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IRS Publishes Revenue Ruling 2019-24 on Virtual Currency Tax Issues

The IRS has released Revenue Ruling 2019-24 on virtual currency tax issues. Specifically, this ruling addresses income tax consequences of a “hard fork” of a virtual currency. This new Revenue Ruling 2019-24 is the first new IRS guidance on virtual … Continue reading

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Court Holds Personal Representatives May Provide Lawful Consent Under the Stored Communications Act

On October 16, 2017, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued its opinion in the Ajemian v. Yahoo! case. With respect to the privacy protections of the federal Stored Communications Act, the court’s opinion states that “[W]e conclude that the … Continue reading

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Is Visiting a Web Site a Crime?

Is it a crime to visit a Web site? That’s one of the issues the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has been addressing in United States v. Nosal (decided April 10, 2012) and in Facebook v. Vachani (decided July 12, … Continue reading

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Study Shows Users Don’t Read Terms of Service Agreements

Not surprisingly, a recent study shows that users don’t read Terms of Service Agreements and Privacy Policies. In a July 7, 2016, working paper, Jonathan Obar and Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch reported that, in their experiment, 98% of users missed the “gotcha … Continue reading

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Minnesota Joins Other States Enacting the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act

On May 22, 2016, Minnesota’s Governor signed a bill enacting the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (RUFADAA). The new law takes effect August 1, 2016, and will be found in Minnesota Statutes Chapter 521A. The new law … Continue reading

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Widow Told by Apple to Get Court Order So She Can Continue to Play a Card Game on the Couple’s iPad After Her Husband’s Death

Peggy Bush, a 72-year old Canadian woman whose husband died in August, was told by Apple that she needed to obtain a court order so that she could continue playing a card game app on the couple’s iPad device. The … Continue reading

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Income Taxes, Identity Theft, and Identity Fraud

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, about 17.6 million individuals in the U.S. were victims of identity theft in 2014. When a data breach occurs at a company, the company may offer to provide identity protection services to its … Continue reading

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October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month

October has been designated as National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Here are a few resources from the federal government on how to stay safe online: Department of Homeland Security’s Mobile Security Tip Card Department of Homeland Security’s Social Media Guide … Continue reading

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Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act

On September 28, 2015, the Uniform Law Commission released the final text of the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (revised UFADAA). The original UFADAA was released in 2014. For background on why the original UFADAA was revised, … Continue reading

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Remembering Gene Hennig

My friend and colleague, Gene Hennig, passed away on August 25, 2015. I had the privilege of working with Gene at two different law firms over the past 18 years. Gene was a business law attorney at the Gray Plant … Continue reading

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