May 20, 2015 The final installment of our ongoing coverage of Kansas’ continuing efforts to clarify the legality of fantasy sports contests concludes with Governor Sam Brownback signing a bill into law making it clear that playing fantasy sports for money is legal in the State. The law will become effective July 1, 2015. What […]
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May 19, 2015 On May 5, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC” or “Commission”) filed a federal lawsuit in California against Lunada Biomedical, Inc. (“Lunada”) – marketer of the dietary supplement Amberen – and the business’ CEO, CFO and CMO (Chief Marketing Officer). As announced earlier this month, the Commission has accused the defendants
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May 18, 2015 On May 13, 2015, New York State Senator John Bonacic introduced S-5302 (the “Bill”), which proposes to legalize certain forms of Internet poker games in the State of New York. This is the second time Senator Bonacic has introduced an online poker bill, but unlike the previous proposal, this Bill does not
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New York Poker Bill Drops Bad Actor Clause State Senator John Bonacic has reintroduced a bill to authorize online poker in the Empire State, but dropped a “bad actor” clause that would have prevented PokerStars from applying for one of ten available licenses. Senator Bonacic’s bill would authorize the New York State Gaming Commission to
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May 15, 2015 NASCAR this week announced a three-year fantasy sports relationship with DraftKings, pursuant to which DraftKings will have an exclusive license to develop NASCAR-branded games. What does the agreement between DraftKings and NASCAR fantasy sports entail?
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Will regulators sideline fantasy stock-trading games? Regulators seem to be imposing a harsh new reality on fantasy stock-trading upstarts. Stock Battle – one of the first to allow real-money stock-picking games modeled on daily fantasy sports services – received a cease-and-desist letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Yahoo Finance has learned. According to an email
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May 14, 2015n On Monday of this week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a putative class action complaint filed against Sprint alleging that it had violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) must be submitted to arbitration. The appellate court overturned a prior ruling of the district court
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May 13, 2015 The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey recently held a roofing company liable for a third-party advertiser’s violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) to the tune of $22,405,000.00. The TCPA class action, which has been pending for over three years, concerns fax advertisements sent by Business
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