The short answer to the question posed in the title is, “it depends on the jurisdiction and the features of the fantasy sports game.” In terms of federal law, the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (“UIGEA”) created a specific carve out for fantasy sports games that meet certain criteria. In order to fall within […]
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Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, targeting several prominent advertising companies, including SubscriberBASE and All Square, for what it alleges are deceptive and unfair advertising practices. SubscriberBASE and All Square maintain several websites which advertise “free” merchandise to consumers
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A New Jersey State law legalizing sports gambling in Atlantic City casinos suffered a major setback in federal court yesterday. The New Jersey law legalizing sports gambling was passed in early 2012, and was almost immediately challenged in court by the NFL, NHL, NBA, Major League Baseball and the NCAA. In addition, the NCAA has
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The Copyright Alert System (“CAS” or “Six Strikes”), which was developed by the Center for Copyright Information, was launched yesterday in conjunction with five major Internet Service Providers (“ISP”): AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon. The Copyright Alert System is designed to address the illegal downloading of copyrighted works – like movies, music
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After New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s second veto of a bill that would have legalized online poker (as well as other online casino games) to be played by individuals within the State of New Jersey, there was rampant optimism that the New Jersey State legislature would quickly address Governor Christie’s concerns and put an amended
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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 227 et seq. (“TCPA”) provides for, inter alia, statutory damages to individuals who receive unsolicited telemarketing calls, unsolicited faxes, prerecorded calls or autodialed calls. The TCPA has been interpreted in recent years to also prohibit the sending of unsolicited text messages to personal cell phones – unless
A new patch developed by Mozilla for its Firefox web browser will block third-party advertising cookies by default, which will greatly hinder the ability of third-parties to track Firefox users’ online activities. Prior versions of the Firefox browser enabled users to manually turn-off cookies, but the new patch automatically blocks cookies. A “cookie” is a
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California State Rep. Lou Correa has, once again, introduced a bill that would legalize online poker, to be played for money, in the State of California. While another online poker bill was introduced in the California Senate in December of 2012, California’s most promising prior legislative foray into legalized online gaming (a bill referred to
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