On August 23, 2011, Judge Richard S. Sullivan of the Southern District of New York issued a decision in Gucci America, Inc. v. Li, No. 10 Civ. 4974 (RJS) granting the plaintiffs' motion to compel the production of counterfeiters' bank records from non-party Bank of China.
Client Alert | September 6, 2011
On June 23, 2011, in a case that tested potential conflicts between free speech rights and the power of the state to regulate medical privacy and low-cost healthcare, the Supreme Court struck down a Vermont law that restricted the sale, disclosure, and use of pharmacy records that reveal the prescribing practices of individual doctors. In Sorrell v. IMS Health, No.
Client Alert | June 28, 2011
Washington, D.C. partner Howard Hogan and Palo Alto associate Michael Smith are the authors of "Courts Continue to Question Whether Using the Trademarks of Others to Trigger Search Engine Advertising Gives Rise to Trademark Liability" [PDF] published in the June 24, 2011 issue of BNA's Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal.Reproduced with permission from BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, 82 PTCJ 274, 06/24/2011.
Client Alert | June 24, 2011
Los Angeles partner Gareth Evans and Orange County associate Catherine Brewer are the authors of "French Data Protection Authority Announces Increased Inspections for Compliance with French and European Union Data Privacy Requirements" [PDF] published in the June 15, 2011 issue of EuroWatch.
Client Alert | June 15, 2011
Washington, D.C. partner Jason Schwartz and associate Michael Murray are the authors of "Recent Developments in Trade Secret Law: the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act" [PDF] published in the June 10, 2011 issue of the Society for Human Resource Management's Workplace Law Bulletin.
Client Alert | June 10, 2011
With its May 24, 2011 decision in Simonoff v. Expedia, Inc., No. 10-3559 (9th Cir.
Client Alert | June 2, 2011
On April 11, 2011, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Department of Information Technology), Government of India ("IT Ministry"), issued the Information Technology (Reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal data or information) Rules, 2011 ("Data Privacy Rules").
Client Alert | May 25, 2011
The French Data Protection Authority--La Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés ("CNIL")--announced on April 26, 2011, that it intends to increase inspections of companies and organizations transferring data into and out of France to ensure compliance with French and European Union data privacy laws and regulations. In its press release, CNIL emphasized that the inspections will have a specific focus on verifying that U.S.
Client Alert | May 11, 2011
Printable PDFOn March 8, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its decision in Network Automation, Inc. v. Advanced Systems Concepts, Inc., No.
Client Alert | March 11, 2011
Printable PDF On March 1, 2011, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T Inc., No. 09-1279, addressing whether corporations are eligible to benefit from certain "personal privacy" protections under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA").
Client Alert | March 9, 2011
Gibson Dunn lawyers provide a look at personal data and other privacy-related legal developments across Europe for October 2020.
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