01.19.16
For the second time out of two, the Oakland Raiders have been denied a chance to move to Los Angeles by the NFL.
An Illinois federal court judge has allowed a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action against Yahoo! to move forward, certifying a class of roughly half a million plaintiffs.
01.15.16
The New York City government was busy over the holidays, with an amendment to the Human Rights Law establishing caregivers as a protected class and the Commission on Human Rights issuing guidance on transgender rights, among other developments.
01.14.16
In a significant development, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts reached a deal with the Federal Trade Commission in the high-profile litigation that began with allegations that the hotel chain breached its privacy promises to customers and expanded into a frontal challenge to the Commission's ...
01.13.16
While the intention of the parties in the deal may be straightforward, unfortunately the law is often not.
The college football championship game that occurred last Monday night had little, if anything, to do with academics.
01.12.16
Louisiana's Governor signs an executive order on his first day in office to expand Medicaid; Kentucky's Governor opts to replace, rather than repeal, its Medicaid expansion program; and New York and Missouri make it easier for pregnant women to secure health insurance.
01.11.16
Two recent legal developments in youth sports—one criminal and the other civil—raise the question of the adequacy of current insurance policies for youth sports organizations.
01.05.16
Aroldis Chapman, who has thrown the fastest pitch recorded in baseball history (105 mph), has recently been traded from the Cincinnati Reds to the NY Yankees, despite allegations of domestic violence against him.
12.23.15
On December 22, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) issued long-awaited guidance on native advertising – commercial content designed with the look and feel of editorial content – and published its Enforcement Policy Statement on Deceptively ...