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5/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Signs of life in private aviation - but what will recovery look like? By Ashleigh Standen It’s been very difficult to ‘read the room’ in terms of private aviation over the last few months, as lockdown measures across the globe...
5/29/2020 12:00:00 AM When your grandma breaches the GDPR... By Tom Gates Bizarre data protection news story of the week alert: a Dutch court has held that a grandmother was in breach of the General Data...
5/28/2020 4:18:29 PM UK production guidance in response to COVID-19 By Henry Birkbeck Various broadcasters and industry bodies have clubbed together to issue guidelines on how to get those involved in film and TV...
5/28/2020 12:00:00 AM Addition by subtraction? By Michael J. Venditto My observations about the risks associated with J.C. Penney's plan to spin-off its real estate were quoted in this article in National...
5/28/2020 12:00:00 AM The Supreme Court has spoken by not hearing case on broad nonconsensual third party releases By Claudia Springer The United States Supreme Court opted not to hear a dispute regarding broad third party releases contained in a plan of reorganization...
5/27/2020 12:00:00 AM A Catch-22 for Landlords and Tenants By Michael P. Cooley As landlords send out default notices in record numbers to commercial tenants falling behind on rent and other payment obligations, it...
5/26/2020 12:00:00 AM The Spread of FTC Warning Letters Against Purveyors of Homeopathic Treatments and Remedies By John Feldman There’s a frustration with humanity that bubbles to the surface when one hears about phony COVID-19 cures. And, certainly, there...
5/26/2020 12:00:00 AM Brazilian Senate postpones its national data protection law By Tom Gates Brazil's new data protection law ("LGPD") has been delayed as a result of COVID-19. Brazil is quickly becoming a hotspot for the virus...
5/26/2020 12:00:00 AM Adapting to this brave new world By Michael J. Venditto As businesses clamor to re-open, they should recognize that the operating environment in which they will emerge is different than the one...
5/22/2020 12:00:00 AM ICO and Alan Turing Institute publish guidance on explaining decisions made with AI By Tom Gates The ICO this week (together with the Alan Turing Institute) published guidance for businesses on how to explain processes, services and...
5/20/2020 12:00:00 AM Bi-partisan coalition of state attorneys general call on Congress to pass SAFE Banking Act to allow cannabis companies access to banking system By Paul W. Connell On Tuesday, a new coalition of state attorneys general (AGs) renewed their call for Congress to normalize the business model for non-hemp...
5/18/2020 12:00:00 AM More Industry adtech Guidance: Anything New? By Elle Todd The Data and Marketing Association in the UK (working with ISBA) has just launched a new 60 page adtech guide focusing on the under the...
5/18/2020 12:00:00 AM Technology provides bankrupt retailers unprecedented access and speed to court hearings By Keith M. Aurzada J.C. Penney filed chapter 11 the evening of Friday, May 15, 2020. Hearings on the case were commenced on the next day - a Saturday. ...
5/15/2020 12:00:00 AM The proof is in the pudding as retail debtors defer rent obligations By Michael P. Cooley Potentially casting retail landlords against their debtor-tenants, a bankruptcy judge in the Eastern District of Virginia--an...
5/14/2020 8:12:56 PM The snowball coming down the mountain By Michael J. Venditto The demise of brick-and-mortar retail has been predicted for more than a decade. The long and gradual trend that was precipitated by...
5/13/2020 9:17:28 PM Nursing homes facing increased scrutiny by attorneys general during COVID-19 crisis By Divonne Smoyer Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced yesterday that his office is investigating several nursing homes in the Commonwealth...