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5 Key Takeaways | The Essentials of Advertising Claims Substantiation

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Kilpatrick’s Barry Benjamin and Bryan Wolin were honored to participate in the firm’s long-running IP Innovation webinar series, with a presentation on December 3, 2025, covering the essentials of advertising claims...more

FordHarrison

Best of EntertainHR 2025

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Forget the dry HR manual—the year’s most important workplace lessons weren’t found in a compliance document; they were on your screen. From high-stakes heists to late-nigh comedy and sharp TV dramas, our EntertainHR series...more

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter

FCC Again Extends Compliance Deadline for Foreign Government-Sponsored Content

With a December 8 deadline to come into compliance with the FCC’s new sponsorship identification requirements for airing content connected to a foreign government, broadcasters have been racing to figure out how to comply in...more

International Lawyers Network

Diss-cussing Defamation: Creative Expression, Feuds, & Cross Words Across Borders

The legal intersection of music, poetry, and defamation presents a fascinating landscape where creativity collides with reputational interests. The recent decision in Graham v. UMG Recordings, Inc.—filed by Canadian rapper...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Texas Mini-TCPA Update

Readers may recall a recent piece in which we discussed a constitutional challenge to the implementation of Texas Senate Bill 140 (“SB 140”), which overhauled Texas’ mini-Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). Below, we...more

Integreon

Building Trust: The Strategic Path to Growth

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Hello again! Welcome back to Scaling Greatness, a newsletter from Integreon focusing on amplifying business excellence and innovation. “Trust is the ultimate currency between a business and its stakeholders.” – Richard...more

Wiley Rein LLP

FCC Delays (Again) Compliance Date for Expanded Foreign Government-Sponsored Programming Rules Until June 7, 2026

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On December 5, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Public Notice further delaying the deadline by which broadcasters must comply with the expanded rules concerning the identification of foreign...more

Troutman Amin LLP

B2B TCPA NIGHTMARE: Court Refuses to Credit Deposition Testimony at Motion to Dismiss Phase– Allows DNC Claim to Proceed Despite...

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B2B callers are constantly facing TCPA DNC risk despite the fact the DNC supposedly only applies to residential lines. The issue, of course, is that cell phones are often used for both business and personal use–especially...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

A Change is Gonna Come: OPDP Continues to Focus Its Attention on DTC Advertising

As Sam Cooke famously sang, “It’s been a long, a long time coming.” In the latest sign that the Food and Drug Administration is maintaining its focus on direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) advertising, the Office of Prescription Drug...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules That School Board Members’ Social Media Posts Are Not “Records” Under the Right-to-Know Law

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Penncrest School District v. Cagle, No. 31 WAP 2023, 2025 Pa. LEXIS 1258 (Trial Court should have considered additional factors, including whether social media accounts were public and whether accounts had “trappings” of an...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Social Media Goes Public: Expanded Digital Vetting for H-1B and H-4 Visa Applicants

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On December 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of State announced a significant expansion of digital vetting for visa applicants. Beginning December 15, 2025, H‑1B applicants and their H‑4 dependents will be subject to an...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Ninth Circuit Ruling Upholds Employee Speech Amid Stalled NLRB

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Like it or not, social media has become the backdrop of almost everything we do. It’s how many people read the news, interact with friends and family, and vent after a long workday....more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

What Does Transparency For AI Generated Content Look Like in Practice - an Australian take

Picture this: your next amazing blog post is locked and ready for publication – and you’re ahead of schedule thanks to time saved through use of AI. You know you should be ‘transparent’ about that use, but how do you actually...more

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak

Bill Expanding Political Disclaimer Requirements in NYS Signed into Law

On December 5, 2025, New York State Governor Kathy Hohul signed into law a bill that expands the requirement that most political and campaign materials identify the political committee paying for the materials. Specifically,...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

A Word of Caution: Wiretap Lawsuits Continue to Plague Website Owners

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Over the last several years, plaintiffs’ attorneys and other individuals have used antiquated wiretapping laws, including California’s 1967 wiretapping act, to allege that businesses with websites utilizing third parties and...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Proposed TCPA Class Action Against QuoteWizard

A recent lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina is spotlighting risks businesses face when using prerecorded telemarketing messages without proper consent. The...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Lessons from the Sling TV CCPA Settlement: Why a Compliance Overhaul May Be Needed

The California Attorney General (CA AG) has again made waves in the privacy world, this time with a settlement requiring Sling TV to pay a $530,000 fine and make significant operational changes due to alleged violations of...more

Miller Nash LLP

From Colorado to Texas: How States Are Rewriting AI Laws

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AI is reshaping how we work, learn, and interact, but the law is scrambling to keep up. In 2025, states rolled out a mix of AI regulations, from broad “privacy style” frameworks to narrowly targeted rules for healthcare,...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Friction Isn’t Free: Three Lessons from Sling TV’s $530,000 CCPA Settlement

On October 30, 2025, the California Attorney General’s office announced a $530,000 settlement with Sling TV LLC and Dish Media Sales LLC for alleged violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act. Although the matter arose...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Social Media Vetting Expanded To Include H-1B And H-4 Visa Applicants

The U.S. Department of State announced that starting on December 15, 2025, the social media vetting requirement currently in place for F, M and J visa applicants will expand to include H-1B visa applicants and their H-4...more

Troutman Amin LLP

NO HIGHLIGHTED HYPERLINK NO ARBITRATION: Court Refuses to Enforce Arbitration Agreement in App Provider’s Website Because...

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What makes a link “hyper” anyway? Last month I discussed the importance of arbitration agreements to thwart TCPA class actions. Well today we see what happens when a website isn’t properly designed to assure consumers are...more

Troutman Amin LLP

DEFAULT DAMAGE: 77 Calls Equals $130,900.00 in Barton’s Pocket–and It Could Have Been Worse

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Repeat litigator Nathan Barton is feeling quite strong and good today. He just nicked a TCPA defendant for nearly $131k on a default basis– in a claim involving 77 allegedly unwanted calls....more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Le CRTC établit une nouvelle définition de contenu canadien pour la radiodiffusion audiovisuelle

Le 18 novembre 2025, le Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (le « CRTC ») a publié la Politique réglementaire de radiodiffusion CRTC 2025-299 (la « Décision »), qui établit un nouveau cadre pour...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Is Your Website’s Cookie Banner Up to Date? New Guidance from Dutch DPA

The Dutch Data Protection Authority recently updated its cookie banner guidance. This comes after the agency, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (or AP), promoted a goal earlier this year to monitor 500 websites a year to ensure...more

Troutman Amin LLP

ARBITRATION TIME: Credit One Compels TCPA Plaintiff into Arbitration

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A very important tool in thwarting TCPA class action is the arbitration clause. While attorneys are very familiar with these clauses– and their importance–I find many business leads do not really understand why they matter....more

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