— from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider Smartphones now account for almost two-thirds of all mobile phones in the U.S. [read post]

. **** Date: November 2-4, 2015 Sponsor: BZ Events Event: Big Data Tech Con 2014 Location: Chicago, IL Date: November 2-6, 2015 Sponsor: Power Week Event: Power Week Location: Singapore Date: November 3, 2015 Sponsor: iGlobal Forum Event: Independent Sponsors Summit Chicago Location: Chicago, IL Date: November 3, 2015 Sponsor: 100WHF Event: Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing Location: Minneapolis, MN Date: November 3, 2015 Sponsor: RCA Event: Compliance, Risk & Enforcement… [read post]

United States The Panopticon blog reports on the argument in the US Supreme Court case of Spokeo Inc v Thomas Robins, a case which concerns the issue as to whether there should be compensation for “digital injury” where there is no financial loss. [read post]

  Tiffany’s claims, trying to extend its packaging TMs to the products themselves, are typical and typically troubling given what single colors do and mean in fashion: Calvin Klein Spring/Summer 2011 collection used robin’s egg blue to “weave[] the collection together in a common theme and excite[] audiences about a trendy new color for the season. [read post]