I advise clients on all aspects of creating, financing, producing and licensing live stage productions, including Broadway, West End, touring, regional and international productions.

The Center for Industry Self-Regulation's Institute for Responsible Influence has launched a groundbreaking certification program aimed at restoring trust in the $37 billion creator economy. Through mandatory training, examination, and ongoing monitoring, the program seeks to address consumer skepticism and regulatory uncertainty while establishing new standards for transparency and authenticity in influencer marketing.

In "Meyer v. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC", plaintiff Jesse Meyer alleged that debt collection service Portfolio Recovery Associates violated the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

As AI becomes integral to service delivery, whether central to outsourcing services or merely used for incidental back-office operations...

The Delaware Chancery Court denied an application for preliminary injunction to stop a stockholder vote on a merger, in In re El Paso Corporation Shareholder Litigation, Consolidated CA No. 6949-CS.

Aspecial purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is a blank-check company with no business operations, formed to raise capital through an initial public offering (IPO) for the purpose of effecting...

The EU has unveiled its plans for sweeping changes to its dated data protection laws, which would have significant implications for companies both inside and outside the EU that handle data of EU citizens; and may subject them to severe fines of up to 2% of global annual turnover for violations of the new rules.

On June 6, 2025, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken approved the landmark House v. NCAA settlement, a resolution of three major antitrust cases (House, Carter and Hubbard)...

The California Supreme Court has recently held that, online retailers do not violate California's credit card privacy law by requiring consumers to provide personal information, including their addresses and phone numbers, as a condition of accepting credit card payments for electronic downloads.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a guidance bulletinannouncing that it will treat indirect auto lenders as creditors subject to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an opinion that overturns President Barack Obama's recess appointments of three National Labor Relations Board members and opens the door to challenges to the President's simultaneous appointment of Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

A federal court in the Western District of Wisconsin has now expanded the reach of the TCPA beyond auto/predictive dialers, holding in Nelson v. Santander Consumer USA that the federal statute may apply to calls even if an auto/predictive dialer is not used to initiate them.

New York, Hawaii, and New Jersey have recently enacted laws relating to gift cards and rebates issued in the form of gift cards.

The offshore outsourcing of customer service call center and data center services to locations outside of the U.S. has become a fairly standard business practice in many industries.

The recent defeat of the nomination of Richard Cordray, President Barack Obama's choice for director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, may have lulled some into believing that, like an off-shore tropical storm, the agency poses no real threat.

These days, the explosive growth of the wellness industry—fueled by increased consumer interest in healthy lifestyle choices—presents a prime opportunity for brands...

District court denies motion to reconsider dismissal of claims that OpenAI removed copyright management information in violation of Digital Millenium Copyright Act, holding that inconsistency between dismissal order...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has quickly gone from resurgent "Little Engine That Could" to train wreck.

In copyright infringement action by subject of pornographic film against publisher of social media post that contained still-frame image from film, district court grants motion to dismiss on fair use grounds...

On March 15, 2011, the Federal Circuit issued its long-awaited opinion in BP Lubricants' Petition for Writ of Mandamus.