By Zachary Zagger Law360 (January 25, 2021, 9:47 PM EST) — The First Circuit’s recent ruling that the federal Wire Act’s prohibition on interstate communications for wagering applies only to sports betting affirmed a narrow view of the 60-year-old criminal law that attorneys say is a major win for the online lottery and gambling industries, even […]
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In 2019, The United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire ruled against the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), concluding that the “Wire Act applies only to transmissions related to bets or wagers on a sporting event or contest.” On January 20, 2021, the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court’s decision,
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For the second year in a row, the New York State Legislature will consider whether to adopt its own version of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). We have written extensively about the CCPA, including a recent primer on CCPA basics. SB 567 (the “Act”), known colloquially as the NY CCPA, shares a lot in
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The New York Assembly recently reintroduced the New York Privacy Act (the “Act” or “NY Privacy Law”) which, if enacted, would severely restrict how businesses can collect, use and share consumer personal information throughout the State. An identical bill was introduced in the last legislative session, but it failed to make it out of committee.
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On January 8, 2021, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) proposed to amend the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, commonly known as Proposition 65 (“Prop 65”). In 2016, OEHHA adopted new Article 6 Clear and Reasonable Warnings regulations, providing manufacturers with a “short-form” warning alternative that did not
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On January 7, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it had settled its consumer reward investigation into the business practices of Tapjoy, Inc. (“Tapjoy”), a mobile advertising company, over allegations that Tapjoy failed to provide users with promised rewards featured in various mobile games and applications. Under the terms of the proposed settlement,
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Over the past three years, we have blogged extensively about the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA” or the “Act”) and the multiple amendments that have been made to it. All of the CCPA changes can make one’s head spin. “CCPA for Dummies” is an attempt to strip down the Act and make it easier to
The popular TikTok content creator collective, “Not a Content House,” recently received some negative publicity for failing to reveal the winners of a sweepstakes by the promised deadline. Not a Content House is the ironic name of an all-girl team that lives together in Los Angeles where they collaborate on content posted on YouTube, Instagram
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