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Over the past year, there has been a substantial increase in federal legislative and regulatory activity impacting small business contracting opportunities.

The IDPPPA (H.R. 2511), a bill pending in the House of Representatives, is a proposed amendment to the Copyright Act that provides for a three-year term of protection for original elements or arrangements of fashion designs that are the result of a designer’s "own creative endeavor" and that "provide a unique, distinguishable, non-trivial and non-utilitarian variation over prior designs."

But the proposed Act would ban those provisions and only allow the parties to agree to arbitration after the dispute arises.

Social media use will soon be scrutinized as part of exams of providers of consumer financial products and services by federal and state regulators.

In its most recent effort to police the accuracy of environmental claims, the FTC took action against Down to Earth Designs, Inc. marketers of gDiapers, a product that consists of a reusable outer "pant" and removable inserts.

Two recent decisions from CARU remind marketers of the ground rules for kid's ads showing active outdoor play.

In "The War of the Roses" Kathleen Turner delivered the most dramatic "woof" in movie history when her character implied that the pate she just served was made from the family dog.

We have written a lot about the emerging legal issues with "native advertising" and eagerly track case development at the NAD as well as the FTC.

Every parent does it. Sits down for a minute with our kids to watch Phineas and Ferb and we look up and a half hour has gone by.

News reports indicate that there will be no agreement on construction wages between the Real Estate Board of New York and the Building and Construction Trades Council by today's deadline.

Both houses of Congress have pending bipartisan legislation designed to relieve the federal income tax burden on entities that receive federal broadband grants.

Venable attorneys produce periodic alerts and newsletters covering a variety of topics and practice areas. For your convenience, we have assembled below a collection of the latest alerts and newsletters from December 2015.

An allegation of misconduct or illegality can have very harmful effects for an organization: it can hurt staff morale, violate an organization's mission, and, in extreme circumstances...

On March 21, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it was reopening the public comment period on its recent proposal to update EnergyGuide label information and issue special labels for refrigerators and clothes washers.

The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments concerning the global reach of domestic copyright law.

The sight of a Mister Softee ice cream truck is a reminder that summer is here, and its jingle draws children to run and grab a cone.

During the first half of 2012, there was a great deal of federal and state legal and regulatory activity touching on consumer credit and debt-related services.