Legal Considerations for E-Commerce Businesses
Nearly all companies now use online or mobile websites and/or social media network pages to promote their businesses, sell goods or services, conduct business transactions, and connect and communicate...
View ArticleDemystifying the SOC Reports: What are they, what do they cover, and which...
If you are an IT sourcing professional or an attorney negotiating IT agreements, you have probably encountered the terms AT 101, SSAE No. 16, SOC, SOC1SM, SOC2SM and SOC3SM. These are terms that are...
View ArticleGroupMe Gets an FCC Green Light on Sending Administrative Texts to Confirm...
Previous TCPA Blog posts have noted that the FCC has a growing backlog of petitions for rulemaking, expedited declaratory ruling, or petitions for clarification on numerous issues posed by the TCPA. On...
View ArticleAdvertising News & Analysis - April 3, 2014
In this issue: - FTC Releases Fourth Major Study on Alcohol Advertising and Industry Compliance - Plaintiffs' Class Action Bar May Choke on POM Wonderful Decertification Decision - In CFPB Endorsement...
View ArticleDefensive Publication: An Alternate Way of Maintaining Your Turf in a...
It is common knowledge that the bread-and-butter of emerging startups lies in securing exclusive rights to key aspects of their implicated technology. Staking claims to valuable IP assets via direct...
View ArticleSCOTUS Clears District Court Jam Over Test for Standing in False Advertising...
Printing has not been this interesting since Dwight Schrute and Jim Halpert bickered over paper sales and Michael Scott told off-color jokes in “The Office.” Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court stepped...
View ArticleNew Regulatory Guidance on Use of Social Media by Investment Advisers
Acknowledging the growing demand by consumers for information through social media, the Division of Investment Management set some ground rules on how investment advisers can use social media and...
View ArticleMoFo New York Tax Insights - Volume 5, Issue 4 - April 2014
In This Issue: City ALJ Holds First Amendment Requires Exercise of Discretionary Authority for Sourcing Receipts from Providing Credit Ratings; Tribunal Affirms Partial Day Count for Statutory...
View ArticleMoFo New York Tax Insights - Volume 5, Issue 4 - April 2014
In This Issue: City ALJ Holds First Amendment Requires Exercise of Discretionary Authority for Sourcing Receipts from Providing Credit Ratings; Tribunal Affirms Partial Day Count for Statutory...
View ArticleIRS: Bitcoin Not A Currency For Tax Purposes
As expected, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has provided some guidance on the U.S. tax treatment of Bitcoin. In Notice 2014-21 (March 25, 2014), the IRS stated that Bitcoin is property and not...
View ArticleFCC Grants Limited Package Delivery Notification “Prior Express Consent”...
On March 27, 2014, the FCC granted, in part, a petition for expedited declaratory ruling filed by the Cargo Airline Association (“CAA”). (The FCC’s CAA Order can be found here.) In its petition, the...
View ArticleDfE Under Fire: Do Fragrances Pass the Sniff Test?
Logos are powerful in driving consumer preferences. My three-year-old loves the Starbucks logo because he knows it means cookies for him and a chai latte for mommy. The Energy Star logo often plays an...
View ArticleDoes The First Amendment Allow Journalists To Lie To Their Subjects? U.S....
On April 1, 2014, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin issued a press release accusing Adroit Films of fraud. Manchin had agreed to be interviewed by the media company for a documentary about the Upper...
View ArticleDivision of Investment Management: References by Advisers to Public...
Acknowledging the growing demand by consumers for information through social media, the Division of Investment Management set some ground rules on how investment advisers can use social media and...
View ArticleSupreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l
On Monday, March 31, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the closely-watched Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l case. The question presented was "[w]hether claims to computer-implemented inventions --...
View ArticleData Transaction Claim Not Patent Eligible - Cyberfone Systems, LLC v. CNN...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in a ruling designated as non-precedential, affirmed the district court finding that a claimed method involved an “abstract idea” and was therefore...
View ArticleAdvertising Law
SPECIAL FOCUS: Supreme Court Adopts Broad Standing Test for False Advertising Plaintiffs - On March 25th, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion regarding the test for standing in false...
View ArticleCorporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume IX, Issue 14
In this issue: - SEC Requests Comment on FINRA Rules - CFTC Issues Interpretation Regarding Auditor Independence Standards - OTC Derivatives Regulators Group Issues Report to G20 - NFA Issues Notice to...
View ArticleU.S. Copyright Office Calls For Public Comment on Music Licensing
As part of a concerted effort to assess the effectiveness of existing methods of licensing music, the US Copyright Office has published a request in the Federal Register for public comment on a number...
View ArticleRegulatory and Tax Issues Posed By Convertible Virtual Currencies
And the answer is – Property. Not surprisingly, the question is how Convertible Virtual Currencies (CVCs) such as Bitcoin should be classified for tax purposes. Given the treatment of CVCs by the...
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