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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Tennessee’s ELVIS Act Incorporates AI Considerations into Right of Publicity Protections

Tennessee recently amended its 1984 right of publicity statute with passage of the ELVIS Act. The existing law already protected individuals’ rights in their image and likeness. As amended, the statute will specifically call...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Stemming the Tide: Seventh Circuit Deals (Final) Blow to Suspect Right of Publicity Privacy Class Actions Rising in the Courts

Over the last several years, the class action bar has targeted companies in a wave of putative class actions under state “right of publicity” statutes. Although they vary some around the edges, these statutes generally seek...more

Foster Garvey PC

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: The Dawn of the NIL Era in College Sports

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Well, today is the big day. If you’re reading this week’s installment of the Spotlight, it means that you survived the long and arduous journey of the name, image and likeness (NIL) era in college sports. Indeed, with the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Ancestry.com Sued in Class Action for Using Data from Yearbooks

Ancestry.com (Ancestry) was sued on November 30, 2020, in a putative class action case filed in the Northern District of California for “knowingly misappropriating the photographs, likenesses, names, and identities of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Video Gaming / E-Gaming Law Update - June 2020

Does My Video Game Violate Consumers’ Privacy Rights? The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is the first broad-based state statute aimed at enhancing personal privacy rights for consumers. Following the example set by...more

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Seventh Circuit Snapshots Hole in Groupon’s Notice of Removal of Instagram User Suit

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The Seventh Circuit remanded an Instagram user’s appeal after the court found that Groupon’s notice of removal did not allege the citizenship of any diverse member of the putative class. The decision highlights the importance...more

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