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October Privacy and Security Roundup: Cryptocurrencies endure scrutiny, China’s Privacy Law goes into effect and new EU SCCs now required

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In the October edition of our Privacy and Security Roundup , we dive into the latest details surrounding OFAC’s efforts to stifle ransomware attacks, how organizations should carefully assess the new Personal Information Protection Law in China, the new EU Standard Contractual Clauses requirement effective Sept. 27, and more.

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Open Source AI – definition and selected legal challenges

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Reddit or X (Twitter) data for ChatGPT) and which try to ban AI data scraping via technical tools and contractual terms (see class action against OpenAI for privacy and copyright infringement). This led for instance the FSF to sue Cisco Systems in 2008 for violating the GPL. when AI output qualify as derivatives of the input data).

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Section 230 Protect Apple’s App Store from Claims Over Cryptocurrency Theft–Diep v. Apple

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“plaintiffs’ computer fraud and privacy claims are based on Apple’s reproduction of an app, Toast Plus, intended for public consumption, via the App Store. eBay case from 2008. ” This is a highly defense-favorable reading of the contract provision. ” Publisher/Speaker Claims. ” Oops.

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Boat Rental Marketplace Defeats Lawsuit Over Offline Boating Accident–In re Chaves

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MySpace case from 2008 and its progeny (assuming the Doe case is still good law in the Fifth Circuit, which isn’t guaranteed ). Thus, the Terms of Use Agreement is a proper clickwrap contract, and the undisputed facts establish that Lindsey Partridge assented to its terms Case Citation : In re Chaves, 2024 U.S.

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California Strengthens Non-Competition Law

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SB 699 It has long been a fundamental tenet of California law that “every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is to that extent void.” Arthur Andersen LLP (2008) 44 Cal.4th The two new laws are detailed below. Codified as Section 16600.5, Section 16600.5

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Restrictive Covenants in the Tenth Circuit

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Any provision in a contract between an employer and an employee in conflict with the provisions of this section shall be void and unenforceable.” It is in writing; part of a contract of employment; based on reasonable consideration; reasonable in duration and geographical limitations; and not against public policy. ” State.

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Two More Cases Compel Arbitration for Dubious Online Contracts (Guest Blog Post)

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by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy The intersection of the Federal Arbitration Act and the law of online contracts has become utterly corrosive to our legal system. The problem with the FAA and online contracts, of course, is that no one is agreeing to arbitrate anything. Didion (2008) 160 Cal.App.4th Consumer Contracts (Tent.