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Fame, FTC, and Fine Print: Navigating Advertising Rules in an Evolving Landscape

Fame, FTC, and Fine Print: Navigating Advertising Rules in an Evolving Landscape

May 12, 2025

Fame, FTC, and Fine Print: Navigating Advertising Rules in an Evolving Landscape

By: Abbey Block

Ryan Seacrest is most well-known for his role as the charismatic host of popular television shows like American Idol and Wheel of Fortune.  But more recently, Seacrest has taken on a new business venture, becoming the spokesperson for the social casino platform, Chumba Casino. Chumba Casino, launched in 2012, allows players to engage in online casino-style games. Seacrest began his partnership with the brand in December of 2023, and has been featured prominently in the platform’s promotional materials on social media platforms such as YouTube and Instagram. But Seacrest recently found himself in a bit of legal hot water, being named as a co-defendant in a lawsuit brought against Chumba’s parent company, VGW. In the lawsuit, plaintiff Aubrey Carillo alleges…

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California Actively Enforcing its Delete Act against Data Brokers

March 10, 2025

California Actively Enforcing its Delete Act against Data Brokers

By: Nicole Kardell

If you are a data broker and you are not registered in California, you may face sanctions, including fines and possible shut down of operations.  The California Privacy Protection Agency is actively enforcing the state’s Delete Act, legislation that was enacted in 2023. The Delete Act requires entities that qualify as data brokers under the law to register annually with the CPPA and pay the…

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FTC Cracking Down On Online Censorship

February 27, 2025

FTC Cracking Down On Online Censorship

By: Steven Eichorn

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently launched a public outreach effort to obtain information from the public regarding how they are treated by technology platforms. As explained by the FTC, they are seeking to “understand how technology platforms deny or degrade users’ access to services based on the content of their speech or affiliation, and how this conduct may have violated the law.” This…

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Supreme Court Rules Online Businesses Now Subject to Sales Tax

June 21, 2018

Supreme Court Rules Online Businesses Now Subject to Sales Tax

By: Ifrah Law

In a ruling announced today, the Supreme Court held that online businesses can be subjected to sales tax even in states where they do not have any brick-and-mortar operations. The case, South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., overturns longstanding precedent requiring “physical presence” to subject a seller to state sales tax, representing a big change for e-commerce. In the opinion of the Court, Justice Kennedy gave…

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Eleventh Circuit Assumes FTC’s Data Security Enforcement Authority, But Mandates Specificity for FTC Orders

June 20, 2018

Eleventh Circuit Assumes FTC’s Data Security Enforcement Authority, But Mandates Specificity for FTC Orders

By: Michelle Cohen

  On June 6, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a landmark ruling in LabMD v. Federal Trade Commission. While the Eleventh Circuit impliedly held that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has authority to take enforcement action against companies whose unfair practices lead to data security incidents that pose substantial injury to consumers, it severely curtailed the FTC’s ability…

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FTC Focuses on Kids’ Geo-Location Devices in Latest COPPA Warnings

May 8, 2018

FTC Focuses on Kids’ Geo-Location Devices in Latest COPPA Warnings

By: Ifrah Law

A public service announcement of yesteryear posed the following question to parents: “It’s 8:00. Do you know where your children are?” Today’s technology allows parents to answer that question regardless of the time of day. That technology, however, has recently drawn scrutiny for violating the parental notice and consent provisions of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC’s”) Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA”). Last week, the…

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Facebook and the FTC: A Wake-Up Call for Companies Collecting Personal Data

March 21, 2018

Facebook and the FTC: A Wake-Up Call for Companies Collecting Personal Data

By: Michelle Cohen

The FTC is reported to be joining state and international regulators in examining Cambridge Analytica’s actions with data accessed from Facebook, including how the data analytics company obtained the information, what it did with the information, and whether Facebook complied with existing obligations, including a 2012 FTC consent decree. The situation underscores the importance of and need for clearly defined regulations governing corporate practices like…

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Full Metal Cryptojacket

February 28, 2018

Full Metal Cryptojacket

By: James Trusty

In retrospect, it all seems so predictable. International capitalism creates virtual currencies. Banks are avoided. Millennials hail a new world order of anonymous or nearly untraceable market transactions. Numerous parties and exchanges hold on to large quantities of virtual currencies. But then the bad guys show up. And I’m not talking about the regulators. Last month, in what looks like the biggest cryptocurrency breach in history, hackers stole over $534 million…

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Fame, FTC, and Fine Print: Navigating Advertising Rules in an Evolving Landscape

Fame, FTC, and Fine Print: Navigating Advertising Rules in an Evolving Landscape
By: Abbey Block

California Actively Enforcing its Delete Act against Data Brokers

California Actively Enforcing its Delete Act against Data Brokers
By: Nicole Kardell

FTC Cracking Down On Online Censorship

FTC Cracking Down On Online Censorship
By: Steven Eichorn

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