The Canadian political and business communities are unsurprisingly focused on the prospect of U.S. President Donald Trump instituting 25% tariffs on Canadian goods and services. The threat of tariffs, which could spark a retaliatory response by Canada and fuel a damaging trade war, would likely cause serious harm to the Canadian economy. But tariffs aren’t…
Originally posted 2014-04-09 07:50:25. Republished by Blog Post Promoter See, we don’t agree with Public Citizen all the time! Read on, via the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): [EFF] along with Public Citizen and Public Knowledge urged a U.S. court of appeals Wednesday to reject jewelry-maker Tiffany’s attempt to rewrite trademark law and create new…
A government agency such as the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) cannot wiretap a private citizen’s phone without probable cause or legal authority since it would violate constitutional and statutory protections. Wiretapping without lawful authority is illegal and can lead to significant consequences for law enforcement officials who overstep their bounds. 1. Fourth Amendment Protections The…
ICANN could be faced with the headache of approving or rejecting a new gTLD containing a term broadly considered a slur for the first time. Unstoppable Domains has revealed that it is working with a client on an application for .retardio, which is linked to a memecoin cryptocurrency of the same name. Unstoppable says the…
On 17 March 2022 the UK’s Online Safety Bill, no longer a draft, was introduced into Parliament and had its formal First Reading. Two years ago Carnegie UK proposed that an Online Harms Reduction Bill could be legislated in twenty clauses. Faced with the 194 clauses and 14 Schedules of the Online Safety Bill, one…
Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, sued Meta Platforms, Inc., the parent company of Facebook, for using his name and likeness without his permission in advertisements for CBD products. Huckabee argued that these ads falsely claimed he endorsed the products and made misleading statements about his personal health. He asked the court to hold…
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This case involves two interrelated companies in the private jet industry. One entity (Nicholas Air) was the public brand. The other entity (Corr Flight) provided all of the staffing to the public brand. Employees from the staffing company posted negative reviews on Glassdoor about the public brand (see the Glassdoor page). The Mississippi court said…
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Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists, and technology companies that deliver and facilitate the delivery of virtual care. Trending in the past week: Licensure compacts Telepharmacies Telehealth practice standards A CLOSER LOOK Proposed Legislation & Rulemaking: In Michigan, House Bill 4169 was…
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10 by Jesse Loughborough CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/dCNCWG Last week’s Law Bytes podcast featured a look at the year in review in digital law and policy. Before wrapping up for the year, the next three posts over the holidays will highlight the most popular posts, podcast episodes, and Substacks of the past year. Today’s post…
