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Dear Littler: Are There Any Concerns About Letting Our Employees Post Videos About Our Products?

I'm a marketing manager at a nationwide retailer. One of our sales associates is an aspiring "influencer" who asked if she could film a short video showcasing our new products for social media.

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

FTC Disclosures Still A Focus In Interactive Media

The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) advertising disclosure rules for "material connections" are not new. The FTC has long required that advertising contain clear and conspicuous disclosures...

United States Media & IT

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

UK Online Safety In The Spotlight: Enforcement, Expansion, And The Importance Of Proportionality

The UK's online safety landscape is shifting fast. The regulator, Ofcom, is busy – alongside continuing to implement one of the most ambitious and complex online regulatory regimes...

United States Media & IT

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Facts Not Feelings: Is The Intrinsic Test Getting Inked Out?

On January 2, 2026, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a jury verdict finding that tattoo artist Katherine Von Drachenberg (also known as Kat Von D) and her tattoo parlor, High Voltage Tattoo, did not infringe photographer...

United States IP

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Irwin IP

35 State AGs Don't Grok XAI, Issue Letter Of Concern

United States Technology

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Are Brand Ambassadors Really Independent Contractors?

United States Employment

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Polsinelli LLP

Social Media Misuse-A Cautionary Tale

United States IP

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K&L Gates LLP

Little Users, Big Rules: Tracking Children's Privacy Legislation

United States Privacy

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Mayer Brown

Third Circuit Strikes A Blow To Yet Another Attempt To Penalize The Use Of Tracking Pixels

United States Privacy

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Squire Patton Boggs LLP

Center For Industry Self-Regulation Launches Institute For Responsible Influence

United States Media & IT

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Cat Fight Ends Up In Court

United States Media & IT

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Wave Of Federal "Online Safety" Legislation Hits Congress

United States Media & IT

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Davis Wright Tremaine

The Ninth Circuit Affirms Non-Infringement Verdict Concerning Tattoo Artist's Use Of Miles Davis Photo, But Two Concurring Opinions Invite En Banc Review

United States IP

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Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

Pharma-Influencers Under The Scrutiny Of The Italian Self-Regulatory Body

United States Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Federal Circuit: Priority Document That 'Broadly Outlines' Possible Structures Fails To Provide Adequate Written Description Support For Subgenus Of Linkers In Antibody-Drug Conjugate

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Congress Proposes Major Overhaul Of WARN: What Employers Need To Know About The Fair Warning Act

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

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

United States Government

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WilmerHale

Simpson Thacher Sustainability And ESG: Regulatory Update – January 2026

Worldwide Environment

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Signed, Sealed, But Not Delivered? Don't Wonder About Taxes Under New Postal Service Rules

United States Tax

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Nossaman LLP

AI Chatbots Face Rising Legal And Legislative Scrutiny

AI chatbots are attracting tough regulatory scrutiny. Here's what you need to know if your chatbot is the target of a subpoena or civil investigative demand (CID).

United States Technology

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg

Photographer Jeffrey Sedlik created a well-known photograph of Miles Davis, depicting the jazz icon making a "Shh!" motion with his fingers over his lips and his brows slightly furrowed.

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

FINRA Analyzes "Sentiment" In Social Media-Influenced Investing

Over the last decade, index providers have used artificial intelligence and machine learning to discern market trends, or "sentiment," to build proprietary indices underlying various securities...

United States Technology

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Mayer Brown

All Eyes Down Under: Australia's Social Media Ban

London Deputy Managing Partner Terry Green authored an article in The Law Society Gazette about Australia's under-16 social media ban and how it contrasts with the UK Online Safety Act (OSA).

United States Media & IT

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Ninth Circuit Holds That Anti-SLAPP Denials Are Not Immediately Appealable

United States Media & IT

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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

New Jersey Enacts "Bell-to-Bell" Cellphone Ban: What School Districts Need To Know

United States Consumer

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Porzio, Bromberg & Newman

Social Media Research On Prospective Jurors: Navigating Evolving Ethical Boundaries

United States Media & IT

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WIT Legal

SEC Risk Alert Highlights Examination Pratfalls Under The Marketing Rule

United States Media & IT

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Shulman Rogers

FTC Year In Review: 2025 Priorities And The Road Ahead

United States Media & IT

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Stay ADvised: 2026, Issue 1

United States Media & IT

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Davis Wright Tremaine

How Virginia's SB 854 Will Affect Advertising

United States Media & IT

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Roth Jackson

Employers Grapple With Fallout From Worker Commentary On Charlie Kirk Murder

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

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

United States Media & IT

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Rich May

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

United States Media & IT

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

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

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

As debates around balancing digital protections with individual freedoms intensify, the first of our Code≠Law series exploring the rules governing technology offers insights on how to comply with global regulations...

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

On December 9, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), proposed significant changes to the Electronic System for Travel Authorization...

United States Immigration

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Cozen O'Connor

Life Is Like A Box Of "Thank You" Chocolates

Do you think that the following marks in German and French, both for chocolate and both meaning "thank you," are likely to be confused?

United States IP

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Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

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

On December 5, 2025, we gathered with fellow members of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) bar 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

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

United States Consumer

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Cozen O'Connor

Social Media Screening & Mass H-1B Rescheduling

United States Immigration

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Marks Gray

How Social Media Impacts Child Custody Cases In Texas

United States Family

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Diggs & Sadler

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

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

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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

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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

Parlaying Real-Money Gaming Success Via Social Ads

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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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