The landscape of college athletics has experienced dramatic changes over the last four years, none more significant than the rise of private equity. Before diving into the new era of private equity in college athletics, it is…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Education Law, Finance & Banking
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the FTC's “click to cancel” rule which was set to take effect on July 14. According to the court, the FTC erred in its rulemaking process by failing to produce a…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection
The enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) has ushered in significant tax legislation based predominantly on the Trump administration’s stated priorities. ... Below we summarize some of these key changes and note…
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/ Business Organizations, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
Alawsuit was recently filed in Cook County, Illinois, against Airport Parking Reservations Inc. and Gomez Travel Services Inc., focusing on allegedly deceptive pricing practices on their parking reservation websites. Although…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection
The Federal Reserve, alongside the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), released their highly anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to overhaul the Enhanced…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking
On June 6, 2025, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken approved the landmark House v. NCAA settlement, a resolution of three major antitrust cases (House, Carter and Hubbard) that fundamentally transforms college sports by allowing…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Education Law
FDA Stalls, But States Push to Keep It Clean Congress and FDA lauded the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA), enacted in 2022, as sweeping federal legislation to increase cosmetic safety and quality standards…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Toxic Torts
District court denies motion to reconsider dismissal of claims that OpenAI removed copyright management information in violation of Digital Millenium Copyright Act, holding that inconsistency between dismissal order and ruling…
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/ Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Intellectual Property
It’s game time: Dive into the summer edition of The Sports Law Playbook, Loeb & Loeb’s quarterly briefing on all things sports law. In this issue, we explore the dramatic rise of legalized sports betting in the U.S. and what…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Constitutional Law
China’s primary data regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), released two sets of Q&As with respect to exporting data from China, one in April and one in May. The questions were selected from those raised…
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/ Administrative Law, Privacy, International Law & Trade
As of June 19, 2025, the New York State Fashion Workers Act (FWA) is reshaping how models are engaged, protected, and paid in the state. While much attention has been paid to the obligations of management companies and modeling…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In Mikulsky v. Bloomingdale’s (June 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) class action, holding that the plaintiff sufficiently alleged…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released new frequently asked questions (FAQs) aimed at helping auto dealerships comply with its financial data protection regulations, emphasizing that the duty to protect consumers' nonpublic…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Privacy
In case arising from ongoing dispute between movie stars Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively, district court dismisses all of Baldoni’s claims for failure to state claim, but grants Baldoni leave to amend as to his implied covenant…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Business Torts, Communications & Media Law
Ann Chen, deputy chair of the firm’s Capital Markets & Corporate department, provides an insider perspective on the crossroads of corporate law and entertainment, particularly in the music catalog space…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Law
