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Kenneth Adler	Highlights from Regulatory Initiatives - Outsourcing Panel Loeb & Loeb LLP held its annual program, Outsourcing in Financial Services, on Jan. 23, 2013. Grace Vogel, Executive Vice President of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and Michael Macchiaroli, Associate…more Broker-Dealer, FINRA, Offshoring, Outsourcing, SEC	See All Updates »
Robert M. Andalman	Federal Gift Card Bill Would Significantly Affect Promotional and Loyalty Gift Card Programs On December 10, 2012, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) announced his joint sponsorship of Senate Bill 3636, known as the "Gift Card Consumer Protection Act of 2012," which was originally introduced and referred to the Senate Committee on…more CARD Act, Chapter 11, Gift Card Consumer Protection Act of 2012	See All Updates »
Marla Aspinwall	California Doubling Of 20% Federal Tax Increase Under IRC Section 409A Originally published in State Bar of California Taxation Section 2013 Sacramento Delegation in February 0f 2013. Executive Summary - Under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A (“Section 409A”), all amounts deferred under…more Deferred Compensation, Income Taxes, Pensions, Qualified Benefit Plans, Section 409A	See All Updates »
Sunny Brenner	Moving Day: Oakley’s Lawsuit Against McIlroy Highlights Challenges of Rights of First Refusal Originally published in Sports Litigation Alert, Volume 10, Issue 1, on January 25, 2013. At the start of 2011, the sunglasses maker Oakley signed a two-year endorsement deal with Rory McIlroy. The agreement paid McIlroy an…more Celebrity Endorsements, Endorsements, McIlroy, Nike, Oakley	See All Updates »
Meg Charendoff	IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- May 23, 2013 Capitol Records, Inc. v. MP3tunes, LLC, USDC, S.D. New York, May 14, 2013 - District court grants in part motions for reconsideration of order granting summary judgment in defendants' favor based on DMCA safe harbor…more	See All Updates »
Albert Cohen	Sustainability Claims Warrant Extra Caution Originally published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on February 28, 2013. National Public Radio recently ran a series on "sustainable" seafood claims which raised concern regarding the validity of certain sustainability…more Advertising, FTC, Green Guides, Lanham Act, Marketing	See All Updates »
Stephen Cohen	Highlights from Regulatory Initiatives - Outsourcing Panel Loeb & Loeb LLP held its annual program, Outsourcing in Financial Services, on Jan. 23, 2013. Grace Vogel, Executive Vice President of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and Michael Macchiaroli, Associate…more Broker-Dealer, FINRA, Offshoring, Outsourcing, SEC	See All Updates »
Jon Daryanani	New California Social Media Privacy Law Goes into Effect Employers in California may no longer ask or require employees or applicants to provide their log-in credentials for social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter. California's Social Media Privacy Act, one of the most…more Facebook, Hiring & Firing, Passwords, Social Media, Social Media Privacy Act	See All Updates »
Tal Dickstein	IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- May 23, 2013 Capitol Records, Inc. v. MP3tunes, LLC, USDC, S.D. New York, May 14, 2013 - District court grants in part motions for reconsideration of order granting summary judgment in defendants' favor based on DMCA safe harbor…more	See All Updates »
Patrick Downes	CFPB Seeks Information on Financial Products and Services Offered to College Students The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau believes positive financial decision making should be learned at a young age. The Bureau recently issued a Request for Information Regarding Financial Products Marketed to Students…more Advertising, CFPB, Colleges, Financial Products, Marketing	See All Updates »
W. Allan Edmiston	IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- May 23, 2013 Capitol Records, Inc. v. MP3tunes, LLC, USDC, S.D. New York, May 14, 2013 - District court grants in part motions for reconsideration of order granting summary judgment in defendants' favor based on DMCA safe harbor…more	See All Updates »
David Fischer	Highlights from Regulatory Initiatives - Outsourcing Panel Loeb & Loeb LLP held its annual program, Outsourcing in Financial Services, on Jan. 23, 2013. Grace Vogel, Executive Vice President of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and Michael Macchiaroli, Associate…more Broker-Dealer, FINRA, Offshoring, Outsourcing, SEC	See All Updates »
Kenneth Florin	Revised Florida Sweepstakes Law Effective April 10, 2013 The State of Florida has amended its law governing games of chance (F.S. 849), revising certain provisions including those governing game promotions and sweepstakes run by retailers and consumer brands, among others. The…more Amended Legislation, Gambling, Retailers, Sweepstakes	See All Updates »
Kenneth Freeman	CFTC's No-action Relief on Guarantor Swap Requirements Ends March 31, 2013 The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the "Dodd-Frank Act") requires that swaps (as defined in 7 U.S.C. § 1a(47)) be entered into on designated contract markets unless the parties to the swap are…more CFTC, Dodd-Frank, Eligible Contract Participant, Guarantors, Loan Documentation	See All Updates »
Dana Scott Fried	Employer Shared Responsibility Proposed Regulations Although employers are not required to provide health care benefits for their employees, beginning in 2014, under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, certain large employers (including both for-profit and…more Affordable Care Act, Employer Group Health Plans, Healthcare, Shared Responsibility Rule	See All Updates »
Daniel Frohling	IP: Protecting your brand in the Internet of the future -- Pre- and post-delegation rights protection mechanisms for gTLDs Originally published in InsideCounsel.com on November 20, 2012. As the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) gears up to begin delegating up to 1,000 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in little…more	See All Updates »
Mark Goldberg	Recently Enacted New York City Law Bars Discrimination Against the Unemployed The New York City Council recently enacted a law, over Mayor Bloomberg's veto, that prohibits discrimination against the unemployed in New York City. Other jurisdictions - such as the District of Columbia, New Jersey and Oregon…more NYCHRL, Penalties, Unemployment, Unemployment Discrimination, Unemployment Reform	See All Updates »
John Griem, Jr.	Upcoming Patent Law Changes Will Put Pressure on Patents Originally published in Pharmaceutical Outsourcing’s website on December 2012. Patent law is changing rapidly. The changes are putting even greater pressure on patents as a tool for protecting a pharmaceutical or…more America Invents Act, First-to-File, Patents, Post-Grant Review, Prior Art	See All Updates »
David Grossman	IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- May 23, 2013 Capitol Records, Inc. v. MP3tunes, LLC, USDC, S.D. New York, May 14, 2013 - District court grants in part motions for reconsideration of order granting summary judgment in defendants' favor based on DMCA safe harbor…more	See All Updates »
Melanie Howard	ICANN’s domains under attack Originally published in the December 2012/January 2013 issue of Intellectual Property Magazine. In the wake of ICANN’s failure earlier this year to dismiss anti-trust allegations arising from the new generic top level…more Domain Names, gTLD, ICANN, Infringement, Internet	See All Updates »
Michael W. Jahnke	CFPB Settles Allegations of Improper Payments by Mortgage Insurers The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had settled enforcement actions against four insurance companies in connection with alleged improper payments between the insurance companies and mortgage…more CFPB, Consent Order, Enforcement Actions, Insurance Companies, Investigations	See All Updates »
Ieuan Jolly	FTC Senior Attorney Discusses COPPA Revisions At the International Association of Privacy Professionals' annual privacy conference last week, FTC senior attorney Mamie Kresses discussed the new liability concerns for operators of websites and services due to the recent…more COPPA, Data Collection, FTC, Parental Consent, Personally Identifiable Information	See All Updates »
Livia Kiser	The Hard Stop On ‘Adventurous Innovation’ In Class Action Litigation: The United States Supreme Court’s Decision In Comcast v. Behrend, Remand Of Whirlpool v. Glazer And The Probable Return Of Defect Manifestation To Class Certification Determinations In The Ninth Circuit Comcast v. Behrend is the latest opinion issued by the U.S. Supreme Court interpreting and applying the procedural rules governing class actions set out in Federal Rule Civil Procedure 23. In order to obtain certification of a…more Class Action, Class Certification, Comcast, Comcast v. Behrend, Damages	See All Updates »
Edward Lee	Foul play over US trademark The Washington Redskins name has attracted fierce debate over the years. Edward Lee and Douglas Masters, attorneys at Loeb & Loeb, discuss the latest attempt to revoke the mark - US trademark law prohibits the…more Disparagement, Football, Native American Issues, Trademarks	See All Updates »
Jessica Lee	Revised Florida Sweepstakes Law Effective April 10, 2013 The State of Florida has amended its law governing games of chance (F.S. 849), revising certain provisions including those governing game promotions and sweepstakes run by retailers and consumer brands, among others. The…more Amended Legislation, Gambling, Retailers, Sweepstakes	See All Updates »
Michael Mallow	CFPB Investigation Leads to First Criminal Referral to DOJ Following the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's investigation into the alleged fraudulent practices of a debt relief company, the CFPB and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced the…more	See All Updates »
Douglas N. Masters	Ivy League joins digital trend The Ivy League this month announced that it will join the Big Ten and the PAC-12 in launching its own digital sports network, giving fans of the conference and its teams unprecedented access to their favorite team’s home and…more Digital Goods, Ivy League, Sports	See All Updates »
Nerissa McGinn	House Cybersecurity Information-Sharing Bill Provides Immunity Provisions for Reporting Companies The U.S. House of Representatives passed an amended version of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), with a 288-127 vote. The current version of CISPA (H.R. 624) would provide private-sector companies with…more CISPA, Cybersecurity, Information Sharing, Reporting Requirements	See All Updates »
Daniel Murphy	Expanding Market for Insurance and Risk Securities Promises High Risk, High Reward - and High Potential for Claims The securities marketplace has experienced a resurgence of interest in insurance- and risk-linked securities, primarily as a result of Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy. First introduced after the Northridge earthquake and…more Higher-Risk Securitizations, Investors, Natural Disasters, Reinsurance	See All Updates »
Brian Nixon	FTC Sets Guidelines for Mobile Privacy Disclosures The FTC issued a new report, Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency, on February 1, 2013, detailing the Commission's recommendations for best practices for key players in the mobile "ecosystem": mobile…more Address Book, Advertising, App Developers, App Platform Providers, COPPA	See All Updates »
Bryan Petkanics	CFTC's No-action Relief on Guarantor Swap Requirements Ends March 31, 2013 The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the "Dodd-Frank Act") requires that swaps (as defined in 7 U.S.C. § 1a(47)) be entered into on designated contract markets unless the parties to the swap are…more CFTC, Dodd-Frank, Eligible Contract Participant, Guarantors, Loan Documentation	See All Updates »
Jerry Phillips	Expanding Market for Insurance and Risk Securities Promises High Risk, High Reward - and High Potential for Claims The securities marketplace has experienced a resurgence of interest in insurance- and risk-linked securities, primarily as a result of Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy. First introduced after the Northridge earthquake and…more Higher-Risk Securitizations, Investors, Natural Disasters, Reinsurance	See All Updates »
Anthony Pirraglia	CFTC's No-action Relief on Guarantor Swap Requirements Ends March 31, 2013 The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the "Dodd-Frank Act") requires that swaps (as defined in 7 U.S.C. § 1a(47)) be entered into on designated contract markets unless the parties to the swap are…more CFTC, Dodd-Frank, Eligible Contract Participant, Guarantors, Loan Documentation	See All Updates »
Christine M. Reilly	Manually Dialed Telephone Calls May Violate TCPA The Telephone Consumer Protection Act regulates the use of auto/predictive dialers, which are used to initiate faxes, prerecorded voice messages, and SMS text messages. But a federal court in the Western District of Wisconsin…more Robocalling, TCPA	See All Updates »
Seth A. Rose	Ivy League joins digital trend The Ivy League this month announced that it will join the Big Ten and the PAC-12 in launching its own digital sports network, giving fans of the conference and its teams unprecedented access to their favorite team’s home and…more Digital Goods, Ivy League, Sports	See All Updates »
Peter Seiden	CFTC's No-action Relief on Guarantor Swap Requirements Ends March 31, 2013 The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the "Dodd-Frank Act") requires that swaps (as defined in 7 U.S.C. § 1a(47)) be entered into on designated contract markets unless the parties to the swap are…more CFTC, Dodd-Frank, Eligible Contract Participant, Guarantors, Loan Documentation	See All Updates »
Steve Semerdjian	Proposed Senate Bill Would Adversely Impact Outsourcing Companies A comprehensive new Senate immigration bill includes provisions governing the award of nonimmigrant visas for highly skilled workers (H-1B visas) that are likely to adversely affect outsourcing companies that use a U.S.-based…more H1-B, Highly-Skilled Workers Visa, Outsourcing, Proposed Legislation, Visas	See All Updates »
Barry Slotnick	Music Law Weekly Case Update for Music Industry Executives - March 14, 2013 In This Issue: - Scorpio Music (Black Scorpio) S.A. v. Willis, USDC S.D. California, March 4, 2013: District court denies motion to dismiss Village People lead singer’s counterclaim asserting 50 percent ownership…more Copyright, Music, Music Industry, Statute of Limitations	See All Updates »
Jonathan Neil Strauss	IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- May 23, 2013 Capitol Records, Inc. v. MP3tunes, LLC, USDC, S.D. New York, May 14, 2013 - District court grants in part motions for reconsideration of order granting summary judgment in defendants' favor based on DMCA safe harbor…more	See All Updates »
Alan J. Tarr	IRS Releases Guidance on Beginning Construction for Production Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit A qualified facility is eligible to receive a renewable electricity production tax credit (PTC) or energy investment tax credit in lieu of the PTC if construction of the facility begins before January 1, 2014. Qualified…more Investment Tax Credits, IRS, Physical Work Test, Production Tax Credit, Qualified Energy Facilities	See All Updates »
James Taylor	SEC Opens Door for Public Companies to Make Announcements Using Social Media The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a Report of Investigation on April 2, 2013, that addresses whether public companies may use social media to make certain announcements…more Information Sharing, Investors, Publicly-Traded Companies, Regulation FD, SEC	See All Updates »
Michael Thurman	CFPB Investigation Leads to First Criminal Referral to DOJ Following the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's investigation into the alleged fraudulent practices of a debt relief company, the CFPB and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced the…more	See All Updates »
Jill Westmoreland	Two California Privacy Bills Introduced California Assemblyman Isadore Hall introduced Assembly Bill 257 which addresses mobile privacy. The bill would codify many of the best practices proposed by the California Attorney General in her report titled “Privacy on the…more Advertising Networks, Attorney Generals, FTC, Kamala Harris, Mobile Apps	See All Updates »
Jonathan Zavin	IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- May 23, 2013 Capitol Records, Inc. v. MP3tunes, LLC, USDC, S.D. New York, May 14, 2013 - District court grants in part motions for reconsideration of order granting summary judgment in defendants' favor based on DMCA safe harbor…more	See All Updates »

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