On October 11, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law several legislative proposals to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). The CCPA amendments clarified several important issues, including: AB 1355 – exempts deidentified or aggregate data from the definition of “personal information.” It also creates a one-year exemption for certain […]
Technology & Intellectual Property Update
Letters to the Editor: A Fintech Lawyers View on the Nebraska Hemp Farming Act, Hemp, and Banking
on Monday, 2 December 2019 in
Technology & Intellectual Property Update: Arianna C. Goldstein, Editor
Dear Editor: I am writing today to discuss the Nebraska Hemp Farming Act, the federal 2018 Farm Bill, hemp, hemp derived CBD, and banking services. I had a chance to dig, no pun intended, into the issues a bit further and wanted to provide some additional thoughts and insights. First, […]
California Passes Fair Pay to Play Act, Allowing College Student Athletes to Profit from Their Likeness
on Wednesday, 6 November 2019 in
Technology & Intellectual Property Update: Arianna C. Goldstein, Editor
On September 30, 2019, California adopted the Fair Pay to Play Act, which will grant student athletes at California-based universities and colleges to profit off of their likeness and to hire agents to help them do so. Prior to the Fair Pay to Play Act, student athletes at California institutions […]
A Victory for Trademark Licensees in Bankruptcy—Supreme Court’s Ruling in Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC
on Wednesday, 6 November 2019 in
Technology & Intellectual Property Update: Arianna C. Goldstein, Editor
In what some are calling a landmark opinion, the United States Supreme Court held that a bankrupt licensor cannot terminate the rights of its licensees to utilize its trademark. Mission Prod. Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC, 139 S. Ct. 1652 (2019). When an individual or an entity files for bankruptcy, […]
Federal Privacy Law Update: is “Mind Your Own Privacy” the Frankenstein’s Monster of Proposed Federal Privacy Legislation?
on Wednesday, 6 November 2019 in
Technology & Intellectual Property Update: Arianna C. Goldstein, Editor
The latest move in the ever-changing privacy regulation landscape introduces a new and much more serious consequence to the conversation: criminalization of lies told to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) by senior executives of tech companies. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) shared his official version of his “Mind Your Own Privacy” […]
