Industry Trends

Upcoming Compliance Deadline for Massachusetts Service Provider Contracts

Friday, January 27th, 2012

This blog entry was contributed by Kate Abramson, an associate in the Privacy and Information Management group in Hogan Lovells' Washington, DC office. Massachusetts information security regulations (“Standards for the Protection of Personal Info... READ MORE

New evaluations of Avid Interplay MAM and MerlinOne DAM #DAM #MediaAssetManagement

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Today we release an update to our Digital & Media Asset Management Report. In addition to insights on DAM Trends for 2012, we now have an in-depth 12-page evaluation of Avid's Interplay MAM, and a first look at MerlinOne's Merlin DAM. Avid is prim... READ MORE

Are cloud-based file-sharing services too immature for the enterprise? #ecm #e20

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

We've just released an advisory paper, "Are cloud-based file-sharing services too immature for the enterprise?” It's a question that many of our advisory customers have been asking us, so we decided to answer it in briefing format. Cloud-b... READ MORE

VIDEO: In Honor of Data Privacy Day, Hogan Lovells Privacy Lawyers Talk About the Year Ahead in Privacy

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

 Happy Data Privacy Day to all! READ MORE

Privacy Torts in Canada and the International Convergence of Privacy Law

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

In a recent case, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Canada recognized the privacy torts that are widely-recognized in the United States.  Many foreign common law jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and other countries, have steadfastly refu... READ MORE

Whither Jive Software? #e20 #socialmedia

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Jive Software has long been the darling of the Enterprise Collaboration & Social Software space. Yes, they have decent (though not spectacular) technology, but the company has always been savvier about "message." Jive talked social netwo... READ MORE

European Commission Releases Official Draft of Groundbreaking Data Protection Regulation

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

This blog post was provided by Quentin Archer, a partner in the London office of Hogan Lovells The European Commission today published its proposal for a new Data Protection Regulation. The Regulation, which is not likely to come into force before 2014... READ MORE

What does it mean to be a social business?

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Oracle and AIIM are announcing the next five events in the Social Business Seminar series. The first of these events took place in New York and Los Angeles. The results were great – the session evaluations rated the sessions as 5 out of 5. And folks ... READ MORE

2012 DAM and MAM Market Overview – WAVE, Avid, and North Plains making the biggest changes #DAM #MediaAssetManagement

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Today we publish our 2012 Digital & Media Asset Management Market Overview. Things are markedly more exciting in the DAM & MAM world as we start 2012, versus the relatively calmer 2011. Product development has picked up, in particular among mid... READ MORE

Supreme Court Decision in Warrantless GPS Tracking Case Offers Little Guidance in Consumer Privacy Context

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Sometimes Fourth Amendment cases (which by definition arise in a governmental context) have implications for consumer privacy law since the "reasonable expectation of privacy" analysis can be employed in both areas.  Yesterday's U.... READ MORE