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Gogo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOGO) announced on December 29, 2025, that its 5G air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity network is ready to serve customers in North America. After successful completion of in-flight testing and validation, Gogo...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken several follow-on actions that impact its December 2025 drone-focused addition to the FCC’s Covered List of communications equipment and services that pose unacceptable...more
The rule adopts a restrictive framework under which anything not expressly permitted is prohibited. Its stated purpose is to ensure marijuana advertising remains medical in nature, factual, nonrecreational and not attractive...more
This year, organisations around the world are being offered the opportunity to acquire their own branded internet extensions: ".BRAND" top-level domains. Moving your brand from the left of the dot(.) to the right of the...more
Although originally adopted on February 16, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission again has decided to delay the effective date of its opt-out regulation until January 31, 2027. We discuss the reasoning for the most...more
We’ll dive into 2025’s most buzzworthy and controversial advertising campaigns and explore why these campaigns dominated headlines. From celebrity-driven promotions and AI-generated ads, to the Competition Bureau’s heightened...more
In a development that has reverberated across the Pittsburgh region and beyond, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, one of America’s oldest continuously published newspapers, has announced it will cease publication on May 3, 2026,...more
Key Takeaways - FDA evaluates direct-to-consumer ads based on the overall impression conveyed to consumers. Visuals, graphics, and on-screen text can equally contribute to an ad’s message. SUPERs function only as secondary...more
On January 5, 2026, the FAA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that sets forth new proposed requirements for radio altimeters and a compliance deadline for operators to retrofit their aircraft. The FAA indicated...more
In the past couple of years, we have seen an explosion in the number of demand letters and lawsuits involving alleged violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”). Oftentimes, recipients of a CIPA demand feel...more
On January 6, 2026, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Second Extension Order, extending the agency’s initial limited waiver of a portion of its...more
In the wake of a number of lawsuits against AI companies regarding the possible involvement of their platforms in encouraging suicide and other criminal behavior, including homicide, California Senator Steve Padilla,...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering regulatory action to expedite the deployment of wireline and wireless broadband infrastructure by examining state and local permitting practices that it believes may...more
The law has extraterritorial reach over digital platforms and internet service providers that operate in, or target users in, the UAE....more
Interesting one from this December. In Bell v. Hawx 2025 WL 3677347 (E.D. Cal. Dec. 18, 2025) a defendant’s motion to dismiss had been granted because the plaintiff had failed to allege sufficient facts about the calls at...more
In Mable v. Duke Energy, 2025 WL 3535057 (N.D. Fl. Nov. 18, 2025) the court overrule most of Duke’s objections and compelled a massive production consisting of for the period from September 17, 2020 through October 31, 2025,...more
On 6 January 2026, Singapore's Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) jointly announced proposed amendments to the Info‑Communications Media Development...more
Master the complexities of substantiating your advertising claims in an era of AI, greenwashing, and heightened state enforcement. ACI's 9th Annual Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Advertising Claims...more
A California federal court recently allowed a Federal Wiretap Act case to proceed against Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, opening a potential avenue for a nationwide class action against the theme park. The court’s...more
As we ring in the new year, we want to make you aware of key issues affecting consumers that we expect lawmakers and regulators to focus on over the next 12 months. Below are the top transatlantic consumer protection issues...more
A bipartisan coalition of twenty-three AGs submitted reply comments to the FCC in response to a September 2025 notice of inquiry examining whether the FCC should preempt state and local laws regulating artificial...more
As we ring in the new year, we want to make you aware of key issues that we expect lawmakers and regulators to focus on in the months ahead....more
On January 6, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) entered an order again delaying the effective date of the “revoke-all” rule from April 11, 2026 to January 31, 2027. By way of background, on February 16,...more
Libby O’Neill, deputy chair of the firm’s Advertising, Marketing & Promotions practice, continues the conversation around creator-brand partnerships from our LA IP/Entertainment Conference. ...more
Disney is set to pay $10 million to settle allegations that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA Rule”) by failing to properly label videos that it uploaded to YouTube as “Made for Kids” (“MFK”)....more
