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December 14th, 2022
Tom Brady Pushed Crypto to His Fans. This Lawyer Wants Him to Pay Up.
Advertising Partner Jeffrey A. Greenbaum is quoted in the article, “Tom Brady pushed crypto to his fans. This lawyer wants him to pay up.” published by The Washington Post. The article discusses the collapse of the cryptocurrency trading platform FTX and a proposed class-action lawsuit seeking to hold Tom Brady, his ex-wife Gisele Bündchen, and other celebrity endorsers of FTX responsible for luring investors into a bad deal. Jeff is quoted saying, “Celebrity endorsers can be held liable in false-advertising claims, but the Federal Trade Commission has typically been the main enforcer. It’s far less common for a private plaintiff to bring legal action against an endorser. Courts have generally been hesitant to hold spokespeople responsible when investments go bad.”
In regards to the FTX case, Jeff says, “What we’re all going to be watching really closely is: What standards are the courts going to apply? In other words, what level of involvement does the celebrity need to have? What level of knowledge does the celebrity need to have to be found responsible.”
Read the full article here.
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Advertising Opt Outs Drive New Privacy Strategies in 2025
Cybersecurity Law Report quotes Daniel M. Goldberg in an article on how the advertising industry is facing greater scrutiny from state AGs as more people opt out of targeted ads. The report covers Google’s backtracking on plans to block third-parties’ tracking cookies amidst adtech’s adoption of cookieless personal identifiers; upcoming legal decisions; and compliance areas that adtech should consider in the coming year. View article. (Behind paywall. Contact author Matt Fleischer-Black for complimentary PDF.)
December 18 2024
The Biggest Copyright Decisions of 2024
Law360 quotes Jacqueline Charlesworth on the Hachette Book Group Inc. v. Internet Archive lawsuit, in which the Second Circuit affirmed a Manhattan federal judge’s ruling that a nonprofit’s scanning books to a create e-books was not fair use. (Behind paywall) View Article
December 17 2024
Deciphering the New CPPA Proposed Regulations for Data Brokers
Cybersecurity Law Report quotes Daniel M. Goldberg on the CPPA's proposed regulations that expand upon and clarify key provisions of the Delete Act, broadening the universe of what entities constitute a data broker. (Behind paywall) View Article
December 12 2024