Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 36: Crisis Communications for Employers with Heather Matthews of NP Strategy
No Password Required: Founder of Cybersafe Foundation and an Obama Foundation Africa Leaders Fellow, Who Is Comfortable in the API Kitchen
#WorkforceWednesday®: NLRB’s Expanding Power - Pushback and Legal Challenges Ahead - Employment Law This Week®
Hosted Payload S2.E1: Caroline Van Wie/Working Girl
No Password Required: USF Cybercrime Professor, Former Federal Agent, and Vintage Computer Archivist
The latest on: NFL Anti-Trust decision; Record Labels Sue Over Generative AI; Copyright Office clarifies Termination Rights, Royalties, Transfers, Disputes, and the MMA.
Legal Alert | Wiretap Laws in the United States
The FTC’s Proposed Rule Banning Deceptive Reviews and Testimonials
SCOTUS and federal court rulings on TTAB decisions on granting trademarks and trademark renewals; Netflix settling an anticipated defamation case with a disclaimer and donation
Podcast - Influenciadores y Publicidad
[Webinar] Midyear Data Privacy Check-in: Trends & Key Updates
SCOTUS applies the "discovery rule" in timely copyright infringement claim; Cher wins in Marital Settlement Agreement vs Copyright Grant Termination Notices; Student Athletes Win Revenue Share and NIL
Podcast - Part 2: An FTC Official Speaks About the Regulation of AI Technology
AI Update: ELVIS Act Passes, SAG-AFTRA Agree with Record Labels. FTC Non-compete Ban Analyzed By Gordon Firemark and Tamera Bennett.
No Password Required: LIVE From Sunshine Cyber Con
AD Nauseam: A Different Type of Imposter Syndrome
State AG Pulse | Content moderation vs. free expression
Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 12 – Telemarketing and Texting
The Briefing: Navigating the Legal Risks for Brands in Social Media Marketing – Part 2
Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 11 – State Attorney General Investigations
The Second Circuit’s decision in Salazar v. NBA, No. 23-1147 (2d Cir. Oct. 15, 2024) creates significant risk for companies that offer videos for viewing on their websites and significantly expands potential liability under...more
On September 25, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued its decision in Toth v. Everly Well, Inc. Socially Aware spoke to Lawrence Gallick (of counsel in Morrison Foerster’s Austin office) about the case...more
Defamation is the line between free and unlawful speech. Doxing is the disclosure of another’s personally identifiable information with the intent to bring the internet’s violent speech to their front door. Online defamation...more
On October 18, the FCC issued a public notice to all US-based voice service providers regarding a cease and desist letter that it had sent to a “gateway” telecommunications provider instructing it to halt transmission of...more
In episode 36, Tina and Cherie are joined by their colleague Heather Matthews, CEO of NP Strategy, the public relations and crisis communications subsidiary of Maynard Nexsen. Heather shares how NP Strategy collaborates with...more
New workplace technologies are influencing the ways in which dismissals are communicated. But under what conditions is it legitimate to use these ‘alternative’ communication methods?...more
Perhaps no use case better exemplifies the rapidly evolving privacy law landscape in the US than the legal framework surrounding companies’ use of cookies, pixels, and other web trackers. Gone are the days where marketing...more
On October 18, North Carolina Attorney General (AG) Josh Stein filed a complaint against timeshare company Club Exploria, LLC, for allegedly using robocall machines to make unsolicited calls to consumers....more
According to OECD data, by 2020 digital trade represented 25% of global trade, amounting to just under $5 trillion. Digitalization of economy is on the agenda for many national governments as they come to appreciate the...more
Unless you live under a rock, your news feed has been dominated by the upcoming presidential election and opinions about the respective images and branding embodied by the candidates. What seems different this time is the...more
Ofcom, the U.K. Online Safety Act (the Act) regulator, released an updated roadmap on the timing of obligations for covered services on October 17, 2024. The Act was passed in October 2023 and introduces new legal obligations...more
Keypoint: Massachusetts’ highest court ruled the use of software that tracks users’ activity on its website does not violate the state’s Wiretap Act, which was intended to prevent the recording or interception of...more
A North Carolina federal district court recently denied a motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) based on the receipt of text message solicitations....more
In Vita v. New England Baptist Hosp., __ Mass __, __ N.E.3d __, 2024 WL 4558621 (Mass. Oct. 24, 2024), the court held that the Massachusetts wiretap statute does not criminalize interception of web browsing and sale of the...more
A federal district judge in Massachusetts entered a nearly $51 million judgment against Commonwealth Equity Group LLC (d/b/a Key Credit Repair) and its CEO after granting summary judgment in favor of the Consumer Financial...more
The 2024 election cycle, one of the longest and most contentious in U.S. history, will culminate Election Day on November 5. However, many aspects of the election are expected to be close and uncertainty may reign for some...more
Combatting robocalls has been and continues to be an important area of enforcement for State Attorneys General, as we have previously reported. On October 18, 2024, the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force (Task...more
In a significant decision for website operators, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court clarified that tracking users’ web activity does not constitute illegal wiretapping under the state’s Wiretap Act. The court found that...more
On October 21, the FCC announced that its Privacy and Data Protection Task Force formed additional partnerships with the Attorneys General of Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Delaware, and Indiana. These new partnerships join...more
To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more
Over the past year, lawsuits under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) have gained significant momentum, and there’s no sign of them slowing down. Both state and federal courts in California are seeing a rise in...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case that could clarify whether the Hobbs Act, which limits judicial review of FCC final orders to appeals courts, means that district courts must accept the FCC’s...more
On September 30, a three-judge panel unanimously ruled that the State of Indiana has personal jurisdiction over TikTok, reversing a trial court decision dismissing Indiana’s action. Originally published in Westlaw Today -...more
Subscription-based services are a lynchpin of the services industry and the current focus of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) new “click to cancel” rule. Responding to customer complaints focusing on the difficulty of...more
On September 10, 2024, La Tropicana Food L.P. (“Defendant”) was sued in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California for allegedly violating the Internal Do Not Call (“DNC”) list compliance...more