E-Commerce Law

YouTube Prevails Against French TV Group Seeking $180 Million for Video Uploads
(Appeared June 13, 2012, in Bloomberg BNA's Electronic Commerce & Law Report)
Paris court says YouTube is a site host provider and as such benefits from a limited liability exclusion under French and EU electronic commerce law

French High Court Says eBay Liable For Counterfeit Sales; eBay Claims Victory
(Appeared June 13, 2012, in Bloomberg BNA's Electronic Commerce & Law Report and Patent Trademark & Copyright Journal)
Court says online auctioneer only violates selective distribution networks when eBay sellers of genuine goods are “professional” merchants.

Data Privacy Protection

Article 29 Working Party Urges Google To Reconsider Privacy Policies by Year's End
(Appeared Oct. 16, 2012, in Bloomberg BNA's Privacy & Security Law Report)
French and EU data protection officials said Oct. 16 that they had sent Google Inc. a letter dated the same day urging the U.S.-based internet search giant to change its new streamlined privacy policy by the end of 2012 to fix key areas that they said fail to comply with EU data protection law.

CNIL's New Breach Notice Guidelines Pose Challenges, Practitioners Say
(Appeared June 4, 2012, in Bloomberg BNA's Privacy & Security Law Report)
Attorneys say new French data-breach notification rules suggest legal challenges that EU-based companies are likely to face when data breaches involve users in different countries, due to EU member states' divergent implementation of the E-privacy directive.

French Data Authority to Update Guidelines On Whistle-blower Hotlines, Attorney Says
(Appeared Dec. 6, 2010, in Bloomberg BNA's Privacy & Security Law Report)
The French data protection authority plans to update its guidelines on the use of whistle-blowing hotlines by companies, expanding them to include reporting anticompetitive practices within a group and tightening the scope of the guidelines in other areas.

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