Hot Hires, Canadian Spam, LinkedIn, Spinning? It Can Only Be…

… Monday’s JD Supra Buzz. For your reading pleasure, here’s what we learned today in law:

Hiring someone because you like the way they look isn’t illegal (not in most jurisdictions, anyway) (Constangy, Brooks & Smith) 

Yours, mine, or ours? Employer v. employee ownership of social media accounts is far from settled… (Looper Reed & McGraw) (Mintz Levin) 

Canada’s anti-spam law will go into effect in 2013 (FMC) 

FTC to debt relief companies: “Do Not Call” actually means you’re not supposed to call the numbers listed (Loeb & Loeb) 

This update on the registered trademarks and stationary bikes might make your head spin (Winthrop & Weinstine) 

Do as I say, not as I do: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported 14 data breaches involving the personal health information of nearly 14,000 Medicare beneficiaries (Mintz Levin) 

US Companies are now liable if their foreign subsidiaries violate Iran sanctions (Corporate Law Report) 

Revising the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act has been more than two years in the making. But it’s getting close… (Sheppard Mullin) 

FDIC lawsuit against a group of former bank officers accused of approving loans to unqualified buyers is allowed to proceed (BuckleySandler) 

Exit strategies and future growth are the hallmarks of communications during corporate bankruptcies (Levick) 

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness month (Mintz Levin) 

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