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A Word from the Editor: Privacy and Data Protection Issues Are Here to Stay
Privacy has been described as “the right to be let alone,” a phrase popularized in an 1890 Harvard Law Review article by the future U.S. Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis in which he expressed concerns about the threat posed by technology to an individual's control over his own personal information. At the close of the 19th century, the perceived technological threat to privacy was the spread of cheap photography and high-speed printing. Imagine what Justice Brandeis would think of today's camera phones, global positioning systems, employer surveillance of e-mail, and customer relationship management systems, not to mention the myriad other technological developments of the last 115 years.
Although concerns about privacy have ebbed and flowed throughout the history of the United States, such concerns are running high now and show every sign of continuing to climb for years to come. The Internet, telecommunications devices, and increasingly sophisticated computer technology have made it easy to collect, analyze, reproduce, and disseminate information about individuals. Laws at the state and federal level are continually emerging to correct perceived erosions of privacy in the United States, while legal developments in the European Union, Canada, Asia/Pacific, and Latin America remind companies that privacy obligations do not stop at the U.S. border.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
Judge Rules Shaquille O'Neal Will Face Securities Lawsuit for Promotion, Sale of NFTs
A federal district court in Miami, FL, has ruled that former National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal will have to face a lawsuit over his promotion of unregistered securities in the form of cryptocurrency tokens and that he was a "seller" of these unregistered securities.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.
Supreme Court Rules Rejection of Trademark License Does Not Rescind Rights of Licensee
Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC The question is whether a debtor's rejection of its agreement granting a license "terminates rights of the licensee that would survive the licensor's breach under applicable nonbankruptcy law."