On May 9, the U.S. Copyright Office issued a prepublication version of Part 3 of its multipart report titled “Copyright and Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI Training,” addressing the use of copyrighted works in the...more
The Federal Trade Commission’s final “click-to-cancel” rule, which goes into effect on May 14, 2025, attempts to address the difficulties consumers may face when trying to cancel an automatically renewing subscription. The...more
3/31/2025
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Subscription Services
With advances in digital technology and consumers’ insatiable appetite for “free” content, the advertising technology industry (AdTech) has played a crucial role in delivering highly personalized ad campaigns to consumers...more
2/14/2025
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Advertising ,
Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Location Privacy ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws
On Tuesday, February 11, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware held in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al. v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. that the defendant’s unauthorized use of the plaintiff’s...more
2/14/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Data Collection ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Software ,
Technology Sector
A Q&A guide to New Jersey right of publicity laws. This Q&A addresses the types of persons and aspects of identity protected by the right of publicity, remedies for violations of the right, defenses to right of publicity...more
On October 30, 2023, President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (Order) that addresses the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI)...more
As Quentin Tarantino and Miramax prepare to head to court on February 24th over Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction NFT series, attorneys Matthew Savare and Brianne Polito from law firm Lowenstein Sandler explore the important legal...more
Benjamin Franklin famously cautioned that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Although Franklin was warning the people of Philadelphia that preventing a fire is better than fighting one, the same admonition...more
12/13/2021
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DMCA ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Equity ,
Financing ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Privacy Laws ,
Promissory Notes ,
S-Corporation ,
SAFE ,
Startups ,
Stockholder Agreements ,
Vesting ,
Written Agreements
Many years ago, the state of the law regarding name, image, and likeness issues (“NIL” or right of publicity) was once described as a “haystack in a hurricane.” Such a description accurately depicted (and sadly, still...more
CCPA enforcement began on July 1, 2020 and many businesses are still ramping up their compliance efforts. These efforts include meeting the CCPA’s requirement to provide privacy training to all employees who either handle...more
Much has been written on the myriad of legal issues emanating from the global COVID-19 pandemic: the constitutionality of the lockdowns, liability for stores that open, the process of obtaining PPP loans, and the...more
6/22/2020
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CARES Act ,
Chapter 11 ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
License Agreements ,
Non-Debtors ,
Patents ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Section 365 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Source Code ,
Trademarks
It is time for a top-to-bottom review of the acquisition process.
I take no joy in writing this article, but it is a desperate plea for improvement.
From 1995-2001, I worked for the Department of the Army as a contract...more