5/28/2026 9:55:57 PM Maxim v. Playboy: Court Rejects Attempt To Turn Contest Mechanics Into Protectable IP By Jeremy Goldman A recent Southern District of New York decision denying Maxim’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Playboy is a useful reminder...
5/27/2026 6:53:12 PM The Quince Lawsuit Is the Latest Warning Shot in the Music Industry’s Social Media Enforcement Campaign By Michael Salik The explosion of short-form video marketing on TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and similar platforms has fundamentally altered...
5/26/2026 10:19:12 PM California Set to Launch Business and Consumer Services Agency in July By Tayo Awoyinfa On May 12, 2026, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he has appointed Rohit Chopra, former director of the Consumer Financial...
5/24/2026 7:28:41 PM The FTC's "Active Listening" Settlements: Lessons on AI Marketing, Consent, and Vendor Liability By Andrew Folks Undoubtedly the topic raised most frequently once a new acquaintance discovers my profession: whether their phone eavesdrops and serves...
5/14/2026 6:50:29 PM The High Bar for Weed Storage: NAD Evaluates the Claims By Terri Seligman I was really hoping that this was one of NAD’s routine monitoring cases. But no. Just your ordinary competitive challenge, albeit in an...
5/13/2026 9:05:47 PM Washington AG's $2.25 Million Settlement with Homeaglow Targets Negative Option Marketing and Deceptive Review Practices By Holly Melton The Washington State Attorney General has reached a $2.25 million settlement with cleaning service Homeaglow Inc. over allegations that...
5/13/2026 4:24:20 PM Two Police Officers Sue Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Production Company for Defamation By Molly Rothschild Two Miami police officers sued Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s production company claiming that it defamed them with its portrayal of law...
5/12/2026 5:40:34 PM It's A Tall Tale By Terri Seligman The FTC recently announced a proposed consent order against Vanilla Chip LLC (dba TruHeight) and its individual officers regarding ad...
5/11/2026 5:35:01 PM Canvas Gets Schooled: EdTech Data Breach Litigation Puts Instructure in the Hot Seat By Holly Melton The operator of Canvas, the cloud-based learning management platform used by more than 8,000 schools and universities, is facing a wave...
5/11/2026 2:39:19 PM Who Made the "First" Biodegradable Cooler? By Jeff Greenbaum In 2019, Igloo launched the “Recool” cooler, promoting it as “the world's first eco sensitive cooler, made from 100% biodegradable...
5/11/2026 12:24:40 PM You're Invited (in Cannes): "Cannes Rules!" By Jeff Greenbaum This summer in Cannes, Frankfurt Kurnit will be a part of Cannes Rules! – a full-day event devoted to advertising law and...
5/10/2026 3:22:41 PM The Chicago Cubs May Proceed With Its Claims Against A Neighboring Rooftop Facility Offering Views into Wrigley Field. By Edward H. Rosenthal In an interesting albeit very preliminary ruling, a federal court in Illinois has ruled that the Chicago Cubs have successfully stated a...
5/9/2026 12:46:21 AM Takeaways from California's Record $12.75 Million GM Privacy Settlement By Daniel Goldberg On May 8, 2026, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, together with the District Attorneys of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Napa, and...
5/7/2026 5:07:38 PM Embedded Posts, Copyright Infringement & TOS Licensing (Again!) By Brian Murphy It’s been a minute since we blogged about embedded videos. (See this post and this one.) The Second Circuit recently gave us a good...
5/7/2026 3:37:41 PM How Courts Are Starting to Apply Cox By Joshua Goldman When the Supreme Court reversed a billion-dollar copyright verdict against Cox Communications in March, the message seemed clear: merely...
5/6/2026 10:53:29 PM California Civil Code § 1670.15: What Businesses Need to Know About California's New Limits on Arbitration Agreements By Caren Decter Peter Devlin For years, companies have relied on broad arbitration agreements in their terms of service that mandate arbitration of all consumer...