Tag Archives: Legal

Anthropic’s Legal Wins, IPO, Next-Gen ‘Mythos’ Leap

Anthropic’s Legal Wins, IPO, Next-Gen ‘Mythos’ Leap by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, March 27, 2026 Anthropic ran an ad about Claude on connected TV in March. Then came the rush to beat OpenAI to an initial public offering, and a U.S. federal judge’s decision to halt the Trump administration’s designation as being a supply-chain … Continue reading Anthropic’s Legal Wins, IPO, Next-Gen ‘Mythos’ Leap

CFTC signals new guidance for prediction markets as legal fight with states intensifies

CFTC signals new guidance for prediction markets as legal fight with states intensifies Suswati Basu News Editor   The U.S. derivatives regulator is preparing new guidance and a formal rulemaking process for prediction markets, as the debate over whether such platforms resemble financial exchanges or gambling continues to escalate. Speaking at a Milken Institute event, … Continue reading CFTC signals new guidance for prediction markets as legal fight with states intensifies

Ari Borod joins Polymarket after legal fight with Fanatics over noncompete

Ari Borod joins Polymarket after legal fight with Fanatics over noncompete Suswati Basu     Aron Borod, also known as Ari, is now officially at Polymarket, and the once-sealed court fight over his departure from Fanatics is coming into sharper focus. On Thursday (February 19), Polymarket confirmed it had brought Borod on board as president … Continue reading Ari Borod joins Polymarket after legal fight with Fanatics over noncompete

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