28 Jul, 2023 Can the “Indiana Jones” Movie Use a Product Without the Manufacturer's Permission? By Brian Heidelberger I guess we'll find out. A manufacturer of bags, Frost River, recently sued the maker of the new movie, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of...
28 Jul, 2023 New SEC Cyber Rules Passed By Christopher Ott At the July 26, 2023, Securities and Exchange Commission open meeting, the SEC commissioners voted to adopt the SEC's proposed...
28 Jul, 2023 Privacy and Antitrust Team Up Against ATT By Jessica Lee Privacy and antitrust continue to collide. This time it is in connection with a complaint filed by four French online advertising...
28 Jul, 2023 PCAOB Recommendations for Audit Committees By Giovanni Caruso On July 25, 2023, the Chair of the PCAOB put out a statement making suggestions as to questions that an audit committee should ask its...
27 Jul, 2023 Cancel Culture: NAD Reviews Dark Patterns By David Mallen The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the BBB National Programs recently reviewed the Wall Street Journal's claim that online...
26 Jul, 2023 PCAOB Expects Deficiencies in 40% of 2022 Audits By Giovanni Caruso The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) expects that approximately 40% of the audits they reviewed in 2022 will have had at...
24 Jul, 2023 (For Now) Instagram Beats Argument That Its Embedded Images Constitute Copyright Infringement By Mary Bassi The 9th Circuit Federal Appeals Court recently held that Instagram did not violate the copyrights of two photographers when news outlets...
21 Jul, 2023 Protecting Patient Privacy: FTC and HHS Address Privacy Risks from Online Tracking Technologies By Jessica Lee The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have recently issued a joint statement warning...
21 Jul, 2023 Financial Consumer Protection: Open Dialogue Between U.S. CFPB and the European Commission By Eyvonne Mallett On July 17, Rohit Chopra, Director of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice...
21 Jul, 2023 FCC Proposes Voluntary U.S. Cyber Trust Mark for Smart Devices By Eyvonne Mallett On July 18, the FCC introduced a proposal for internet-enabled devices, also referred to as "smart devices" or the "internet of things,"...
21 Jul, 2023 U.S. Crypto Standards In The Works: U.S. Senators Reintroduce the Responsible Financial Innovation Act and Propose A Defense Bill Amendment By Eyvonne Mallett Last week, in a bi-partisan effort to create a comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto assets, Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and...
20 Jul, 2023 Without Hashtags on Threads, How Can You Run a Legally Compliant Sweepstakes? By Brian Heidelberger With the recent debut of another new social media platform, brands have a fresh place to run sweepstakes. Yet, there is currently no...