals arguing that using Facebook’s “Like” button is speech...
View ArticleNew Jersey Restricts Employer Access to Employees’ Personal Online Accounts
New Jersey has enacted restrictions on the ability of employers to access employees’ social media accounts, becoming the twelfth state to enact such legislation. More than 30 state legislatures have...
View ArticleFDA Issues Draft Guidance on Postmarketing Requirements for Promotion on...
On January 13, 2014, FDA issued a draft guidance document entitled “Fulfilling Regulatory Requirements for Postmarketing Submissions of Interactive Promotional Media for Prescription Human and Animal...
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