Information Technology and Telecoms

Last year we published our first Seed Financing Survey in recognition of the growing importance of seed financing to entrepreneurs and the venture capital environment.

Presently, There Is Heavy Pressure To Migrate Company Data To The Cloud. Individuals Already Shift A Large Amount Of Their Data To "The Cloud" In The Form Of Family Photos, Vacation Videos, Contact Information, And Music. Shifting Sensitive Business Information To The Cloud, However, Brings With It More Complex Considerations.

Interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about Google's iPhone tracking.

The California appellate court’s recent decision in Balsam v. Trancos requires marketers nationwide using commercial email advertisements to include in the "from" line of each email a domain name that is registered to the sender.

The California appellate court’s decision in "Balsam v. Trancos" requires marketers nationwide using commercial email advertisements to include in the from line of each email a domain name that is registered to the sender which can be determined by performing a WHOIS look-up, or the name of the sender or marketer on whose behalf the email was sent.

A company’s failure to deal appropriately with electronic discover—innocently or not—can lead to significant sanctions and even adverse judgments in a lawsuit.

Beyond highlighting the evolving standards and complexities of establishing a comprehensive e-discovery plan at the early stages of a case, recent decisions in Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe (S.D.N.Y.), which approved a defendant’s use of predictive coding, could potentially have a Zubulake-type effect of establishing new technology-driven norms for large-scale document reviews in the future.

A recent White House report on consumer data privacy forecasts a multifaceted approach to fulfilling public expectations regarding the protection of consumer’s personal information.

The deadline for compliance with a key requirement of the Massachusetts Data Security Regulations ("Regulations") is only a month away.

As the average duration of outsourcing contracts continues to become shorter, the issue of exit grows in importance.

Interesting article in Forbes, "The Zero-Day Salesmen," about "government agencies who purchase such "zero-day" exploits, or hacking techniques that use undisclosed flaws in software, with the ­explicit ­intention of invading or disrupting the computers and phones of crime suspects and intelligence targets."

The House of Representatives March 8, 2012, voted down the Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2012 (HR 3875) by a vote of 230 to 175.