Author name: karimilaw

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to Supreme People’s Court of China: According to the 16-article judicial document issued by China’s supreme court, shops installing face-scanning systems will have to get consumers’ permission before gathering their facial data and software operators shall no longer force users to give their facial information, otherwise, their actions will be considered as a violation of people’s personality rights. Yang Wanming, vice-president of the top court […]

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to ComputerWeekly: The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has found that Uber Technologies, Inc. violated the privacy of an estimated 1.2 million Australians, and failed to investigate and disclose a data breach from 2016 promptly. Information and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk stated that Uber violated the Privacy Act by not taking reasonable measures to protect the personal information of customers and drivers from a cyber-attack that happened in

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to New York Times: Cinema superstar, Ms. Scarlett Johansson, alleges that Disney’s decision to release the Black Widow movie on Disney plus at the same time it was released in theaters was a breach of her contract. According to Ms. Johansson’s suit, Disney had promised that “Black Widow” would receive an exclusive release in theaters for approximately 90 to 120 days and now, simultaneous release

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to Reuters: On Monday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed that tech giant, Apple must face a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Omni MedSci Inc, a company owned by Mohammed Islam who is a professor at the University of Michigan school of engineering. Omni MedSci is alleging that Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor technology infringed on their patent rights. The original

NEW GUIDANCE HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION’S BANKING REGULATOR  TO RENOVATE ITS ANTI MONEY-LAUNDERING SYSTEM Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to Wall Street Journal: The proposal from the Paris-based European Banking Authority is the latest effort by the EU to harmonize anti-money-laundering rules across member states and shift implementation away from national authorities. Some member states already have similar anti-money-laundering laws, however, this new proposal should be helpful

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to Jurist: Apple reached a settlement to drop a copyright lawsuit it proceeded against a startup based in Flordia, Corellium LLC, for Corellium’s “virtual” version of the iPhone used for research to detect its potential bugs. Corellium allows users to run software-only virtualizations of IOS, which means that researchers can test iPhone software on computers instead of iPhone devices. Some new capabilities such

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to Jurist: The Austrian Constitutional Court suspended the deportation proceedings of an unidentified Afghan national (“the Applicant”). After two failed asylum applications, the Applicant was scheduled for deportation and was in custody pending deportation since April. Earlier this month, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) instructed Austrian authorities to postpone the deportation of the Applicant as the “security situation” in the country deteriorates until

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to Wall Street Journal: BitMEX, which offers trading in bitcoin and other cryptocurrency derivatives, had been sued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) last year. In its complaint filed last October, the CFTC alleged that BitMex and its three cofounders operated the exchange from the U.S. for at least six years while unlawfully accepting orders and funds from

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to Jurist: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a $1 million fine against Pearson PLC, an educational and publishing company based in London, after finding that the company made misleading statements about the data breach that involved the theft of thousands of student records and personal information. The data breach occurred in 2018 when hackers obtained student and administrator data from 13,000 Pearson

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to Jurist: The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an amended complaint against Facebook in the agency’s ongoing federal antitrust case. The FTC’s amended complaint comes after a federal judge in June dismissed the agency’s lawsuit due to lack of evidence to support claims that Facebook is engaged in unlawful monopolization but allowed the agency to submit an amended complaint after resolving the issues in