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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Using Popular Songs in Social Media? How to Avoid Costly Copyright Mistakes

Companies that rely on digital marketing and social media are now facing serious consequences over music copyright. Many have been hit with multimillion-dollar lawsuits for unwittingly using popular songs in social media...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

What You Need to Know about Business Use of Third-Party Photos - Part 1

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You know it, instinctively if not empirically – there are many good reasons to use photos in your ads and print pieces and on your web pages – photos capture attention better than bold headlines and they add visual interest....more

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FCC Enforcement Monitor June 2025

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. This month’s issue includes: ...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Gaming & Gambling Update - March 2025

The Missouri Gaming Commission's plan to implement emergency rules for sports wagering has been delayed due to a dispute with the Missouri Secretary of State, Denny Hoskins. Hoskins rejected the emergency rules, stating there...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Missouri Legislature’s Proposals to Regulate Hemp-Derived Consumable Products

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Last year, we wrote about the former Missouri governor’s efforts to curb the availability of intoxicating hemp products to Missouri consumers by executive order. There are now several proposed bills in the Missouri...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Meeting Your 2024 Annual Children’s Television Programming Reporting Obligations

The deadline to file the 2024 Annual Children’s Television Programming Report with the FCC is January 30, 2025, reflecting programming aired during the 2024 calendar year. In addition, commercial stations’ documentation of...more

Vondran Legal

Netflix gearing up to stop streaming copyright piracy in upcoming Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight

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Ladies and gentlemen, hold onto your cocktails and nachos, because we might just witness one of the wildest boxing events in recent history: Mike Tyson versus Jake Paul! Yes, you heard it right. Iron Mike, the baddest man on...more

Shipkevich PLLC

Illinois Adopts Model Money Transmission Act in Quest for Money Transmission Regulatory Consistency

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As of August 9, 2024, Illinois joins Maryland, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Kansas, Maine, Vermont, South Carolina, Missouri, and Connecticut as the latest state this year to have enacted legislation or regulations stemming from...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

As Online Sports Betting Proliferates, Authorities Tighten The Screws On Gambling Advertising

On May 14, 2018, the United States Supreme Court decided the pivotal matter of Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assoc., repealing the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992. The decision cleared the way...more

Lerman Senter PLLC

Broadcasts, Advertising, and Promotions Related to the 2024 NCAA Basketball Championships

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The NCAA national men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will begin on March 17, 2024 and end with the national championship games in early April. Broadcast stations often conduct promotions tied to these tournaments...more

White and Williams LLP

Maine Gambling Control Unit Takes Meaningful Steps Toward Sports Betting Rollout

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Roughly eight months after enacting legislation authorizing retail and online/mobile sports betting, Maine’s Gambling Control Unit (“MGCU”) is taking meaningful steps toward an official “launch.” On January 11, 2023, MGCU...more

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After Reaching Last-Minute Deal, Massachusetts House and Senate Pass Retail and Online Sports Betting Bill

On Monday, August 1, 2022, the Massachusetts House and Senate reached a last-minute deal to legalize retail and online sports betting throughout the state. The bill, which Governor Charlie Baker is expected to sign in the...more

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The Metaverse: Alcohol Beverage Industry’s Next Marketing Frontier?

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The metaverse is widely regarded as the next frontier in digital commerce, with businesses across industries spending millions of dollars buying digital real estate and investing in platforms to be market leaders. Alcohol...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Georgia and Colorado Address MLO Temporary Authority to Operate

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Following receipt and consideration of three written comments on proposed rules distributed on November 18, 2019, the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance adopted final rules on December 20, 2019, that establish...more

Smart & Biggar

Enjoy your cannabis hot chocolate, but not so fast on the cannabis beer

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The Canadian Federal government’s proposed amendments to the Cannabis Act and Regulations were published last month. Until February 20, 2019, Health Canada will be accepting comments on the proposed amendments, which set out...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: NC General Contractor Changes to License Law

Title 21, Chapter 12 of the North Carolina Administrative Code, Section 12.0501, now requires the General Contractor’s License Number to be included “on all contracts, advertisements and licensee websites.” In order to comply...more

Maynard Nexsen

General Contractors: Your License Number is Now Required on All Advertising in North Carolina

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Earlier this year, the North Carolina Board for General Contractors adopted a new regulation, 21 NCAC 12.0501, requiring that general contractors’ “license numbers shall be included on all contracts, advertisements, and...more

Smart & Biggar

Cannabis takes the next step: new federal regulations

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Canada continues the march towards legal recreational “adult use” cannabis, recently publishing federal regulations affecting producers and others within the thriving industry. These include the Cannabis Regulations,...more

Allen Matkins

DBO Establishes Protocol With To Block Unlicensed Payday Lenders’ Ads

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When I served as California’s Commissioner of Corporations, Internet commerce was just finding its legs and we were concerned about how to apply the Corporate Securities Laws to this new technology. For state regulators, the...more

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The Empire State Strikes Back: New York Proposes Rules for Virtual Currency

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The New York State Department of Financial Services (the “Department”) recently published its proposed rules and regulations (the “Proposed Rules”) for vendors conducting business involving virtual currency. The Proposed...more

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Gambling (Licensing & Advertising) Act 2014: Statutory Instrument laid before Parliament

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The Statutory Instrument which sets out the transitional provisions for the new Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 (“Act”) has been published. The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 (Transitional...more

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