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By Mitchell C. Shelowitz and Kelly McDermott The TAKE IT DOWN Act[1] (the “Act”) is a federal law designed to prevent the online publication of nonconsensual “intimate visual depictions,” including real images or videos and AI-generated “digital forgeries” or deepfakes.[2] The Act requires online platforms, such as Amazon, Apple, Bumble, […]

By: Stephanny Avshalomov If you sell products or services to consumers and/or businesses and provide subscription terms that include automatic contract renewals – you better take note. The Click-to-Cancel rule (the “Rule”),[1] which went into effect on January 14, 2025, requires sellers to fully comply by May 14, 2025. The purpose of the Rule […]

Dear Clients and Friends: On Tuesday, August 20, 2024, Judge Ada E. Brown, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, ruled that: “the FTC lacks statutory authority to promulgate the Non-Compete Rule, and that the Rule is arbitrary and capricious.”1 Judge Brown then declared that: “the Rule […]

By: Mitchell C. Shelowitz and Sean Scheinfeld As of  September 4, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), virtually all post-termination non-compete restrictions will become illegal in the United States as an unfair method of competition.  As such, U.S. businesses that include post-termination non-compete covenants in their contracts must take immediate action in […]

By: Jamie Rauch On December 19, 2022, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) announced record monetary fines of five hundred twenty million dollars ($520,000,000) against Epic Games, Inc. (“Epic Games”), the creator of the hugely successful video game Fortnite, based upon violations of: (i) The Children’s Online Privacy Protection […]