The New European Privacy Laws and Your Business: What is Now Prohibited?
The GDPR is a tremendously lengthy and complex set of rules, laid out in 99 separate articles. This post is a brief summary of the types of actions that are prohibited by the GDPR.
August 03, 2018
The New European Privacy Laws and Your Business: Do the Laws Apply to You?
The GDPR consists of 99 separate articles which collectively turn the tables on how businesses deal with personal data, essentially shifting the approach from an “opt-out” regime to an “opt-in” rule.
July 18, 2018
Don’t Let Your Cannabis Brand IP Go Up in Smoke
By protecting your branding, you avoid copycats from taking your profits by stealing your intellectual property, and we all enjoy the benefits of a marketplace where innovators and entrepreneurs are encouraged to create the best cannabis-themed lollipop on the market by awarding them their due profits.
June 26, 2018
What MMA’s Mechanical Licensing Collective Means For Songwriters
Many questions remain about how the Mechanical Licensing Collective, not the least of which is who will actually run the organization.
June 04, 2018
Paul McCartney and Sony/ATV Settle Over Rights to Beatles Music
Paul McCartney sued Sony/ATV, seeking a declaratory judgment on whether he would be able to regain his copyright ownership share to the music he helped create.
July 25, 2017
Instagram Introduces New Feature for Labeling Sponsored Ads
Under FTC “truth-in-advertising” rules, spokespeople are required to make disclosures about payments. In an effort to make things more transparent, Instagram introduced a feature in June that will make it easier to label posts that are paid promotions.
July 19, 2017
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