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What to Expect from CPSC in 2025

At the end of last year, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) approved an Operating Plan for Fiscal Year 2025, which includes CPSC’s strategic priorities and resource allocations for the coming year. Stated...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FTC Files Consumer Protection Complaint Against GOAT

On December 2, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it had filed a complaint against GOAT, an online retailer of sneakers, apparel, and accessories. In the complaint, the FTC alleged, among other things, that...more

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Epic Sues Google Again, This Time Adding Samsung

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The fight over the lucrative app market ropes another manufacturer into the fray. Nine months after persuading a jury that Google LLC had monopolized the markets for Android app distribution and in-app billing, Epic Games has...more

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Ninth Circuit Issues Opinion on Constitutionality of California’s AADC

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Keypoint: The appellate court ruled that the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act’s impact assessment provision is unconstitutional and remanded the case back to the trial court to consider the constitutionality of the...more

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SHEIN’s $1.9 Million Data Breach: A Cautionary Tale for Online Fashion Brands

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Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top The New York Attorney General (“NYAG”) fined fast-fashion company, Shein Distribution Corporation (“SHEIN”), $1.9 million for failing to properly handle a data breach in...more

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Brussels Regulatory Brief: May 2024

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Antitrust and Competition - The European Commission Approves Plan to Unwind a Completed Transaction in the Early Cancer Detection Sector - On 12 April 2024, the European Commission (Commission) approved the plan to unwind a...more

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FCC Approves Voluntary Internet-of-Things Cybersecurity Labeling Program

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently approved a voluntary Internet of Things (IoT) Labeling Program, which allows manufacturers of IoT products to earn the FCC’s approval to display a “U.S. Cyber Trust Mark”...more

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Growing Infringement of OEM IP Rights on Online Marketplaces

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Sales of consumer products through online marketplaces have been commonplace for years and account for a significant portion of the total consumer products marketplace. Sellers of industrial products such as replacement...more

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Cybersecurity Labeling is (Almost) Here! Biden Administration Announces the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark Program

On July 18, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the launch of the long-awaited cybersecurity labeling program, called the “U.S. Cyber Trust Mark,” aimed at providing consumers with a better understanding of the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FTC Alleges Amazon Prime Subscription and Cancellation Screens Violate Federal Law

The recent suit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) represents the latest guidance in the rapidly evolving patchwork of federal and state laws that govern online subscription models. Any company offering subscription...more

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HHS and FTC Expanding Technology, Privacy, and Cybersecurity Divisions

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In recent weeks, FTC and HHS have announced expansion of the operational areas of their organizations that are dedicated to enforcement of laws and regulations related to technology, privacy, and cybersecurity....more

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New Technologies in the Consumer & Retail Industry – Key Legal Issues and Risks

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The consumer and retail industry has experienced a rapid growth in the use of new technologies, as both online businesses and brick-and-mortar sellers converge into multi-channel players and compete for customers and for...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

First NFT-based Insider Trading Case Tees Up Important Questions for Digital Asset Fraud Prosecutions

This summer, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York broke new ground in its oversight of fraud involving digital assets when it brought charges against Nathaniel Chastain related to an insider...more

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NFT Contracting in a Volatile New Market

The non-fungible token (NFT) market has grown dramatically over the past 24 months. NFTs first garnered widespread attention when the artist Beeple sold digital artwork at Christie’s in March 2021 for $69 million. According...more

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Open App Markets Act – Does Competition Hurt Security?

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Have you ever downloaded an app outside of the Apple app store? Probably not, because the current setup of app marketplaces like the Apple app store makes that very difficult. That is about to change. On Feb. 3, 2022, the...more

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Fundamentals of Non-Fungible Tokens

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Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been widely adopted by the sports, arts, music, gaming, fashion, and other industries. Behind the hype is a fast-developing ecosystem of technical and commercial innovation that is embracing...more

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NFTs: What's in Store for 2022?

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2021 was a banner year for non-fungible token sales, which are projected to climb even higher in 2022. Selected by Collins English Dictionary as the 2021 Word of the Year, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are unique...more

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Cryptocurrency and NFT Market Growth Continues, Regulators Across Globe Target Crypto Industry as Threats Continue, Global...

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Crypto Market Develops in DeFi, Payments, Compliance and Consumer Adoption - A large institutional financial and media conglomerate recently announced a partnership with a major financial services and investment management...more

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Crypto Adoption and AML Reports Published, NFT Market Growth Continues, Blockchain Cobalt Pilot Progresses, Crypto Exchange and...

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Crypto Adoption Index Published, Regulators Address Crypto Across Globe - The 2021 Chainalysis Global Crypto Adoption Index was published on Wednesday, providing an in-depth review of cryptocurrency adoption around the...more

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Proliferation of NFT Transactions Raises Numerous US Tax Questions

Background on NFTs - With the market for nonfungible tokens (NFTs) exploding, NFTs attached to art, music, video clips, tweets and other digital collectibles have sold for significant sums: An NFT of an animated flying...more

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The New Players in the Sports Industry: NFTs, Fan Tokens, and Blockchain

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The adoption of blockchain can be seen across many industries, but perhaps nowhere is it happening faster than in the sports sector. While many factors have led to the rise of blockchain, the advent of non-fungible tokens...more

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Brussels Regulatory Brief: April 2021

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ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - The Commission’s New Guidance Creates Legal Uncertainty for Merger Control in the EU - On 26 March 2021, the Commission published a new Guidance on the application of the EU upward case referral...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Beeple, Top Shots, and the Blockchain of Collectibles: Securing the Value of an Original Digital Asset

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur recently paid $69.3 million for Beeple’s Everydays: The First 5,000 Days at a Christie’s auction.  That record-breaking price purchased a work of art that can be seen only on a computer and the...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Non-Fungible Tokens and Art that Lives on the Blockchain

Non-fungible tokens (or NFTs) are unique blockchain-based tokens that can represent almost anything, including physical assets. NFTs have been growing significantly in popularity in recent years because of this potential to...more

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How Amazon’s Liability for Third Party Products Will Harm Amazon Sellers

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In late 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held Amazon liable as the seller of a third-party's dog collar that broke causing the retractable leash to recoil, hitting and blinding the purchaser in one eye....more

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