On March 27, 2020, President Donald Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (or the CARES Act), which provides $2 trillion in aid in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This memorandum provides a summary of certain key provisions of the CARES Continue Reading
Advertising Week 360 | Navigating Through the Weeds of CBD and Cannabis Advertising
The cannabis industry is booming in the United States, and marketers are anxious to get in on the action. However, uncertainty over the conflicts between federal and state law and the complex regulatory landscape makes it challenging for advertisers, brands, publishers, agencies, and others in the Continue Reading
AdExchanger | CCPA Makes the Digital Advertising Industry Feel Like Charlie Brown
The rollout of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been, perhaps, the most disjointed process for such a significant legal development in recent memory. While the latest revisions to the proposed draft regulations contain many positive developments, many in the ad tech industry can’t help Continue Reading
Law360 | How to Enforce a NY Lease Guarantee Against a UK Co.
Great Britain formally left the European Union on Jan. 31. While the impacts will be far reaching, one change will be the enforcement of court judgments between the U.K. and the rest of the EU. For a judgment in an EU member state to be enforced in the U.K., parties will likely have to follow the Continue Reading
Advertising Week 360 | 2020: Truth, Change and Creative Storytelling
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