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Right of Publicity Privacy Laws

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Reintroducing the No FAKES Act

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A bipartisan Bill aiming to protect individuals from having their voice and visual likeness used without their consent was reintroduced in Congress earlier this month....more

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Federal Lawmakers Reintroduce NO FAKES Act to Combat Unauthorized Digital Replicas

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In early April 2025, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators reintroduced the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act, signaling renewed momentum for federal legislation addressing the rise of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Congress Reintroduces the NO FAKES Act with Broader Industry Support

Congress has reintroduced the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act— a bipartisan bill designed to establish a federal framework to protect individuals’ right of publicity. As previously...more

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The High Stakes of NILs: MLB Players Inc. Challenges DraftKings and bet365 Over NIL Rights

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In a legal clash between MLB Players Inc. (MLBPI) and sports betting companies, DraftKings and bet365, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied the defendants’ motions to dismiss....more

Venable LLP

Your Employee's Right of Publicity (NIL)

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Your company believes it has an employee-friendly culture, and it wants to publicize/exhibit/promote/exploit that positive experience in its external marketing and promotional materials and internal correspondence and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Tennessee’s ELVIS Act Incorporates AI Considerations into Right of Publicity Protections

Tennessee recently amended its 1984 right of publicity statute with passage of the ELVIS Act. The existing law already protected individuals’ rights in their image and likeness. As amended, the statute will specifically call...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Stemming the Tide: Seventh Circuit Deals (Final) Blow to Suspect Right of Publicity Privacy Class Actions Rising in the Courts

Over the last several years, the class action bar has targeted companies in a wave of putative class actions under state “right of publicity” statutes. Although they vary some around the edges, these statutes generally seek...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Don’t Be So Dramatic: True Crime Docudrama Doesn’t Violate Right of Privacy

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Addressing the tension between the First Amendment and the right to privacy under New York law, the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Third Department, unanimously held that despite being partially fictionalized, a...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Attention UGC Marketers—Are Your Permissions in Order?

Brand companies have come to view user-generated content as often one of the most effective and authentic ways to advertise their products or services. This is known as “user-generated content marketing.” For example, with...more

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