Starting in December 2022, a series of significant laws (domestic and international) are due to come into effect, which will impact new AND existing vendor contracts. Vendor contracts are agreements between two parties (a vendor and a business/individual) that detail the goods and/or services that will be provided in exchange for compensation. The applicability of […]
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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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By Zachary Zagger For the original publication, click here. Law360 (April 13, 2022, 3:21 PM EDT) — New York Mets owner Steve Cohen is pushing for a casino development near Citi Field in Queens, a proposal experts say could face obstacles as the state’s expansion of gambling sparks an industry fight over precious New York City real estate.
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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