Social Media & Influencer Contracts: What Every Influencer & Brand Needs to Know.

Are you a social media influencer or brand looking to hire a social media influencer? Whether you are an Instagram, twitter or youtube or other social media influencer – or a company hiring an influencer to promote or endorse your brand – you are going to need a influencer agreement to set forth license, payment […]

Understanding GDPR and its Opportunities – Inventory Your Data Assets

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Does Your Proprietary Software Contain Open Source ‘Copyleft’ Code?

[Detroit, MI] In this episode of Tech Law Radio, Open Source Licensing Attorney Russel Gelvin talks about the importance of doing a software source code audit. If your proprietary code contains open source code, you may be violating a copyleft license if you do not allow distribution for free Interview Highlights: Every single piece of software […]

Influencer Attorney Insights: Social Media Advertising Presents Legal Issues for Influencers, Advertisers and Managers

Legal Issues Facing Brand Owners and Influencers Whether you are a social media influencer, an advertiser looking to hire a social media star to sponsor or advertise your brand, agencies representing influencers or a software platform provider helping measure social media and influencer success, you need a technology attorney who understands the unique issues presented […]

Traverse Legal Wins Summary Judgment on ACPA Cybersquatting Claim

After a two year legal battle, Traverse Legal has won summary judgment for an Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (“ACPA”) claim on behalf of Palace Resorts. The Southern District of Florida found that Palace Resorts had carried its burden and was entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. To succeed on a summary judgment […]

Legal Ramifications of the FCC’s Vote to Repeal Net Neutrality

As anyone who even mildly uses the Internet undoubtedly knows, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) voted yesterday to repeal net neutrality. “Net Neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers [(“ISPs”)] must treat all data on the Internet the same, and not discriminate or charge differently by users, content, website, platform, application, type of attached […]

Top 4 Legal Issues in eSports

Sports have been a lucrative industry for a long time now and so the regulations surrounding them have been well established. In this new age of technology, eSports are beginning to gain traction, and since this is such a new field it is unclear what legal issues will present themselves. Already, eSports have attracted millions […]

Top 5 Legal Issues Inherent in AI and Machine Learning

In modern times, life is less about keeping up with the Joneses and more about keeping up with the Jetsons. Technology has infiltrated almost every aspect of life, to the point where a dead cellphone feels like a lost limb. With developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning, battery-dead devices will begin to feel like […]

#FTC Compliance Coming to #Instagram

Popular social media outlet Instagram is a known for tastily inserting (obvious) advertisements into users’ feeds, but has also become a breeding ground for influencers, such as celebrities, who post glamorous shots adorned with products from various companies. Previously, it could be impossible to know which of these influencers were just product enthusiasts or actually […]

When CAN you SPAM? A Quick Guide to the CAN-SPAM Act

Spam. Junk Mail. Technically defined as “any electronical mail message the primary purpose of which is the commercial advertisement or promotion of a product or service.” You know, the e-mails that are building up in your Gmail “Promotions” tab at this very moment and will likely go unread. Annoying, yes. Useful, perhaps (especially when you […]

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