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FCC's New Strict Robocall Rules Effective Feb. 5; First Annual Robocall Mitigation Database Recertifications Due March 1, 2026: Steep Fines For Noncompliance

As described in our previous client advisory, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") has adopted new robocall mitigation rules that affect each and every voice service provider's ("VSP")...

United States Media & IT

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Roth Jackson

Key Trends In Advertisement Board Decisions In 2025

As a result of the effective supervision carried out by the Advertisement Board ("Board") in 2025, a significant number of guiding decisions were rendered in the field of commercial advertising and unfair commercial...

United States Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Why Nevada's Latest Compliance Requirements For Online Gaming Matter Far Beyond State Lines

The Nevada Gaming Control Board (the NGCB) has issued Notice #2026-04, providing new guidance with enhanced reporting and due diligence requirements for Nevada gaming licensees...

United States Media & IT

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Ballard Spahr LLP

After Transfer Portal Dustups, Can Contract Enforcement Rein In College Football's Wild West?

This season's college football transfer portal may have closed, but the controversy it sparked is just beginning. Two high-profile surprises involving college quarterbacks...

United States Media & IT

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

New York Enacts Legislation To Enforce "Pole Attachment Safety And Quality"

United States Media & IT

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Davis Wright Tremaine

Wave Of Federal "Online Safety" Legislation Hits Congress

United States Media & IT

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Davis Wright Tremaine

Institute For Advertising Ethics Issues Updated Principles

United States Media & IT

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Another Open Question In NIL Enforcement—What Exactly Can The CSC Enforce?

United States Media & IT

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Steptoe LLP

Betting The Field: The Sixth Circuit Finds Implied Preemption In Churchill Downs Technology Initiatives Company

United States Media & IT

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Mississippi Legislature Returns To Mobile Sports Wagering And Sweepstakes Policy In 2026

United States Media & IT

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Jones Walker

Institute For Advertising Ethics Issues Updated Principles

United States Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

FCC Equal Opportunities Rule May Apply To Talk Shows, Media Bureau Says In Guidance To Broadcasters

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

Class Actions Under California's Digital Goods Disclosure Law Reach Video Games: What To Know

United States Media & IT

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

What Is Colorado's "Junk Fee" Ban? Compliance Checklist For Hotels, Restaurants & Hospitality Businesses (HB 25-1090)

United States Media & IT

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Clark Hill

How The GENIUS Act Is Reshaping Stablecoin Regulation And Emerging Financial Disputes

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Beyond Checkmate: Lessons From Chess In The Art Of Mediation

United States Litigation

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JAMS

The Empty Chair At Johannesburg: What It Says About US Power

United States International

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Steptoe LLP

401(k) And IRA Contribution Limits For 2026: Retirement Savings, Adjustments For Inflation, And SECURE 2.0 Changes American Taxpayers Must Know About

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

December 2025 Crypto Update: New Changes And Challenges In U.S. Regulation Of Digital Assets

United States Technology

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

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IT and Internet

Favorable CIPA Wiretapping Claim Decision

As our readers know, lawsuits alleging illegal wiretapping claims against companies that collect consumers' data continue unabated.

United States Privacy

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Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Countdown To Data Privacy Day 2026: Understanding The California Invasion Of Privacy Act (CIPA): What Businesses Need To Know

The California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) was enacted in 1967 to protect individuals from unauthorized wiretapping and eavesdropping. Originally intended to target wiretapping and telephone communications...

United States Privacy

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Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC

Pyongyang By Proxy: The Growing Risks Of Remote Work

Faced with a wide range of international sanctions that aim to restrict the country's access to global markets, financial systems, and technology...

United States Technology

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Pryor Cashman LLP

Beware Of Washington's Commercial Email Statute!

United States Media & IT

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Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Navigating Commercial Property And Cyber Insurance Claims

United States Insurance

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

FCC Download: Monthly Updates - January 2026

United States Media & IT

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

FCC Announces Tentative Agenda For January 2026 Open Meeting

United States Media & IT

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Year, Same CIPA Uncertainty – When Will The Appellate Courts Enter The Chat?

United States Litigation

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Crowell & Moring LLP

ASTP/ONC's Year-End Moves Mark A Strategic Pivot In Federal Health IT Policy

United States Healthcare

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Holland & Knight

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Broadcasting: Film, TV & Radio

FCC Equal Opportunities Rule May Apply To Talk Shows, Media Bureau Says In Guidance To Broadcasters

While the Public Notice is styled as guidance about the applicability of the equal opportunities rule's bona fide news exemptions to broadcast television stations – particularly those airing late night and daytime talk shows – the guidance would also appear to apply equally to radio broadcasters.

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

New York State Of Mind: Recent Laws In The Empire State Reshape How Content Creators And Advertisers May Use AI

As New York leads the charge on consumer-facing AI regulation, creatives and advertisers look to new rules on using AI-generated "Synthetic Performers" and "Digital Replicas"...

United States Media & IT

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Davis Wright Tremaine

FCC Download: Monthly Updates - January 2026

Welcome to our monthly update on significant FCC actions and filing deadlines. The FCC continues to repeal outdated rules and adopt new rules to protect consumers from illegal robocalls.

United States Media & IT

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Yonay v. Paramount Pictures Corp.

United States Media & IT

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

February 2, 2026 FCC EEO Deadlines For Stations In AR, LA, MS, KS, NE, OK, NJ, And NY

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

As The Calendar Turned Its Page, New Works Entered The Public Domain

United States IP

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Protecting The Vision: A Conversation With Corporate, Media And Entertainment Partner Larry Waks

United States Media & IT

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Sterlington PLLC

From Premiere To Pipeline: How A Film's Success Builds Business

United States Media & IT

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Sterlington PLLC

FCC Approves Changes To Rules Governing LPTV, TV Translator, And Class A Stations

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

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Social Media

Wave Of Federal "Online Safety" Legislation Hits Congress

Federal government poised to reassert itself in the constitutionally fraught exercise of online speech regulation

United States Media & IT

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Davis Wright Tremaine

The Ninth Circuit Affirms Non-Infringement Verdict Concerning Tattoo Artist's Use Of Miles Davis Photo, But Two Concurring Opinions Invite En Banc Review

In a per curiam decision issued on January 2, 2026, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg, No. 24-3367 (9th Cir. January 2, 2026) affirmed the jury's verdict for celebrity tattoo artist...

United States IP

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Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

Pharma-Influencers Under The Scrutiny Of The Italian Self-Regulatory Body

The Monitoring Committee, i.e. one of the governing bodies of the Italian Advertising Self-Regulatory Body (Istituto dell'Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria, "IAP"), issued two injunctions against two companies operating...

United States Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

AI Chatbots Face Rising Legal And Legislative Scrutiny

United States Technology

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

FINRA Analyzes "Sentiment" In Social Media-Influenced Investing

United States Technology

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Mayer Brown

All Eyes Down Under: Australia's Social Media Ban

United States Media & IT

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Ninth Circuit Holds That Anti-SLAPP Denials Are Not Immediately Appealable

United States Media & IT

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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

New Jersey Enacts "Bell-to-Bell" Cellphone Ban: What School Districts Need To Know

United States Consumer

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Porzio, Bromberg & Newman

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Advertising, Marketing & Branding

Key Trends In Advertisement Board Decisions In 2025

As a result of the effective supervision carried out by the Advertisement Board ("Board") in 2025, a significant number of guiding decisions were rendered in the field of commercial advertising and unfair commercial...

United States Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Institute For Advertising Ethics Issues Updated Principles

Last week, the Institute for Advertising Ethics released its updated IAE Principles, which have been revised to address "the ethical realties of modern advertising shaped by artificial intelligence, advanced data targeting, automation, and the creator economy."

United States Media & IT

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

State AG News: Environmental Regulation, Health And Human Services, Consumer Protection (January 15-21, 2026)

Each week, Crowell & Moring's State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken.

United States Strategy

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Institute For Advertising Ethics Issues Updated Principles

United States Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Class Actions Under California's Digital Goods Disclosure Law Reach Video Games: What To Know

United States Media & IT

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Eleventh Circuit Affirms FTC Injunction Requiring Express Informed Consent For Fees

United States Litigation

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

New York State Of Mind: Recent Laws In The Empire State Reshape How Content Creators And Advertisers May Use AI

United States Media & IT

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Davis Wright Tremaine

OIG Reels In The Employment Safe Harbor: Recent Advisory Opinion Signals Risks For Sign-On Bonuses In Home Care

United States Healthcare

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Polsinelli LLP

New Year, New Marketing Rule FAQs

United States Media & IT

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K&L Gates LLP

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Latest Videos

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Reel Talk Ep 2: Digital Doppelgangers: Navigating AI And Likeness Rights (Video)

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

A Reminder About NY's Credit Card Surcharge Law And Local Enforcement (Video)

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Ways To Maximize Subrogation Recoveries In Q4: Settling Fast & Closing Strong (Podcast)

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Cozen O'Connor

Company Accuses Competitor Of Greenwashing In New Lawsuit (Podcast)

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Section 230 Under Siege: How Would Revisions Affect Gaming And Web3 Platforms? (Video)

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Gamma Law

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