A New York court just decided some important preliminary motions (which I previously covered here in this post) involving allegedly unauthorized AI cloning of voice actors. The court reached a split decision, concluding...more
The use of AI recording tools has become prevalent. Companies’ policies addressing the legal issues with these tools is not yet as prevalent. If your company’s AI policy does not address these issues, it needs to be updated....more
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) vetoed legislation that would have banned websites from conducting sweepstakes games that some say violate online gambling laws.
Senate Bill 181, which was passed by the Louisiana State...more
6/13/2025
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Sweepstakes
Maine’s Gambling Control Unit (GCU) has issued a formal warning regarding the proliferation of illegal interactive gaming (“iGaming”) platforms operating within the state. The warning emphasized that while certain forms of...more
6/11/2025
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Consumer Protection Laws ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Gambling ,
New Regulations ,
Online Gaming ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Sweepstakes
We have previously posted on some of the recent legal issues with social casino sweepstakes. See Social Casino Sweepstakes Model is Under Fire – What Game Companies, Payment Processors and App Stores Need to Know. Various...more
6/10/2025
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Cease and Desist Orders ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Gambling ,
Government Agencies ,
Illegal Gambling ,
New York ,
Online Platforms ,
State Attorneys General ,
Sweepstakes
For many reasons, existing open source licenses are not a good fit for AI. Simply put, AI involves more than just software and most open source licenses are designed primarily for software. Much work has been done by many...more
The Copyright Office released a “Pre-publication” version of Part 3 of its Report on Copyright and AI. Coincidentally (?) Shira Perlmuter, the Register of Copyrights, was fired amid a shakeup at the Copyright Office. The...more
5/12/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Office ,
Fair Use ,
Machine Learning ,
New Guidance ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Technology ,
Transformative Use
On April 1, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) submitted a letter to the House Financial Services Committee expressing concerns with an introduced draft of H.R. 2392—the Stablecoin Transparency and Accountability...more
We previously reported on the groundbreaking AI Fair Use ruling in the Thomson Reuters Ross Intelligence case, where the court found that based on the facts of this case fair use was not a defense. Ross Intelligence moved,...more
In a recent post about legal issues with the social casino sweepstakes model, we indicated that a recent RICO lawsuit against a social casino sweepstakes model, which also named Apple and Google, was dismissed voluntarily by...more
The power of large language models (LLMs) that enables generative AI derives from vast quantities of data. Much of this data comes from scraping all forms of content from the internet. Despite the benefits, this practice...more
We recently wrote about the flurry of legal issues with the social casino sweepstakes model. Now, the New York State Senate Racing, Gaming, and Wagering Committee passed S5935, a bill that, if fully approved and enacted,...more
3/25/2025
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Financial Institutions ,
Gaming ,
New Jersey ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
Online Gaming ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
RICO ,
Sweepstakes
The Federal Trade Commission recently requested public comment from users of tech platforms. In particular, the impact the platforms may have on user speech. Input is sought -by May 21- on the extent to which tech firms are...more
3/11/2025
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Comment Period ,
Competition ,
Digital Platforms ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
First Amendment ,
Online Platforms ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Social Media ,
Technology Sector
While AI has many people uptight, Aescape has developed technology to help you relax – AI robotic massage. Aescape touts that it combines the timeless art of massage with robotics and artificial intelligence to deliver an...more
3/11/2025
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Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Healthcare ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Liability ,
Licensing Rules ,
Marketing ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Robots ,
Technology Sector
Social casino games remain incredibly popular and profitable. This success has drawn attacks from plaintiffs’ class action lawyers in the form of gambling loss recovery lawsuits and other consumer-based actions. Some have...more
Individually, AI and blockchain are among the hottest, most transformative technologies. Collectively, they are incredibly synergistic – hence the 1+1=3 concept in the title. We are seeing more examples of how the two will...more
2/19/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Blockchain ,
Data Privacy ,
Digital Assets ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Technology Sector
In the latest string of gambling cases involving social casino-style apps out of Washington state, a federal jury has awarded a class of players nearly $25 million for injuries arising from the use of two of High 5 Game’s...more
2/13/2025
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Class Action ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Litigation ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Gambling ,
Gaming ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Washington
In one of the most closely-watched copyright cases this year, a Delaware court rejected defendant, ROSS Intelligence’s (“ROSS”), fair use and other defenses by vacating its previous stance and granting summary judgement in...more
2/12/2025
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Competition ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Data Collection ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Software ,
Technology Sector
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a ‘Crypto Task Force’ page on its website, outlining the agency’s crypto regulatory agenda under the agency’s new leadership. This initiative follows the exit of...more
2/7/2025
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Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FDIC ,
FinTech ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Trump Administration
Until fall 2023, there were few SEC enforcements or litigations involving securities issues with non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”). This has changed dramatically. In rapid succession last fall, the SEC undertook two enforcements...more
1/2/2025
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Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Violations ,
Virtual Currency
This year, the SEC has ramped up its enforcement efforts against digital asset marketplaces for selling non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) (and other digital assets) the agency alleges are securities. In response, some potential...more
1/2/2025
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Blockchain ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Violations ,
Virtual Currency
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken a significant step in its regulatory scrutiny of blockchain gaming projects by issuing a Wells notice to CyberKongz, a prominent NFT gaming platform. This...more
Yet another “celebrity” token memecoin project seeking to leverage a “cultural movement” has become the subject of a lawsuit alleging that the tokens were unregistered securities. A group of plaintiffs recently sued over the...more
Defendant Lovo has moved to dismiss an amended complaint alleging that the voice actor Plaintiffs’ voices were unlawfully cloned by Defendant Lovo’s AI Voice Generator. Plaintiffs allege that Lovo’s CEO stated on a podcast...more
12/13/2024
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Amended Complaints ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
False Advertising ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Lanham Act ,
Misappropriation ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Name and Likeness
In a strategic move to preserve their right to seek reconsideration of previously dismissed DMCA § 1202(b) claims, the plaintiffs in Andersen v. Stability AI have voluntarily dismissed with prejudice all DMCA claims. The...more