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07/29/2008  Japanese New Anti-Spam Law
07/09/2008  Identity Theft Red Flags Rule and Address Discrepancy Rule--Frequently Asked Questions
06/20/2008  Court Limits Right of Employers to Obtain Stored Text Messages from Vendors’ Servers
06/19/2008  New Connecticut Privacy Law Imposes Up to $500,000 in Civil Penalties for Misuse of Personal Information
06/18/2008  Morrison & Foerster Wins Chambers Award for Privacy and Data Security
06/09/2008  New UK Practice Note on Disclosure of Employee Data under TUPE
05/22/2008  New Federal Law Regulates Collection and Use of Genetic Information by Employers and Group Health Plans
05/21/2008  Japan: Personal Information Privacy Update
05/19/2008  Data Breach Notification: Debate in the EU
05/19/2008  Federal Trade Commission Issues New CAN-SPAM Act Regulations
04/28/2008  Data Breach Notification: The Changing Landscape in the EU
03/27/2008  Employment and Privacy Issues in Non-Competition Agreements
03/10/2008  European Law & Regulations: A Survival Guide For Technology Companies
02/29/2008  Comparing the U.S. and EU Approach to Employee Privacy
01/30/2008  California Supreme Court Affirms Employer’s Ability To Terminate Employee For Off-Duty Medical Marijuana Use
01/29/2008  Global Solution for Cross-Border Data Transfers
01/28/2008  Morrison & Foerster Privacy Group Grows in Strength
11/28/2007  Federal Agencies Issue Long-Awaited Affiliate-Marketing Rule
11/07/2007  State Statutes Restricting or Prohibiting the Use of Social Security Numbers
11/06/2007  California Bans Mandatory Implanting of Identification Devices
10/22/2007  Texas Attorney General Sues Fitness Spa for Exposing Customer Records
10/22/2007  Monitoring Employees: Striking a Balance
10/17/2007  Court Rejects Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Claim
10/16/2007  California Expands Its Security Breach Notification Law But Rejects Merchant Liability Standard
10/09/2007  Morrison & Foerster Writes Definitive Guide to Global Employee Privacy Law
Scope of the text underlines the firm's pre-eminence in cross-border issues relating to HR and privacy matters
10/09/2007  Seventh Circuit Dismisses Security Breach Class Action
10/02/2007  Nevada Law Mandates Encryption of Electronically-Transmitted Personal Information
10/01/2007  State Statutes Permitting Security Freeze On A Credit Report File
09/27/2007  Pending Changes to California’s Data Breach Law: New Burdens for Retailers?
08/22/2007  Are Employee "No-Hire" and Non-Solicitation Provisions Enforceable Under California Law?
06/20/2007  The New Hong Kong Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance
06/11/2007  Washington Update
06/01/2007  Merchant Liability for Security Breaches
05/31/2007  Morrison & Foerster Launches Privacy Library
Firm offers free online global privacy resource
05/22/2007  Italy’s DPA Publishes New Rules on Monitoring Employees
05/04/2007  Data Retention: Denmark Is First EU Member State to Implement Controversial Directive
This article appeared in the April 30, 2007, issue of BNA's Privacy & Security Law Report, and is reprinted by permission. http://www.bna.com/.
04/24/2007  Health Data: Article 29 WP Working Document:
e-health records

This article appeared in Data Protection Law & Policy, Volume 4 Issue 3, March 2007, and is reprinted with permission.
01/23/2007  Privacy Roundtable
11/27/2006  Outsourcing to India: Dealing With Data Theft and Misuse
11/01/2006  New Rules for E-Discovery — Are You Ready?
10/31/2006  20/20 Hindsight: Recently Released Text of Yahoo! BB Case Puts Companies on the Hook For Preventable and Foreseeable Breaches
10/02/2006  Corporate Privacy Rules: Moving Toward A Global Solution
10/01/2006  Corporate Privacy Rules: Moving Toward A Global Solution
07/17/2006  California "Two-Party Consent Law" Applies to Recording of Calls Made from Other States
05/23/2006  Court Orders Payment of 6,000 Yen to Each Plaintiff in Connection with Yahoo! BB Personal Data Leak
04/18/2006  Regulating Spam in the Middle Kingdom - China's New Anti-Spam Regulations
04/05/2006  Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Whistleblowing Procedures under Sarbanes-Oxley and European Union Data Protection Laws
03/16/2006  New EU Guidance on E-Mail Filtering
03/13/2006  New French Equal Opportunities Law Limits Use of Candidate Data in Recruitment Process
02/16/2006  Data Retention: Data Retention Directive: Scope and Obligation
02/08/2006  Data Retention - Implications for Business
02/01/2006  Data Retention – A Bone Of Contention
This article was first published in Electronic Business Law, February 2006, and is reprinted with permission
11/28/2005  California Junk Fax Law Challenged on Federal Preemption Grounds
09/15/2005  Nuts and Bolts of Complying with Japan's Anti-Spam Laws
08/04/2005  Employee Monitoring: Highlighting the Issues
07/28/2005  Utah and Michigan "Do-Not-Email" Programs Take Effect
07/15/2005  Data Security: The Time Is Now
07/05/2005  Whistle-blowing Lines: Conflicting Obligations
06/29/2005  BJ's and DSW Cases Open a New Front in the War on Data Insecurity
05/27/2005  FTC Opens New CAN-SPAM Act Proceeding
05/20/2005  Businesses Required to Dispose of Consumer Information
05/05/2005  What You Need to Know About Japan's New Law Concerning the Protection of Personal Information
03/25/2005  French Employers Who Provide Staff with Internet Access Are Held to the Same Data Retention Obligations as ISPs
03/02/2005  2005 Barbara Wellbery Memorial Award
02/11/2005  European Commission Approves New Set of Standard Clauses for Data Transfers
11/29/2004  Does Your Privacy Policy Comply with the California Online Privacy Protection Act?
10/11/2004  California Enacts Four New Privacy Laws
09/21/2004  New California Direct Marketing Disclosure Statute Will Impact Companies Inside and Outside of California
08/11/2004  Radical Overhaul of the French Data Protection/Anti-Spam Regime as France Implements Two European Directives
08/05/2004  B2C in Europe and Avoiding Contractual Liability: Why Businesses with European Operations Should Review their Customer Contracts Now
08/05/2004  U.S. Court Affirms Employer's Right to Read Employees' Email
08/05/2004  U.S. Court Affirms Employer's Right to Read Employees' Email
07/21/2004  Your Employees: The Most Overlooked Component of Data Security
07/01/2004  The Most Overlooked Component of Data Security: Your Employees
Employment Law Commentary, July 2004, Vol. 16, No. 7
04/27/2004  Tower Records Consent Order Underscores Importance of Data Protection
03/09/2004  EU Data Protection Requirements: An Overview for Employers
03/08/2004  The United Kingdom Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003
02/14/2004  EU Red Tape Goes Electronic
01/23/2004  New California Privacy Laws Taking Effect in the New Year
01/13/2004  The Electronic Communications Directive
12/12/2003  Understanding the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
12/10/2003  European Court of Justice Clarifies the Application of Data Protection Directive to Websites
12/02/2003  Congress Passes Anti-Spam Law, Preempts Much State Anti-Spam Legislation
10/01/2003  New California Law Prohibits Unsolicited "Commercial" E-mail
09/29/2003  California Passes Another Consumer Privacy Bill
09/01/2003  Requires Express Permission Prior to Sending Unsolicited Facsimile Advertisements
08/18/2003  Corporate Codes of Conduct Under Scrutiny
EU Data Protection Authorities examine the Possibility to satisfy Data Protection Requirements by Corporate Rules
07/14/2003  FCC Adopts 'Do Not Call' Rules
07/01/2003  Codes of Conduct: The Solution for International Data Transfers?
05/26/2003  Flying Out Of Control - US / EU Airline Data Wars
05/13/2003  UK Consultation on Implementation of the E.U. Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications
04/25/2003  FTC "Safeguards" Rule to Take Effect
04/15/2003  April 14th "HIPAA Deadline" Was Not the End of the Road for Compliance
04/01/2003  EU Data Protection Requirements: An Overview for Japanese Employers
Employment Law Commentary, April 2003, Special Edition
03/18/2003  Matrix of State Electronic Surveillance Laws
02/07/2003  Reform of Online Defamation Laws in the UK -- Critical Issues for International Businesses
02/01/2003  Microsoft Agrees to Modify its .NET Passport Service to Ensure Compliance with E.U. Data Protection Legislation
11/22/2002  SEC Issues Proposed Rules Regarding Insider Trades During Pension Fund Blackout Periods
09/01/2002  Article 29 Working Party Issues Findings on the Law Applicable to the Collection of Data from E.U. Users via the Internet
07/08/2002  MoFo Adds Party to Etracks Complaint and Seeks Additional Relief
04/10/2002  Mark It Correctly or Lose It: Risks of Putting Proprietary or Confidential Information in the Government's Hands
04/08/2002  HHS Announces Changes to HIPAA Medical Privacy Rule
01/01/2002  EU Data Protection Requirements: An Overview for Employers
Employment Law Commentary, January 2002, Vol. 14 No. 1
11/08/2001  Business Proposes Alternative Model Contract Clauses for Data Transfers from the EU
10/15/2001  Global Data Protection Compliance
09/07/2001  Employee e-mail and Internet Usage Policies
03/16/2001  D.C. Speaks: Balancing Privacy with Need to Know
An American Banker article, reprinted with permission, on MoFo's Rick Fischer and James Johnson and their work to help banks steer through conflicting privacy and anti-money-laundering laws.
03/01/2001  Website Operators Should Be Alert for "Page-Jacking" Activities
02/01/2001  The Rapidly Changing World of Privacy
11/01/2000  Privacy and Transborder Transfer of Personal Data--Latin America
10/01/2000  The E-Sign Act: A Federal Foundation for E-Commerce
08/01/2000  Safe Harbor for Transfer of Personal Data from the EU to the US
07/01/2000  United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Work on Electronic Commerce and Digital Signatures
07/01/2000  European Parliament Vote on the Safe Harbor Agreement
07/01/2000  Restrictions on Acquisition, Disclosure and Use of Personal Information by Private Entities in the United States
06/01/2000  Congress Passes Electronic Signatures Legislation
05/01/2000  Quick Update on EU E-Commerce Developments: April 2000
02/01/2000  European Union Data Directive
01/01/2000  Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and FTC Rules
01/01/2000  The Database Protection Debate in the United States
01/01/2000  ICANN Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
01/01/2000  Regulation of Spam
05/06/1999  Online Privacy Developments
09/01/1998  Another Step Towards A European Framework for Electronic Signatures; The Commission's Directive Proposal
07/01/1998  Attention Turns to Internet Privacy
Reprinted with permission from Alleycat News, May 1998.
06/30/1998  Lawsuit Filed Against N2K
Reprinted with permission from Alleycat News, May 1998.