Free speech for lawyers on social media?

The South Carolina Lawyers Weekly in its July 28 issue reports that the Office of Disciplinary Counsel has told attorney Todd Kincannon that his provocative political Twitter posts violate the Rules of Professional Conduct. Kincannon has filed a 1983 action against ODC officials claiming that his posts are constitutionally protected. Read the full blog at http://www.technethics… […]

Standardisation Guidelines for Cloud Service Level Agreements released in Europe by Cloud Select Industry Group

Inside the EU Commission’s European Cloud Computing Strategy, dating back September 2012, on June 24, 2014, the Cloud Select Industry Group – Subgroup on Service Legal Agreements, published Standardisation Guidelines for Cloud Service Level Agreements, which the Commission hopes will ease relationships between service providers and customers. Read the Guidelines   Follow us on& Like us on […]

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Latest Legislative Changes Amending Significantly the Russian Personal Data Legal Landscape

July 9, 2014 We would like to alert you of the latest legislative changes amending significantly the Russian personal data legal landscape. The draft law No. № 553424-6 introducing amendments to the Federal Law “On personal data” and to the Federal Law “On information, information technologies and protection of information” (hereinafter – “Law”) has passed […]

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New York DFS Released a Proposal for a Bitlicense Regulatory Framework for Virtual Currency Companies

On July 17, 2014, New York (New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) published a first draft of regulations (including license requirements) for businesses operating Bitcoin services, i.e. those companies receiving or transmitting virtual currency on behalf of consumers, storing virtual currencies or providing exchange services, companies buying/selling virtual currencies as a customer business; […]

Privilege not waived for material obtained from seized computer bought at public auction if proper precautions were taken

In Kyko Global Inc. v. Prithvi Info. Solutions Ltd., the court addressed the question of whether defendants waived their attorney-client privilege following the sale of a seized computer at public auction. Kyko Global Inc. v. Prithvi Info. Solutions Ltd., No. C13-1034 MJP, 2014 WL 2694236 (W.D. Wash. June 13, 2014) Under Washington law, the court […]

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