By Dan Clark | June 17, 2020
"Jim is committed to our core principles of an open internet and freedom of expression, and brings experience navigating complex, global issues with a principled approach," Twitter's general counsel Sean Edgett said in a tweet.
By Phillip Bantz | June 1, 2020
"We didn't think of this necessarily as a political issue," said Minority Corporate Counsel Association chair Stuart Alderoty, general counsel of fintech firm Ripple Labs Inc.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | April 24, 2020
The judge pointed out that some FTC commissioners wanted to specifically sanction Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for the company sharing private user data with outside parties.
By MP McQueen | February 21, 2020
Federal Trade Commissioner Rohit Chopra's statement last week that the FTC had voted to launch a "close and careful review" of the FTC's non-binding endorsement guides and a "self-critical analysis" of its enforcement approach may signal an impending crackdown on social media influencers, advertisers and even their tech platforms, lawyers say.
By Desiree F. Moore | February 14, 2020
For any modern business, it is not a matter of "if" but "when" a crisis will hit, and the best course of action is to prepare in advance, including addressing all manner of digital risks and consequences, and to stay the course of that preparation in the face of a crisis.
By Mike Scarcella | February 13, 2020
A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge on Thursday issued a sealed preliminary injunction, an early win for Amazon and its lawyers at Morrison & Foerster and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
By Ross Todd | Alaina Lancaster | January 29, 2020
Facebook chief financial officer Dave Wehner announced the proposed deal in an earnings call with financial analysts. Plaintiffs lawyer Jay Edelson, who was helping lead the lawsuits brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, confirmed the amount and said lawyers hope to present the settlement to the court "in the coming weeks."
By Phillip Bantz | January 29, 2020
The social media and tech giant's push to strengthen its privacy compliance efforts comes after the Federal Trade Commission slapped Facebook in July 2019 with a record-setting $5 billion penalty for consumer privacy violations.
By Dan Clark | January 24, 2020
Erich Andersen will become TikTok's first global general counsel beginning Jan. 27.
By Dan Clark | January 3, 2020
The company's public policy and corporate affairs attorney, Eric Ebenstein, said the report "provides important insight and clarity to our users regarding the volume and nature of governmental requests for our users' account information and other legal notifications."
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