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FTC Vigilant on Children’s Privacy – Rejects Proposal for Collecting Verifiable Parental Consent Under COPPA

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

On November 12, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), in a 4-0 vote, denied AssertID’s application for approval of a proposed verifiable parental consent (“VPC”) method under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA”). Under the...

Public Interest in Renewable Energy May Outweigh the Purpose of the Williamson Act; Cancellation of Williamson Act Contracts May Constitute Project Approval Under CEQA

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

After a Central Valley county cancelled Williamson Act contracts on ranchland to make way for a solar energy plant, several environmental groups sued challenging the County’s decision. The trial court found against the environmental groups. The...

Medical Identity Theft: New Recommendations By The California Attorney General To Health Care Organizations For Keeping Medical Records Healthy And Thriving

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

Unlike financial identity theft, which targets a victim’s financial health, medical identity theft threatens a victim’s very existence. The unauthorized access of a victim’s medical record not only grants the thief access to the victim’s personal...

Former Ropes & Gray associate loses retaliation case

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

Jurors deliberated only 2½ hours Wednesday before rejecting a former associate’s retaliation lawsuit against Ropes & Gray.

Defeat on Washington I-522 GMO Labeling

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

State-sponsored GMO-labeling efforts faced defeat in Washington State’s November 2013 election. Voters rejected Washington State’s Initiative Measure 522 (I-522) proposal, 51.21 percent to 48.79 percent.1 Washington’s I-522, known as the...

Judge may compete in dance-off for religious group, ethics opinion says

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

A South Carolina magistrate judge may dance in a fundraising event for a religious organization, according to an ethics opinion issued on Friday.

Charges dropped against Florida teens accused of cyberbullying girl who committed suicide

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

Aggravating stalking charges have been dropped against two Florida teens accused of cyberbullying a 12-year-old girl who committed suicide in September.

UK: Court of Appeal rules that PRS agreement covers future assigned works

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

The Court of Appeal (the Court) recently ruled that a clause in a PRS agreement with two composers, which transferred future rights in works which a composer “may acquire or own” would work to give PRS rights over future works, even those which...

Drinking and Driving Accidents Spike During the Holidays

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

Drinking alcohol significantly impairs a driver’s ability to safely operate a vehicle. It slows reaction time, lowers alertness and impairs judgment. In 2010, more than 10,000 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, according to the...

How do you avoid entrusting your personal injury claim to a “settlement mill”?

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/11/13

I recently read plaintiff personal injury lawyer Stephan Futeral’s review of Stanford Law School Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom’s recent study of what she calls “settlement mills.” This much-needed analysis of the current state of personal injury...

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