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Australia finds Uber violated privacy laws, rewarded cyber criminals

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The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has found that Uber Technologies, Inc. ” Falk noted that Uber did not conduct a full assessment of the breach until almost a year after the attack in November 2017, when they finally disclosed the breach to the public. .” violated the privacy of an estimated 1.2

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India government asks Delhi High Court to block implementation of WhatsApp privacy policy

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The Central Government of India has urged the Delhi High Court to restrain WhatsApp Inc. from implementing its contentious new privacy policy that has drawn criticism from regulatory bodies, digital rights advocates and general citizens alike.

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Twitter asks India court to overturn information blocking orders

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Twitter, Inc. Moreover, several could pertain to political content that is posted by official handles of political parties … Blocking of such information is a violation of the freedom of speech guaranteed to citizen-users of the platform.

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Petitions of the week: Three Second Amendment petitions and a Wiretap Act claim against Facebook

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Facebook users brought a class action alleging that the tech company violated the Wiretap Act between 2010 and 2011. Davis , the company asks the justices to review and reverse the 9th Circuit’s decision. In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. These and other petitions of the week are below: Facebook Inc.

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SCT: False Claims Act Actions Based Upon Fraudulently Obtained Patent Rights

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The Act allows private citizens, known as “ relators ,” to bring qui tam actions on the government’s behalf against those who have defrauded the government. Int’l, Inc. , by Dennis Crouch This post walks through a new petition for writ of certiorari involving claims that Valeant Pharma defrauded the U.S.

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The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule: Interrogating Preemption and Coherence with Other Domestic Regimes

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to mandate climate-related reporting from large companies. Both public and private companies doing business in California with annual revenues over $1 billion must report – publicly and annually – their global Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 GHG emissions. Liggett Group, Inc. , 504 (1992)). Glen Theatre , 501 U.S.

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A Comparative Analysis of the SEC’s Climate Disclosure Proposal

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What seemed improbable just a few years ago – requiring large companies to measure and report annual greenhouse gas emissions generated by their operations and “value chains”– is becoming reality in several countries. If CARB does not so indicate, the number of covered companies will be significantly smaller.

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