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How Virginia's SB 854 Will Affect Advertising

Virginia's SB 854, amending the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), represents a structural shift in how social media platforms must treat minors...

United States Media & IT

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Roth Jackson

Employers Grapple With Fallout From Worker Commentary On Charlie Kirk Murder

The graphic assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk while speaking at Utah Valley University in September 2025 led to an immediate uproar on social media.

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

Appeals Court Looks At When Politics On Social Media Is Not Protected Petitioning

The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently decided Lucey v. Kinnon, which considered when comments on social media and local politics pages qualify...

United States Media & IT

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Rich May

FTC Sends Warning Letters To Companies: Don't Mess With The Consumer Review Rule

The FTC announced today that it sent letters to ten (unspecified) companies, warning them that it had "reason to believe" that each company "is violating or has violated the Consumer Review Rule."

United States Media & IT

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Marketing Rule Under The Microscope: New SEC Exam Findings

United States Media & IT

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The Common Online Habit That Could Sink Your Custody Case

United States Media & IT

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Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP

New State Department Social-Media Review: Implications For H-1B Employers

United States Immigration

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

U.S. Customs And Border Protection Proposes Revisions To ESTA Processes, Including Social Media Review

United States Immigration

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Trump Administration Plans Notable Changes To Visa Vetting

United States Immigration

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WilmerHale

Trust At Risk: Who's Accountable For The Online Safety Gap?

Worldwide Privacy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

CBP Proposes Broader ESTA Data Collection To Include Social Media, Family Details, And Biometrics

United States Immigration

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Cozen O'Connor

Life Is Like A Box Of "Thank You" Chocolates

United States IP

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Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

The FARA Bar Meets For ACI's 7th National Forum On FARA

United States Media & IT

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Arnold & Porter

What's That Coming Over The Hill? – Ofcom's Heavy Fines For Age Assurance Failures

United States Media & IT

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 262

United States Healthcare

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Davis Wright Tremaine

What Foundations And Other Nonprofits Need To Know About The Foreign Agents Registration Act

United States Government

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WilmerHale

How I Learned To Love Mediator's Proposals - Why Modern Mediation Sometimes Calls For A Guiding Hand

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Countdown To Jan. 1, 2026: Preparing For California's New AI Training Data Transparency Obligations

United States Technology

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Visa Turbulence: Navigating Your H-1B Future In A Shifting U.S. Landscape (Video)

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Hawai'i AG Sues TikTok For Hooking Children And Misleading The Public

Hawai'i AG Anne Lopez, assisted by private outside counsel, filed a lawsuit against Bytedance Inc., the parent company of TikTok, alleging violations of state consumer protection laws...

United States Consumer

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Cozen O'Connor

Social Media Screening & Mass H-1B Rescheduling

The State Department has rapidly activated its expanded "online presence review" announced last week for all H-1B and H-4 visa applicants starting December 15, 2025...

United States Immigration

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Marks Gray

How Social Media Impacts Child Custody Cases In Texas

As family law attorneys who have helped parents navigate high-stakes custody cases, we've seen firsthand how social media can shape custody outcomes in Texas.

United States Family

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Diggs & Sadler

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

In this episode of "Reel Talk: Inside the Business of Entertainment," Anne Kennedy McGuire, deputy chair of the firm's Entertainment practice and chair of the Podcast industry group...

United States Media & IT

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

How Lululemon Is Fighting "Dupe" Culture – And What It Means

United States Media & IT

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Marks Gray

California's Year-End Privacy Wave: What Businesses Need To Know

United States Privacy

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Expanded Social Media Screening For H-1B And H-4 Visa Applicants

United States Immigration

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

DOS Expands Social Media Vetting To H-1B And H-4 Visa Applicants

United States Immigration

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Klasko

FTC Loses Challenge To Meta's Instagram And WhatsApp Deals: Agency Fails To Prove Monopoly In A Fast-Paced Landscape

United States Anti-trust

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

A Strategic Framework For Sports Franchise Investment And Due Diligence (Part I Of III)

United States Media & IT

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Federal Appeals Court Allows Florida To Enforce Social Media Law Regulating Social Media Use By Minors

United States Media & IT

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Losey

Online Gaming Litigation: Plaintiffs' Next Big Bet

United States Media & IT

AP

Arnold & Porter

Device-Pairing Patents With Familiar Named Inventor Asserted Against Apple

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

NAD Addresses Disclosures On TikTok Shop

United States Media & IT

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Federal Appeals Court Allows Florida To Enforce Social Media Law Regulating Social Media Use By Minors

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has granted the State of Florida a stay of a preliminary injunction, immediately enabling enforcement of the social media law...

United States Media & IT

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Losey

Online Gaming Litigation: Plaintiffs' Next Big Bet

Online gaming has become one of the fastest-growing industries in the country, and now one of the most legally exposed.

United States Media & IT

AP

Arnold & Porter

Device-Pairing Patents With Familiar Named Inventor Asserted Against Apple

iScan2D Technologies, LLC has filed a Western District of Texas complaint against Apple (1:25-cv-01794).

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

NAD Addresses Disclosures On TikTok Shop

Procter & Gamble filed an NAD challenge against Blueland, arguing that influencers promoting Blueland's cleaning products on the TikTok Shop did not adequately disclose...

United States Media & IT

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Double Disclosures Revisited

United States Media & IT

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

OOPS, He Did It Again

California governor Gavin Newsom has signed a trio of new privacy measures into law, including a measure to facilitate consumer use of opt-out preference signals (OOPS) on web browsers

United States Privacy

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

FTC Fails To Establish That Social Media Company Has Monopoly Power

The decision followed a six-week bench trial that included testimony from high-ranking Meta executives, including Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg

United States Anti-trust

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Duane Morris LLP

Lessons Learnt From Ofcom's First Enforcement Of The Online Safety Act - Lessons From 4chan

Since the Online Safety Act's (OSA) first requirements came into force in January 2025, Ofcom has published its first confirmation decision of a financial penalty under the legislation (Confirmation Decision).

United States Media & IT

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Warning! States Continue To Worry About Social Media And Teens

If you thought social media needed a warning label, many state regulators agree. California recently passed a new warning label law, which will take effect on January 1, 2027.

United States Privacy

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

California Attorney General Seeks Public Comment On New Legislation To Protect Minors From Addictive Algorithms In Social Media Websites

United States Privacy

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Jones Day

Recap—When The Ad Writes Itself: Navigating The Legal Frontier Of Agentic AI In Advertising

United States Technology

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

FTC And NAD Enforcement Priorities & ANA 2025

United States Media & IT

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Crowell & Moring LLP

When Jury Duty Means Surrendering Your Digital Life: Judge Orrick's LinkedIn Sanction And The Surveillance Of American Jurors

United States Privacy

YMF Law Tokyo

The Ad Standard: Monthly Update - November 2025

United States Media & IT

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Beyond Free Speech: How Clear Social Media Policies Protect Both Employers And Employees

United States Employment

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Fennemore

From TikTok To Taxes: A New Chapter In The Music Industry Playbook

United States Media & IT

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MGO CPA LLP

AI's Passport Problem: How Can Media And Content Creators Navigate Fragmented Copyright Laws In A Global World?

Worldwide Technology

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Davis Wright Tremaine

Children's Online Privacy And Safety: State Laws, Age-Appropriate Design, And Emerging Compliance Trends Beyond COPPA

United States Media & IT

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

UniQom Picks Up Where Identity Security Left Off

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

Employment Tip Of The Month – November 2025

United States Employment

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

"Everybody Talks" – Understanding Free Speech Rights In The Workplace

United States Employment

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Saxton & Stump

2025 Mid-Year Review: US State Privacy Law Updates (Part 2)

United States Privacy

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Mayer Brown

5 Top Cybersecurity Risks For High-Profile Athletes, Creators, And Entertainers

United States Technology

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MGO CPA LLP

Social Media, Free Speech, And The Workplace: Navigating The Modern Legal Landscape

United States Employment

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Ford & Harrison LLP

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

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Former Missouri Attorney General Quietly Withdraws First Of Its Kind Content Moderation Rule (Podcast)

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Content And Character: AI As An Asset And Adversary In UGC Moderation

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Gamma Law

LaborSpeak: NY Social Media Law (Video)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2024 Will Be A Year Of Reinvention And Reinvestment In The Future Of Local News (Video)

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AlixPartners

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