Category: Internet Law

Do I Need an Esports Lawyer?

Do I Need an Esports Lawyer?

Internet Law

If you are engaged in esports at any serious level, you need an esports attorney like the ones at Revision Legal. Consider just the issue of intellectual property. Intellectual property, of course, covers rights related to trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets. These are related to the way in which you play — such as […]

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How Consumer Data Privacy Statutes Might Impact Regulation of Automated Employment Decision Tools

How Consumer Data Privacy Statutes Might Impact Regulation of Automated Employment Decision Tools

Internet Law

Most of the recently enacted state-level consumer data privacy statutes have added a focus on automated decisions that “produce legal or similarly significant effects” concerning an individual. Most of the statutes simply allow consumers to opt out of such automated decision-making processes. But some of the data protection statutes go further. For example, the Minnesota […]

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What Businesses Need to Know About the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act

What Businesses Need to Know About the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act

Internet Law

In the summer of 2024, Rhode Island became the 19th State to enact a version of a consumer data privacy statute entitled the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (“RIDTPPA”). In this article, the Consumer Data Privacy Compliance attorneys at Revision Legal discuss what businesses need to know about the RIDTPPA. As with […]

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What CONSUMERS Need to Know About the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act

What CONSUMERS Need to Know About the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act

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 […]

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Revenge Porn News: Senate Passed Take it Down Act and Massachusetts Makes it 49 States

Revenge Porn News: Senate Passed Take it Down Act and Massachusetts Makes it 49 States

Internet Law

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 […]

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Status on Social Media Moderation Statutes and Cases

Status on Social Media Moderation Statutes and Cases

Internet Law

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 […]

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Youtubers: Two Keys for Complying With FTC Endorsement/Fair Advertising Rules

Youtubers: Two Keys for Complying With FTC Endorsement/Fair Advertising Rules

Internet Law

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 […]

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D2C E-commerce Businesses: What is the De Minimis Postal/Customs Rule?

D2C E-commerce Businesses: What is the De Minimis Postal/Customs Rule?

Internet Law

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 […]

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NIL Athlete Deals: They Will Not Let Me Appear in My Team Jersey: Why Not?

NIL Athlete Deals: They Will Not Let Me Appear in My Team Jersey: Why Not?

Internet Law

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 […]

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Can I Appeal an Amazon Arbitration Award?

Can I Appeal an Amazon Arbitration Award?

Internet Law

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 […]

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