Category: Internet Law

In the summer of 2024, Rhode Island enacted the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (“RIDTPPA”). It was signed by the Rhode Island Governor and takes effect on January 1, 2026. In theory, RIDTPPA is designed by Rhode Island lawmakers to protect the personal data of Rhode Island consumers and give residents certain […]

Revenge porn — or what, more accurately, should be called non-consensual pornography (“NCP”) — has been in the news lately. Massachusetts recently became the 49th State to enact a law banning and punishing NCP (leaving only South Carolina as the outlier). See news report here. Moreover, the push to create a federal law banning NCP […]

Social media content moderation by technology platforms was one of the “hot” legal topics in 2023-2024. Three States — California, Texas, and Florida — passed different statutes to either require more content moderation (California) or to limit such moderation (Texas and Florida). All the statutes, in one way or another, demanded more transparency and information […]

YouTubers know they have to comply with all the various YouTube rules and regulations. These include Youtube rules related to endorsements of products and sponsored content. However, YouTubers also have to comply with statutes and government regulations, which are often more strict than their YouTube counterparts. The most important set of rules has been issued […]

For many direct-to-consumer (“D2C”) e-commerce businesses, China is the source of the products that are delivered to consumers directly from the manufacturing or processing centers. The business model works economically for many reasons, including what is generally called the de minimis customs and postal rule. This rule allows packages with values less than $800 to […]

In every name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) endorsement agreement, there are provisions that prohibit the use of team logos and designs and that ban the athlete from appearing in his or her team’s jersey or other identifying clothes. This may seem puzzling since the reason the athlete is being sought out for NIL endorsements is […]

Practically speaking, the answer is “no.” As many know, Amazon’s Terms of Service and other agreements require that any disputes be submitted to binding private arbitration (as opposed to resolution through the process of a public court proceeding). Through movies, television, and literary depictions and descriptions, many people have some sense of how court proceedings […]

E-commerce businesses focus their main efforts on using the internet as the main channel for their business activities. This fact gives e-commerce businesses unique characteristics with respect to business operations and their legal needs. This, in turn, means that e-commerce businesses need to retain internet law and e-commerce lawyers who have unique experience and skill […]

Competitive video and table-top gaming — esports — is big business now, as everyone knows. Top-tier competitors are commanding six-figure salaries, esports leagues are proliferating, and investors are taking serious notice. However, the more complex the esports landscape becomes, the more players and others are going to need the legal services of experienced esports lawyers […]

In May 2024, Minnesota enacted the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (“MCDPA”). In Part One of this two-part article, the Consumer Data Protection Attorneys at Revision Legal discussed the consumer rights and consumer-facing business obligations imposed by the MCDPA, including additional consumer rights related to automated decisions that utilize profiling data. The MCDPA allows consumers […]