Category: Internet Law

Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, sued Meta Platforms, Inc., the parent company of Facebook, for using his name and likeness without his permission in advertisements for CBD products. Huckabee argued that these ads falsely claimed he endorsed the products and made misleading statements about his personal health. He asked the court to hold…

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Pedro Lastra, Unsplash Tuesday, January 28, 202512:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Central10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Mountain9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Pacific Register Here About the Program Join Seyfarth partners Michael Wexler, Jesse Coleman, and Robyn Marsh for a concise analysis of 2024’s most critical legal developments. This webinar equips…

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This case involves two interrelated companies in the private jet industry. One entity (Nicholas Air) was the public brand. The other entity (Corr Flight) provided all of the staffing to the public brand. Employees from the staffing company posted negative reviews on Glassdoor about the public brand (see the Glassdoor page). The Mississippi court said…

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Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists, and technology companies that deliver and facilitate the delivery of virtual care. Trending in the past week: Licensure compacts Telepharmacies Telehealth practice standards A CLOSER LOOK Proposed Legislation & Rulemaking: In Michigan, House Bill 4169 was…

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10 by Jesse Loughborough CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/dCNCWG Last week’s Law Bytes podcast featured a look at the year in review in digital law and policy. Before wrapping up for the year, the next three posts over the holidays will highlight the most popular posts, podcast episodes, and Substacks of the past year. Today’s post…

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Originally posted 2017-05-01 06:41:56. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Everyone here understands that in the U.S., trademark rights are determined by use, a term of art that, practically speaking, means hardly anything, but if it means anything at all pretty much means “sale.”  And priority in trademark — priority being a term of art…

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On January 2, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit delivered a significant ruling and blocked the Biden administration’s efforts to reinstate net-neutrality regulations. The court determined that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lacked the legal authority to reclassify broadband services under Title II of the Communications Act, a move essential…

Read More “The Appellate Court Blocks Biden Administration’s Efforts to Restore Net-Neutrality Rules — Internet Lawyer Blog — January 13, 2025” »

Imagine you’re an associate at a consulting firm. You’re surprised to see a new “AI Assist” button appear in your email application one morning. Without any training or guidance from your firm’s IT department, you decide to try it out, asking the AI to draft a response to a client’s inquiry about tax implications for…

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GoDaddy has agreed to roll out some pretty basic security measures and has been told to stop lying about how secure its hosting is, under an agreement with US regulators. It turns out that the company, while claiming that security “was at the core of everything we do”, was failing to do some pretty basic…

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The Online Safety Bill, before the pause button was pressed, enjoyed a single day’s Commons Report stage debate on 12 July 2022.  Several government amendments were passed and incorporated into the Bill. One of the most interesting additions is New Clause 14 (NC14), which stipulates how user-to-user providers and search engines should decide whether user content…

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