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NAAG 2025 Presidential Initiative Summit: Building on Opioid Litigation Success to Tackle Evolving Drug Threats

Cozen O'Connor on 8/19/2025

This year’s NAAG Presidential Initiative Summit held August 5-6, 2025 in Portsmouth, NH, was hosted by New Hampshire AG and NAAG President John Formella, brought together state AGs, law enforcement officials, federal...more

The long-awaited EU Guidelines on Article 28(1) DSA: What online platforms must know

Hogan Lovells on 8/5/2025

The European Commission has published the long-awaited guidelines clarifying how online platforms such as social media platforms, online marketplaces, app stores and other content-sharing services should protect minors under...more

Spotlight or Lawsuit? Strategic Brand Use in Film and Media

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/28/2025

When The White Lotus returned to HBO for its third season, it came with the usual dose of dramatic tension, along with one unexpected intellectual property wrinkle. [WARNING – Potential Plot Spoiler Ahead!] In a particularly...more

The Global Content Regulation Landscape – Developments in the EU, UK, U.S., and Beyond

King & Spalding on 7/10/2025

Global digital platforms face an increasingly complex and fragmented content regulation landscape. Governments worldwide are imposing overlapping and sometimes conflicting rules for monitoring, managing, or restricting online...more

NIL Isn't Just For Athletes — Securing "Name, Image, and Likeness Rights" in Marketing

Potomac Law Group, PLLC on 7/9/2025

You need “name, image, and likeness” (NIL) rights to use an individual’s name, voice, image, or AI replica. The Internet and social media have rapidly multiplied the ways companies can promote their businesses and products,...more

The “Sad Beige Lawsuit” and the Fight Over Social Media Influencer IP Rights

Clark Hill PLC on 2/5/2025

Can you protect a personal “aesthetic” or “vibe?” Social media influencer Sydney Nicole Gifford believes so, as she recently sued fellow social media influencer Alyssa Sheil in Texas Federal Court, in what is now known as the...more

Projet de loi C-63 du Canada : La Loi sur les préjudices en ligne cible le contenu préjudiciable sur les médias sociaux

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 3/8/2024

Le 26 février 2024, le gouvernement fédéral a présenté le projet de loi C-63 (le « projet de loi »), qui édicterait la Loi sur les préjudices en ligne (la « Loi ») et établirait le premier régime fédéral visant à modérer le...more

Canada’s Bill C-63: Online Harms Act Targets Harmful Content on Social Media

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 3/1/2024

On February 26, 2024, the federal government tabled Bill C-63 (Bill), which would enact the Online Harms Act (Act) and establish Canada’s first federal online content moderation regime....more

Alexa, What Do You Think of Florida’s New Data Privacy Act?

DarrowEverett LLP on 8/3/2023

Hot on the trail of the latest state privacy laws to come into effect, Florida has jumped on board to keep the momentum going. On June 6, 2023, Florida Senate Bill 262 (“SB 262,”) was signed into law, meaning a new set of...more

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - March 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/16/2023

Circuits Split Over Whether Targeting Is Necessary for Seller Liability - Key Points - - While courts have long held that solicitations must be tailored to a particular audience to precipitate statutory seller liability,...more

Does Posting on Social Media Help SEO?

9Sail on 1/10/2023

As social media marketing continues to grow in popularity, a question we often get asked by our clients is if posting on social media helps SEO. Should you choose to continue reading on, you will learn the answer to that...more

UK Law May Create ‘Duty of Care’ for Social Media Companies

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/9/2022

The UK is reportedly considering legislation that would impose a ‘duty of care’ on social media companies to regulate harmful content on their platforms. This push for an online safety bill was triggered by the high-profile...more

Is the Metaverse a Giant 'Native Advertisement'? - Kattison Avenue | Issue 9

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 9/29/2022

A bigger question may be: how do companies prominently disclose ad content in a limitless space? The metaverse virtual world is a shiny new sandbox for brands to play in. Just as sponsored content dominates social media,...more

New proposed privacy rules for global companies conducting business in Australia

Hogan Lovells on 11/5/2021

The Australian Government has released draft legislation aimed at ensuring Australia’s privacy law remains well equipped to tackle the next digital era. The exposure draft of the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enhancing...more

Federal Judge Finds Copyright Issues “Embedded” in Social Media Re-Posts

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 8/16/2021

Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York recently denied a motion to dismiss in a copyright dispute involving the unlicensed “embedding” of a social media video. In doing so, the court explicitly and definitively...more

A new era for Australian online safety regulation

Hogan Lovells on 8/2/2021

Online safety regulation has, and continues to be, an ongoing priority for regulators globally. Indeed, the Online Safety Bill 2021 (“Bill”) and Online Safety (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021...more

Everything in Moderation: Artificial Intelligence and Social Media Content Review

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 3/23/2021

Interactive online platforms have become an integral part of our daily lives. While user-generated content, free from traditional editorial constraints, has spurred vibrant online communications, improved business processes...more

Twitter, Facebook, Google Heads Testify on Section 230 and Local Journalism

Mintz - ML Strategies on 10/29/2020

On Wednesday, October 28, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a much-anticipated hearing titled, “Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?” The witness line-up featured...more

Shaking Up The Internet: An Update

McCarter & English, LLP on 10/7/2020

We wrote recently about proposed changes to laws governing content on the internet. Washington has now proposed even more changes that could affect policing of the internet and social media. In brief, Section 230(c) of the...more

As the App World Turns: Halt on Implementation of Commerce Prohibitions Regarding TikTok and WeChat

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 9/22/2020

This past weekend saw a halt to the anticipated September 20 implementation of broad prohibitions published on September 18 by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) regarding TikTok and WeChat mobile applications. No...more

U.S. Department of Commerce Publishes Transactions with ByteDance and Tencent That Are Prohibited Due to National Security...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 9/21/2020

On September 18, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued two orders identifying the specific transactions related to the WeChat and TikTok mobile applications ("Orders") that are prohibited pursuant to Executive Orders...more

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