Articles

07.25.16

Why Music Streaming Is Good for Creators and Consumers

Streaming music platforms have been a polarizing force in the music business of late. While most artists are available on such services as Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal, other major acts have historically either restricted their releases from streaming services or banned them entirely. Among them: ...


07.25.16

First Nail in the Coffin for No-Injury Suits? Supreme Court Makes Clear the Days of Hyper-Technical ...

No actual harm, no lawsuit? That might be the end result from the Supreme Court’s ruling in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins that a plaintiff must show an injury in fact before pursuing a claim for violation of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, a holding that could have major repercussions for ...


07.21.16

Update to Federal and California Environmental Agencies' Steps to Advance Environmental Justice

Environmental officials from the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Environmental Protection Agency have recently taken steps to further incorporate the concept of environmental justice into their rulemaking and enforcement policies. EPA defines environmental ...


07.21.16

NY State Values MMA Fighters' Brains at $20,000/Year

New York is the last state that is in the process of permitting mixed martial arts (MMA); its State Athletic Commission is in the final stages of issuing regulations. Among other things, those regulations require $1 million coverage for life-threatening brain injuries.   That sounds like a ...


07.21.16

Co-Housing the Next Boom for Boomers

Seniors are benefiting from and providing ride-sharing services through Uber, temporary lodgings through AirBnB, and many other pooled services ranging from food delivery to pet care. Real estate developers looking to bring the sharing economy home should turn their attention to this growing ...


07.21.16

State Money Transmitter Laws Update: Then There Was One

South Carolina became the 49th state to enact a money transmitter licensing statute, leaving Montana as the lone jurisdiction in the United States not to require money transmitters to be licensed to offer services to residents of its state. (Massachusetts still requires licensing only for ...


07.21.16

“Official Acts”—What They Are… and Are Not

Why it matters: On June 27, 2016, the Supreme Court decided McDonnell v. U.S., holding that, for purposes of the federal public corruption statutes, an “official act” consists of a concrete decision or action taken with respect to a proceeding pending before a court, agency or ...


07.21.16

Supreme Court Clarifies the Extraterritorial Reach of RICO

Why it matters: On June 20, 2016, the Supreme Court decided RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. The European Community, in which the Court clarified the extraterritorial scope of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and held that RICO can, under certain circumstances detailed in the ...


07.21.16

Final Data Transfer Agreement for U.S. & EU Is Here

The final agreement between the United States and the European Union to regulate the transatlantic transfer of data is now in place.The proposal for the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield was released in February after the previous iteration of the agreement, the Safe Harbor, was struck down by the EU's ...


07.21.16

State Money Transmitter Laws Update

South Carolina became the 49th state to enact a money transmitter licensing statute, leaving Montana as the lone jurisdiction in the United States not to require money transmitters to be licensed to offer services to residents of its state. (Massachusetts still requires licensing only for ...