Tag Archives: Legal

Is loot box regulation keeping pace with legal and societal risks?

Is loot box regulation keeping pace with legal and societal risks? Suswati Basu     It’s a question increasingly asked by regulators, researchers, and the guardians of vulnerable players, and one that’s becoming harder for the games industry to ignore. To understand why loot boxes are testing their legally set limits and, at times, crossing … Continue reading Is loot box regulation keeping pace with legal and societal risks?

Your go-to-market vendor decisions are now a personal legal risk

Delaware courts expanded fiduciary duty to all officers — making marketing vendor decisions a matter of legal compliance. Mark Stouse on July 24, 2025 at 9:18 am | Reading time: 6 minutes In 2023 and 2024, Delaware fundamentally changed the rules on fiduciary duty. The threshold for breach was lowered to negligent oversight, and the … Continue reading Your go-to-market vendor decisions are now a personal legal risk

Crumbl’s legal trouble shows the risks of shortcut marketing

Crumbl faces a $24 million lawsuit for using unlicensed music on TikTok. Here’s how to avoid the same mistake. Jay Mandel on May 16, 2025       In April, Warner Music Group sued the viral bakery chain Crumbl for $ 23.85 million, claiming it used 159 copyrighted songs in TikTok and Instagram posts without securing proper … Continue reading Crumbl’s legal trouble shows the risks of shortcut marketing

These are the legal risks of bringing workers back to the office

February 15, 2025 These are the legal risks of bringing workers back to the office Legal experts say that as RTO policies become more stringent, employers could open themselves up to many more discrimination claims.   Leading up to 2025, major companies like Amazon and JPMorgan did away with remote work altogether, requiring employees to … Continue reading These are the legal risks of bringing workers back to the office

EPA’s ‘forever chemicals’ drinking-water rule faces fresh legal challenges

June 11, 2024 EPA’s ‘forever chemicals’ drinking-water rule faces fresh legal challenges The groups said the rule exceeds the EPA’s authority under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, a 1974 law empowering the agency to pass water-quality regulations. BY Reuters U.S. manufacturing and chemical industry groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to block a federal rule … Continue reading EPA’s ‘forever chemicals’ drinking-water rule faces fresh legal challenges

Legal risks loom for Firefly users after Adobe’s AI image tool training exposed

The discovery that Adobe’s Firefly wasn’t entirely trained on licensed images has enterprise marketers concerned about lawsuits. Constantine von Hoffman on April 22, 2024   Adobe’s Firefly was designed to give enterprise users generative AI image tools they could trust.  “A lot of our very big enterprise customers are very concerned about using generative AI … Continue reading Legal risks loom for Firefly users after Adobe’s AI image tool training exposed

Employees have a legal right to express support for Black Lives Matter at work, thanks to the NLRB

March 17, 2024 Employees have a legal right to express support for Black Lives Matter at work, thanks to the NLRB A year after George Floyd’s murder, a poll found that 68% of Americans thought that employees ‘should be able to discuss racial justice issues at work.’ BY The Conversation A Home Depot store violated labor … Continue reading Employees have a legal right to express support for Black Lives Matter at work, thanks to the NLRB

X loses legal battle against California’s anti-hate speech law

  X loses legal battle against California’s anti-hate speech law Maxwell William / Last Updated: Dec 29, 2023   Elon Musk’s X Corp., previously known as Twitter, has failed in its legal attempt to overturn a California law aimed at regulating harmful content on social media platforms. According to a recent Bloomberg report, a federal … Continue reading X loses legal battle against California’s anti-hate speech law

Twitter’s rebrand to X could worsen its legal and financial problems

Twitter CEO teases banking and payment plans in memo about X rebrand   Karissa Bell   @karissabe   Twitter’s rebrand to X is officially underway, and CEO Linda Yaccarino has offered some new clues about what it may mean for the company. In a memo reported by CNBC, Yaccarino suggested that payments and banking features … Continue reading Twitter’s rebrand to X could worsen its legal and financial problems