Andrew H. Grant Partner

The 2021 Summer Sustainability Series will discuss topics including Chinese cotton and slave labor, key components of the circular economy, sustainability litigation, and advertising related to sustainable products and programs. It will also touch on how the sustainability discussion is moving beyond environmental components and expanding to address other elements of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria.

COVID-19 is the biggest disruption to consumer retail spending patterns in recent history.

 “Sustainability” is more than just a buzzword or corporate initiative in the outdoor industry.

Retail as a business is hard. Retail bankruptcies continue at a rapid rate, leaving some commentators to predict that the days of traditional retail are numbered.

As if businesses did not have enough on their plates as they prepare for the California Consumer Protection Act and similar privacy laws in other states, manufacturers of Internet of Things (IoT) devices (objects that connect to the internet and collect and transmit data) must also comply with California and other states’ new IoT device security laws.

Perkins Coie surveyed 140 startup founders, technology company executives, investors and consultants on key challenges and opportunities in the AR/VR space.

Facebook recently updated its Promotion Guidelines to ease restrictions on conducting contest and sweepstakes promotions on the Facebook platform.  Facebook previously required promotion sponsors to administer promotions through apps and restricted sponsors’ use of basic Facebook functions, such as a "like" or a message to a sponsor’s Facebook Page, in connection with a promotion.

Partner Jordan Green, along with Associate Andrew H. Grant and Partner Kirk A. Soderquist, published an article in Law360 titled, "A Gambling Case Software Developers Should Watch Closely," involving the New York Supreme Court’s hearing in a criminal case that may cause concern among software developers whose software could be used for illegal activities.

On January 8, 2013, the Supreme Court of the State of New York conducted a hearing in a criminal case that may cause concern among software developers whose software could be used for illegal activities.

On August 21, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York held that poker is a game of skill and thus running a poker game or business is not subject to federal prosecution under the federal Illegal Gambling Business Act ("IGBA").  Following on the heels of the Justice Department's September 20, 2011 ruling that the Wire Act (which prohibits using wire-line communications to place or receive bets) only applied to sports betting, last week's ruling may be another step toward legalizing online poker.

If your business provides automatically renewed or continuous subscriptions for services such as online games, online or print publications, or other subscription content, then you will need to tailor your service offers to California residents to meet the requirements of California Senate Bill 340 ("SB 340") by December 2010

Facebook updated its Promotions Guidelines ("Guidelines") on November 4, 2009, which govern the publicizing and administering of all promotions, including contests, sweepstakes, competitions or similar offerings on Facebook.  The changes to the Facebook Guidelines expand Facebook's restrictions on the content of promotions publicized or administered through the Facebook Platform and limit the manner in which a business may use Facebook to publicize or administer promotion(s).