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S.B. 46 Broadens California’s Current Data Breach Notification Requirements
On January 1, 2014, S.B. 46 became effective, extending California’s data breach notification requirements to a new area: individual online user accounts. Companies should take note of this significant development. It is a substantial enlargement of the notification burdens that many...
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When Fast Is Too Slow: Notification Compliance Following Target’s Data Breach
On December 19, 2013, Target publicly announced that computer hackers had stolen data from as many as 40 million credit and debit cards of shoppers who visited its stores from November 27 to December 15. On that same date, Target also emailed shoppers explaining that it uncovered the...
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The USPTO’S Ongoing Campaign To Suppress The Right To U.S. District Court De Novo Review Of Administrative Decisions In Patent Applications And Of The Agency’s Post-Grant Review Of Issued Patents
Section 9(a) of recently introduced H.R. 3309 (113th Congress) would repeal 35 U.S.C. 145, which provides for de novo adjudicatory judicial review of adverse decisions of the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO” or “Agency”) in administrative appeals from...
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