At the dawn of a new decade, the most critical issues facing the advertising industry involve the intersection of advertising and law. Confronted with rapid change fueled by data and technology, and the vanishing absence of truth caused by political leaders, the industry must do what it does best – Continue Reading
Employee Relations Law Journal | Final Regulations Provide Employers with More Flexibility in Offering HRAs to Employees
The Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services have jointly issued final regulations (the Final Regulations) providing employers with greater flexibility in offering health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) to employees. Specifically, employers will be able to offer employees an Continue Reading
AdExchanger | Is ‘Do Not Track’ the New ‘Do Not Sell’?
It’s been more than a month since the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) draft regulations were released by the state attorney general’s office, and rather than demystifying the CCPA, we are left with more puzzling details to parse. Among those is: Do certain changes to user privacy settings Continue Reading
Law360 | FTC Settlement Over COPPA Will Change YouTube’s Biz Model
The Federal Trade Commission and the New York state attorney general made headlines earlier this month when they announced that Google LLC and its subsidiary YouTube LLC agreed to pay a record $170 million to settle allegations that YouTube collected personal information from children in violation Continue Reading
Intellectual Property Magazine | American Graffiti
Not everyone realizes that, like any art form that is “fixed in a tangible medium of expression”, original street art may be protected from unauthorized use under the US Copyright Act. For that reason, anyone considering using street art in commercial content must carefully evaluate whether a Continue Reading
Employee Relations Law Journal | It’s Time to Start Talking About Annuities in 401(k) Plans
When an employee retires, he or she typically has three sources of income to draw upon: personal savings, Social Security, and a retirement plan (typically a 401(k) plan). These income sources are subject to certain risks. There is “longevity risk,” i.e., the risk that the retiree will outlive his Continue Reading
Natural Products Insider: The Newest Ingredients in Cosmetics: CBD and Probiotics
If you look around beauty aisles, chances are you’ll be able to spot the two newest trends in cosmetics: products capitalizing on the CBD craze and cosmetics touting the benefits of their probiotics. Despite widespread popularity and excitement over these two trendy ingredients, their future in Continue Reading
Thomson Reuters Practical Law | Trademark Laws: New York
A Q&A guide to New York laws protecting trademarks. This Q&A addresses state laws governing trademark registration, infringement, dilution, counterfeiting, unfair competition, and deceptive trade practices. Answers to questions can be compared across a number of jurisdictions (see Trademark Continue Reading
Ad Club Insider | As More States Legalize Marijuana, Advertising and Marketing Regulations Come Into Focus
The trend of states legalizing marijuana shows no signs of abating. As states continue to permit medicinal or recreational marijuana use, they are grappling with how to regulate the advertising, promotion, and marketing of marijuana products. California has finalized its own rules in these areas. Continue Reading
AdExchanger | Do Huge FTC Fines Signal a Huge Increase in Enforcement?
If the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) were a private business, it would be having a very good quarter. The FTC recently agreed to a $700 million settlement with Equifax over its massive 2017 data security breach, which exposed the personal information of nearly 150 million people. And now the Continue Reading