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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 ...


07.19.16

Text Spam Will Cost iHeartMedia Inc. $8.5M to Settle TCPA Action

Unsolicited text spam will cost iHeartMedia Inc. $8.5 million in a deal to settle a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action against the company filed in an Illinois state court. Listeners to the company’s radio stations were encouraged to text song requests or send a message to the ...


07.14.16

13-Judge Panel Rejects Brady's Claim That Goodell Ran "Roughshod Over the Rule of Law"

The claim of Tom Brady’s lawyers that his case was crucial for all unionized workers never really rang true. Mr. Brady does not have to punch a time clock, and that is just one of many dissimilarities between him and most union members.   The fact that his lawyers made this argument no ...


07.14.16

VW Will Pay $14.7B in Largest FTC False Ad Suit

Volkswagen made a $14.7 billion deal with the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, and the California Attorney General over charges that the auto manufacturer deceived consumers with claims about emissions standards for its cars.Last year it was revealed that the German-based ...