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New Jersey Law Journal

Call an Audible on Fair Play Act's Endorsements Restriction

We think this is not just a political issue, but a legal one as well, since endorsement through use of one's name or likeness is a form of expression and association.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FTC Commissioner's Social Media Statement Is a Heads-Up to Advertisers, Influencers

Federal Trade Commissioner Rohit Chopra's statement last week that the FTC had voted to launch a "close and careful review" of the FTC's non-binding endorsement guides and a "self-critical analysis" of its enforcement approach may signal an impending crackdown on social media influencers, advertisers and even their tech platforms, lawyers say.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Could Extend Time for NCAA on Student-Athlete Pay

While a California law won't go into effect until 2023, the proposal in Florida would have allowed athletes from some of the country's highest-profile sports programs to be the first in the country to reap the benefits of a growing movement to undo long-standing NCAA prohibitions.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

What's Happening in Austin? Court Statistics Show Litigation Spike in Texas Metro

Civil litigation increased in 2019 in all the other major metro areas, yet Harris County experienced a 9% drop in new civil cases. Meanwhile, Austin saw a 13% jump in that metric.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

State Senators Cautiously Move Forward With Student-Athlete Pay

"Unless you start pushing the envelope, nobody pays attention to it," says Sen. Debbie Mayfield. "Nobody's going to get engaged. So, you have to start at some point just to get the conversation going and start working from there."
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

House Committee Athlete Pay Plan Might Get 'Morality Clause'

"We would be very supportive of putting something like that in where we want to preserve the nature of collegiate athletes and the process and the university's character as well," says bill sponsor Chip LaMarca,
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

This Reed Smith Partner Wants to Make Sure You Don't Get Sued for Your Super Bowl Ad

Jason Gordon, a partner in the firm's entertainment and media group, says the Super Bowl advertising frenzy is rife with legal pitfalls that keep his practice busy each year.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Google's Move to Restrict Web-Cookies Signals Need to Re-think Post-Regulatory Internet

Google recently announced it would be removing third party cookies from its Chrome browser, which may be only the only the beginning of a quiet revolution in the way the online economy functions.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Angry About a Business Review? This High Court Ruling Sheds Light on When to Sue

A key question before the justices: Had the defendant ranked vendors based on the amount of consulting services they'd purchased?
3 minute read

Law.com

Adding '.com' Changes Everything, or Does It? Updates in Fourth Circuit Trademark Law

Can the combination of a generic word and a generic website ending like ".com" create something distinctive enough to be trademarked? When does a large company's attempt to reduce confusion with a smaller business' slogan actually result in more confusion?
9 minute read

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