NCAA college athletes should register their athlete trademarks now that they can take advantage of their name, image, and likeness. Registered trademarks provide strong protections for student athletes’ NIL and facilitate future endorsement and sponsorship opportunities. Why can student athletes now trademark their names, images, and likenesses?
On October 7, 2021, California’s Governor approved an amendment to AB-45 Industrial hemp products. The amendment legalizes the use of industrial hemp, including THC, as a cosmetic, beverage, and food additive. The statute sets out a framework for regulating industrial hemp products while giving the State Department of Health the authority to craft further regulations.
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The saga surrounding daily fantasy sports (“DFS”) in New York has taken many twists and turns in the last several years. The most recent episode occurred last week as the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the State, held oral argument concerning the constitutionality of the Legislature’s acts that legalized DFS in
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Recently, Apple released its latest mobile operating system: iOS 15. This update contains major changes to privacy features that will impact email marketing to Apple product customers. Businesses should be aware of the changes and adapt their marketing efforts to fit this new iOS 15 environment. What changed with email marketing to Apple customers?
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Standing can often be a nuanced concept in litigation proceedings. In a recent case involving California’s “anti-spam” email statute (section 17529 of the California Business and Professional Code), a court considered whether seven plaintiffs had standing to sue based solely on the fact that they had allegedly received email that purportedly violate section 17529. The
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For businesses operating in the telemarketing space, circumstances often arise in which an existing or potential contracting partner requires certain assurances regarding compliance relating with one or more telemarketing regulations before signing or renewing a contract. In those instances, the business should strongly consider engaging with experienced attorneys to prepare a telemarketing legal opinion letter
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Through the course of interacting with consumers, and in connection with various ongoing commercial relationships with those consumers, business owners of all kinds are frequently able to amass a valuable database of consumer telephone numbers. Where permitted by the applicable privacy policy, as well as the specific telemarketing-related consent obtained from the subject consumers at
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In November 2020, California voters approved Proposition 24, also known as the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). The CPRA expands the consumer data privacy protections present in the more widely-known California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). Among other measures, the CPRA created the California Privacy Protection Agency (the “Agency”), which is tasked with CPRA rulemaking. The
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