David Klein Discusses New York Poker Bill with GamblingCompliance

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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David Klein Talks Fantasy Stock-Trading Games with Yahoo! Finance

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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Sprint Compels Arbitration in TCPA Class Action

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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Roofing Company Held Liable for Unsolicited Fax Ads under the TCPA

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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Verizon and Sprint to Pay In Excess of $200 Million for Cramming

May 12, 2015 This week, federal regulators announced a series of high profile settlements concerning alleged cramming activities from some of the nation’s largest wireless carriers. The Federal Communications Commission announced that Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay $90 million and Sprint Corp. (“Sprint”) has agreed to pay $68 million in settlement of investigations initiated

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The NBA Further Explores Sports Betting Options

May 11, 2015 In November of 2014, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver penned a noteworthy Op-Ed piece in the New York Times calling for the adoption of consistent, uniform, federal regulations that would legalize sports gambling. The position advocated in the Op-Ed was noteworthy because, historically, the NBA has been at the forefront in challenging attempts

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Could Texas’ Alamo Trademark Battle Affect Shiner Beer?

May 8, 2015 Last Thursday, Alamo Beer Company, LLC (“Alamo Beer”), Old 300 Brewing, LLC d/b/a Texian Brewing Co. (“Texian”) and the State of Texas settled an historical trademark dispute. The lawsuit, which began as a quarrel between two Texas breweries using the silhouette of the Alamo in their marketing materials, took an unexpected turn

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