The last two years have seen exponential growth in state privacy laws. In 2020, voters in California approved sweeping changes to the State’s landmark privacy law when they enacted the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). Virginia and Colorado followed suit in 2021, and Utah joined them in early 2022. Now, the Connecticut Senate has unanimously […]
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On April 20, 2022, the National Basketball Association (“NBA”) engaged in a bit of NFT marketing and released 18,000 free NFTs in an exclusive drop, available only to its Discord server’s earliest members. In dropping “The Association” NFT collection (the “Collection”), the NBA had intended to allow each of its qualifying Discord channel members to
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On July 1, 2022, California Assembly Bill No. 390 (the “Amended Law”) will go into effect. The Amended Law revised Section 17602 of California’s Business and Professions Code, requiring businesses to adapt to a stricter Automatic Renewal Law (“ARL”). After July 1, companies offering automatically renewing subscription services to California State customers must, among other things,
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As our readership knows, NFTs are unique and often one-of-a-kind digital files, such as images or short videos, that use blockchain technology to establish publicly, verifiable proof of ownership. What you might not know is that Apple Inc. (“Apple”) bars NFT apps that sell and trade NFTs from its iOS platform. In an attempt to creativity comply with
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On April 8, 2022, Kohl’s and Walmart were fined for violating federal marketing laws, resulting from a Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) investigation alleging that the businesses had: 1) falsely marketed dozens of rayon textile products as being made of bamboo; and 2) misleadingly claimed that such “bamboo-derived” textiles were made using ecofriendly processes. In reality,
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In the State of Vermont, the “Automatic Renewal Provisions in Consumer Contracts” law (“Vermont Auto-Renewal Law”) governs agreements entered into between a consumer and a seller that have the following attributes: 1) an initial term of one year or longer; and 2) a term that renews for a subsequent period of time that is longer
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Just one year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court forever changed the telemarketing world with its opinion in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid. In Facebook, the Court settled a years-long disagreement and clarified how narrow the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (“TCPA”) autodialer restriction really is. The restriction only applies when dialing equipment produces the phone numbers to
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On March 23, Governor Brad Little signed the Idaho Subscription bill into law (“Idaho Subscription Law”). The Idaho Subscription Law will regulate subscription offers and automatic renewals that are marketed to consumers on or after January 1, 2023. The law adds provisions to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive trade practices involving the cancellation of subscriptions
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