Holding Off Hackers, Cashing It In, Europe Goes to the Cloud? Must Be…

… Monday’s JD Supra Buzz. On this first day of October, here’s what we learned today in law:

The European Commission published a communication on the potential of cloud computing in Europe (McKenna Long & Aldridge) (FMC) 

Thinking of cashing in that life insurance policy? Read this first (Davis Brown) 

Taking your work home can be costly, especially when your work involves military technology and your home country is China (Miller Canfield) 

An employee’s dream (act) could become an employer’s nightmare (Polsinelli Shughart) 

The FBI is warning banks and other financial institutions of increased hacker attacks, but all companies should take heed (Mintz Levin) 

The Canadian Supreme Court ruled that a juvenile’s right to privacy outweighs the media’s right to report on efforts to identify her Facebook cyberbully (FMC) 

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed the state’s “Gender Pay Parity” bill into law (FordHarrison) 

State and Federal regulation of BPA is messy (Pierce Atwood) 

The EB-5 immigration program, which allows foreign nationals to obtain green cards when they make a minimum investment in the U.S., has been extended to 2015 (K&L Gates) (NPZ Law Group) 

Another day, another NLRB ruling against a workplace social media policy… (Ballard Spahr) 

Is trademark civility what we need to cure trademark bullying? (Winthrop & Weinstine) 

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