The Federal Trade Commission unanimously approved amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule on Jan. 16. However, Commissioner Ferguson expressed concerns about the updated rule, citing several significant issues and calling on the new administration to address them. Continue Reading
Law360 | Watching The Legal Sports Betting Ecosystem Take Shape
When the U.S. Supreme Court found in its 2018 Murphy v. NCAA decision that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 was unconstitutional, it cleared the way for states across the country to legalize sports betting. Continue Reading
Law360 | NY Debt Enforcement Alternatives for Cannabis Lenders
Lenders in many industries are often impeded in enforcement efforts by a borrower's bankruptcy filing, but not so in the cannabis space. As a consequence of the federal government's continued criminalization of cannabis, protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code is likely out of reach for Continue Reading
Law360 | State Compliance Review a Must for Online Political Ads
With less than a month until the 2020 election and the presidential debates in full swing, campaigns are entering the crucial get-out-the-vote period of their campaigns and are doing everything they can to motivate their supporters and ensure voters get to the polls. Candidates up and down the Continue Reading
Law360 | Reopened NY Courts Change COVID-19 Eviction Landscape
As of May 26, New York state courts have reopened for new electronically filed applications. Now that tenants have a venue to challenge improper default notices, the question becomes whether, and to what extent, landlords can exercise conditional limitations and terminate leases for nonpayment of Continue Reading
Law360 | What NY’s Eviction Moratorium Means for Landlords, Tenants
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has extended New York’s moratorium on both commercial and residential evictions through at least August 20. In addition, New York’s Civil Court (where landlord-tenant summary proceedings are typically brought and heard) remains closed to all new nonemergent proceedings and 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
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
Law360 | Combating False Celebrity Endorsements Online
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity surgeon and television host, recently co-authored an op-ed piece for The Wall Street Journal addressing the proliferation of false celebrity ads on Facebook and how these ads are deceiving consumers and harming the reputation of the celebrities involved. Dr. Oz is not Continue Reading