11/25/2025 5:19:32 PM Maryland Is Following California's Lead In Disclosure Requirements For Software Sales By Michael Ling In September of 2024, California passed AB2426, which prohibits words like “buy” and “purchase” when advertising and selling software...
11/24/2025 3:16:45 PM Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Trump's Defamation Suit Against CNN By Molly Rothschild Last week, a federal appeals court affirmed a district court’s dismissal of President Trump’s defamation suit against CNN. The Eleventh...
10/27/2025 3:32:27 PM Santos v. Kimmel: "deceptive conduct" does not preclude fair use. By Amanda Barkin Well, President Trump commuted former Congressman George Santos's sentence just 84 days into his 87-month prison term. Now that Santos...
10/24/2025 7:43:49 PM "The language of CIPA is a total mess" By Caren Decter A recent Northern District of California decision stated what we’ve all known for awhile: “The language of CIPA is a total mess.” Doe v....
10/23/2025 8:11:50 PM Diss Tracks and Defamation Part III: Court Tosses Drake's Case By Amanda Barkin The Court dismissed Drake’s defamation case predicated on the lyrics of Kendrick Lamar’s mega-hit Not Like Us, dealing the final blow...
9/20/2025 1:00:17 PM Florida Federal Judge Dismisses President Trump’s $15B Lawsuit Against the New York Times By Molly Rothschild On Monday, President Trump sued The New York Times, several authors and New York Times reporters, and Penguin Random House for defamation...
7/11/2025 6:55:30 PM New SAG-AFTRA 2025 Interactive Media Agreement Approved by Members By Emma Smizer On July 9, SAG-AFTRA announced that its members approved the new 2025 Interactive Media Agreement ("IMA") by a vote of 95% in favor. This...
7/1/2025 5:17:12 PM Second Circuit "Shuts the Door" on VPPA Tracking Pixel Claims By Michael Salik Caren Decter In the wake of an influx of lawsuits alleging violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), the Second Circuit has begun to...
5/9/2025 5:10:01 PM Circuit Courts Provide Contrasting Perspectives on the Enforceability of Sign-In Wrap Agreements By Regina Gerhardt In the past three months, two federal appellate courts have issued multiple decisions concerning the enforceability of arbitration...
5/8/2025 9:13:25 PM “Tester” Plaintiff Lacks Standing To Assert CIPA Claim By Caren Decter A California federal court recently held that a “tester” plaintiff lacks standing to file lawsuits for invasion of privacy under...
5/6/2025 11:53:11 PM Second Circuit Narrows VPPA’s Scope in Solomon v. Flipps Media, Inc. By Michael Salik Caren Decter In recent years, there has been a wave of lawsuits alleging violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), targeting content...
4/8/2025 12:58:46 PM Diss Tracks and Defamation Part II: UMG Urges Dismissal of Drake's Case By Amanda Barkin In a recent filing, Universal Music Group urged United States District Court Judge Jeanette Vargas to dismiss Drake’s defamation lawsuit...
3/28/2025 6:56:52 PM More Good News on Heckman: An Update on Mass Arbitration By Caren Decter Peter Devlin In October 2024, the Ninth Circuit decided Heckman v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 120 F. 4th 670 (9th Cir. 2024). We wrote here...
3/24/2025 4:07:50 PM McPherson v. Kith and the Reach of New York’s Right of Publicity Law By Jonathan Pryor In Darryl McPherson v. Kith Retail, LLC d/b/a Kith NYC, Index No. 503083/2024 (N.Y. Sup.), the spotlight is on the intersection of visual...
3/10/2025 7:09:13 PM JUDGE RAKOFF’S DECISION IN INTERCEPT MEDIA V. OPENAI COPYRIGHT CASE CREATES SDNY SPLIT By Michael Salik In a surprising split with recent Southern District of New York (SDNY) precedent, the court in Intercept Media, Inc. v. Open AI, Inc. has...
2/28/2025 12:55:20 AM Lessons from the SCOTUS decision in the Dewberry trademark case By Edward H. Rosenthal This week, the Supreme Court ruled that the profits of a defendant's affiliates cannot be considered in the calculation of “defendant's...