Most companies have employment policies, various website compliance policies and other audit and compliance practices to mitigate risk. Many companies have not yet integrated social media into those policies. Of those that have made some attempt to do so, most have ineffectively or incompletely done so. In fact, a Wall Street…
On March 12th, the Federal Trade Commission issued a report updating its mobile and online advertising guidelines. The recently issued report was a follow-up to the year 2000 “Dot Com Disclosures” to address the marked technical and legal changes that have occurred in the past 13 years. The FTC guidelines…
On March 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued the first in a new series of guidance releases aimed at addressing emerging legal issues. In that edition of “IM Guidance Update”, the SEC focused on clarifying filing and disclosure requirements associated with investment companies’ use of social media, identifying…
Sean F. Kane will be a featured panelist at the upcoming Video Game Bar Association’s inaugural Game Business & Legal Affairs conference. The conference will provide an in-depth analysis of the prevalent and pertinent legal and business issues within the video game industry. Sean will be serving as a panelist…
Hiring a lawyer for a general counsel role – either in-house or by retaining outside counsel to perform that role – can benefit organizations in countless ways. Unlike outside attorneys who are consulted on a piecemeal basis, corporate or general counsel are very familiar with the organization’s operations, leadership, and…
As use of social media continues to increase, so do concerns by employers regarding employee use of social media as it relates to the workplace. In response, many employers are drafting new or revised policies covering use of social media particularly as it pertains to confidentiality, privacy, intellectual property, and…
The parent company of online poker site PokerStars has put in a bid to buy the brick & mortar based The Atlantic Club Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This appears to be the first time an online-only gambling site operator has attempted to buy a land-based operation. It remains…
In late February 2013 the New Jersey Legislature passed legislation allowing on-line wagering, subject to certain limitations. This legislation was signed into law by Governor Chris Christie. Under the new law, licensed operators will be allowed to offer online versions of a wide variety of games currently permitted in Atlantic…
Why do you need to act urgently even if you feel your data handling is compliant? If you are a US headquartered company do you need to bother with these new EU laws and significant changes proposed? 2013 has already seen the frenetic pace of change from last year continue…
Thank you to everyone who joined us in both New York and Washington, DC for our Social Media Week events – Game On! Special thank you to all of our panelists: Randy Leibowitz, Mike Scafidi, Tim Ettus, Lou Kerner, Peter Corbett, Jim Gatto, Sean Kane, Lauren Lynch Flick and Tina Kearns…