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12/9/2025 11:24:58 AM The ECJ's “Russmedia” judgment: A paradigm shift for online platform liability? By Lukas Willecke I. In short In the judgment (C‑492/23), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) holds that operators of online marketplaces hosting...
12/4/2025 3:34:22 PM Click to comment! A (quick) opportunity to weigh in on Click to Cancel By Julia Ensor This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) quietly published a petition to reopen its Click to Cancel rulemaking and invited the...
12/3/2025 5:42:36 PM Algorithmic pricing under pressure: DOJ’s RealPage settlement changes the rules for rental markets By Michelle Mantine Nicole Kaplan In its proposed settlement (the Settlement) with RealPage, Inc. (RealPage), the Department of Justice (DOJ) aims to reset how algorithmic...
12/2/2025 6:25:11 PM Threading the needle: Draft EO would unravel the state AI patchwork By Nina Borders Mitesh Patel The White House circulated a draft executive order titled “Eliminating State Law Obstruction of National AI Policy” signaling a push...
12/1/2025 7:25:29 PM And then there were two: the FTC is down another Commissioner. What does it mean? By Julia Ensor On November 17, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a press release confirming that Republican Commissioner Melissa Holyoak was...
11/28/2025 2:08:51 PM The New Criminal Framework for EU Economic Sanctions & Embargoes in Germany – Strategic Takeaways for Companies By Maria Ottermann Germany is now moving at full speed – Germany’s reform of criminal enforcement for EU economic sanctions & embargoes is accelerating...
11/25/2025 10:28:40 AM Always in Season: Luxury, Fashion, and the Law — Insurance coverage: Never out of fashion By Benjamin Fliegel Chris Mosley Elizabeth Bowman Co-authored by John Ellison, Benjamin Fliegel, Chris Mosley, Carolyn Rosenberg and Elizabeth Bowman. Luxury fashion houses operate with...
11/24/2025 1:00:35 PM Federal procurement and the False Claims Act: Another risk when it comes to your domestic origin claims By Julia Ensor Karla Perez Chacon If you want to supply goods to the U.S. federal government, you'd better be prepared to show your products are either of U.S. origin, or...
11/20/2025 5:04:43 PM AI Validity Frameworks: Are You Asking the Right Questions? By Abigail Walker Wendell Bartnick To stand out in today's crowded AI tool and model marketplace, AI suppliers may make capability claims that bend the truth, are not be...
11/19/2025 11:41:53 AM Always in Season: Luxury, Fashion, and the Law — The REA is expiring. Now what? By Jessica Rose Alison Andronic The 1970s and 1980s saw a rise of the mall and the strip shopping center in America, which included the creation of certain restrictions,...
11/18/2025 3:27:30 PM ECJ rules on soft opt-in for freemium newsletters; no separate GDPR legal basis required By Lukas Willecke On 13 November 2025, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) decided on email marketing under the ePrivacy Directive (“ePD”). In short,...
11/18/2025 9:52:34 AM Always in Season: Luxury, Fashion, and the Law — Exclusivity vs. coercion: Navigating tying risks in luxury fashion By Michelle Mantine Samantha Jones Luxury fashion thrives on exclusivity – and that is by design. Brands cultivate exclusivity through limited editions, selective retail...
11/17/2025 3:59:12 PM EU & third-country stablecoin multi-issuance schemes under MiCAR By Claudius Straub Statements made by the European Commission to the press in October 2025 signal that it does not seem to share the major concerns that...
11/17/2025 2:00:22 PM Customs broker FCPA action may presage surge of tariff-evasion cases By Mark Bini On October 23, 2025, Carlos Leopoldo Alvelais Alarcón, a Mexican customs broker operating in the United States and Mexico, pled guilty to...
11/13/2025 11:15:42 AM Always in Season: Luxury, Fashion, and the Law — Three ways luxury fashion intersects with the world of transportation By Thor Maalouf Luxury fashion increasingly intersects with transportation, including shipping, and logistics. Here are three examples of how the...
11/12/2025 3:38:41 PM Always in Season: Luxury, Fashion, and the Law — AI legal trends reshaping luxury fashion: What brands need to know now By Talia Boiangin Behar Tyler Thompson Some high-end retailers race to use AI to drive sales, while others remain wary. Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic...