Monthly Archive: August 2010

Aug 18

News Bits

Tweet Harvard Internet Law Professor Jonathan Zittrain’s take on the Google – Verizon Net Neutrality Proposals is here. CNET reported on a lawsuit  alleging how several major websites have broken the law by secretly tracking user activities on other sites using Flash Cookies. In an interview, Google’s Eric Schmidt said  he believes every young person will one day be allowed to …

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Aug 09

FDA’s First Facebook Enforcement Action

Tweet In what may signal regulators’ growing focus on advertisers’ use of social media, particularly in regulated industries, on July 29, 2010, the FDA issued its first Facebook-related citation in connection with Novartis’ use of Facebook’s share function on its Tasigna® website. By clicking on the “share” button on the website, consumers could post Novartis-created …

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Aug 05

Techonomy Conference Update

Tweet A ”Who’s Who” of leading technology innovators and thinkers have gathered in Lake Tahoe, Nevada for the inaugural Techonomy Conference.  Attendees include industry titans Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos and a host of leading academics and writers. Our colleagues Jerrold Spiegel and Michael Frankfurt are there too.  Thus far, the biggest news out of the conference relates to …

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