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2019 Data Security Incident Response Report

This year's report provides metrics from the 750+ potential incidents our team led clients through in 2018. Because it is our Report's fifth year, we included a special section that provides a five-year trend summary on core incident response metrics. Learn More »

BakerHostetler Team Secures $74 Million Judgment for Castex Energy Partners

The trial team, led by Ray Whitman, obtained a $74 million judgment against Apache Corporation related to cost overruns and willful misconduct, which resulted in ruining a Louisiana gas well and damaging a major gas reservoir. Learn More »

Law360 Names International Trade and Privacy and Data Protection Teams Practice Groups of the Year

In a prestigious double victory, the firm has scored a pair of Law360 2018 "Practice Group of the Year" honors ... Learn More »

The Real Deal: Leading the Most Successful Recovery Effort of its Kind

BakerHostetler leads the highly successful, global recovery effort of Irving H. Picard, Securities Investor Protection Act for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff investment Securities LLC. Learn More »

Breach Notification Law Interactive Map

The Privacy and Data Protection team launched a new, interactive map providing detailed outlines of data breach notification laws in all 50 states, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Learn More »

The Landscape - Highlights from 2018

Welcome to BakerHostetler's Landscape – a periodic review of what's happening at the firm, in the courts and in the business community. Learn More »

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20 Years Young: The Maturing of COPPA in a Privacy-Conscious Age

By Carolina A. Alonso, Taylor A. Bloom, Alan L. Friel, Amy Ralph Mudge

April 30, 2019

Posted in Advertising, Marketing and Digital Media

We cover children’s privacy and advertising weekly. However, in light of COPPA’s recent 20th anniversary, and in the wake of CARU’s biggest-yet West Coast CARU conference, ADLaw has...
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Antitrust Advocate

Vertical Merger Review Debate Continues With Antitrust Enforcers

By Danyll W. Foix

February 26, 2019

Since at least 2017, when the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sued to block a vertical merger, the business press has been atwitter about the antitrust enforcement agencies’ views of such...
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Blockchain Monitor

New Blockchain Solutions Announced Across Industries, Multiple Crypto Enforcement Actions...

By Simone O. Otenaike, Diana J. Stern, Joanna F. Wasick

April 26, 2019

In this issue: • Banks Announce Blockchain Initiatives, Stablecoins Launch, France Passes New Law • Reports Detail Blockchain Solutions Across Industries, Provide New Data on Growth • New...
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Class Action Lawsuit Defense

Caution: Precertification Communications with Absent Class Members

March 28, 2019

Are absent members of an uncertified class or Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action “parties” and thus “represented” by plaintiff’s counsel? If so, is defense counsel prohibited...
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Copyright, Content, and Platforms

Supreme Court Clarifies Meaning of ‘Full Costs’ in Section 505 of Copyright Act

March 29, 2019

In Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA, Inc.,[1] a unanimous Supreme Court recently held that 17 U.S.C. § 505’s award of “full costs” is limited to the specific categories of costs defined in...
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Data Privacy Monitor

California Assembly Privacy Committee Votes in Favor of Advancing CCPA Amendments

By Alan L. Friel, Niloufar Massachi

April 30, 2019

Last Tuesday, the California Assembly’s Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection (Assembly Privacy Committee), which has jurisdiction over matters related to privacy, the protection of...
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Employment Class Action Blog

Recent Decisions Don't Provide Useful Guidance on Tests for the FAA Exemption of...

By John B. Lewis

April 29, 2019

Posted in Employment Class Actions

Sometimes being right is not a virtue, especially when it comes to the Federal Arbitration Act § 1 exemption. We predicted uncertainty after the New Prime v. Oliveira decision and got it...
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Employment Law Spotlight

NYC Releases Anti-Harassment Training Video

By Amanda Van Hoose Garofalo, Amy J. Traub

April 16, 2019

Posted in Labor and Employment

As discussed in our New York Quarterly Newsletters, employers in New York City who have 15 or more employees (inclusive of independent contractors) are required to provide anti-sexual...
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Financial Services Blog

Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of the FDCPA as It Relates to Nonjudicial Foreclosures

By Yameel L. Mercado Robles

April 30, 2019

In Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP,[1] the U.S. Supreme Court resolved the circuit split on whether those engaged in nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings are subject to all of the...
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IP Intelligence: Insight on Intellectual Property

Fifth Circuit Decision Highlights Trademark Protection for Fictional Elements

April 24, 2019

As previously reported on this blog, the Southern District of Texas ruled in Viacom International Inc. v. IJR Capital Investments LLC that Viacom could assert common-law rights in the...
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Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

April 29, 2019

Below is this week’s “Capitol Hill Healthcare Update,” which is posted on Mondays when Congress is in session. DRUG PRICES: CONGRESS RETURNS, PICKS UP WHERE LAWMAKERS LEFT OFF Congress...
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News

Life Sciences-Focused IP Partner Joins BakerHostetler in Washington
April 29, 2019 –
Toni-Junell Herbert and her team advise clients through every stage of IP development, including auditing, due diligence and litigation ...
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Chambers and Partners USA Honors 127 Attorneys and 43 Practice Areas in 2019 Guide
April 29, 2019 –
Chambers and Partners ranked and recognized 127 BakerHostetler attorneys ...
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Event: #MeToo Today: How to Be Prepared for a Sexual Harassment Claim
May 14, 2019 –
Join Scott McIntyre and Jenni Edwards, partners in BakerHostetler’s Employment and Labor Practice, for an interactive discussion ...
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