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Think Before You Link: The Legal Risk with Nested Hyperlinks in Online Terms

By Meighan E. O'Reardon & Rachel Newell

September 18, 2020

As regulations and best practices regarding online terms continues to impose increasing requirements on operators of websites, apps and online services, a basic set of online terms can now encompass as many as half a dozen documents! One just needs to glance at the footer of most any website to see the array of policies that are now needed to minimally address commercial and legal considerations. A normal schema of online terms includes: Terms of…

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Trump Administration Announces New Eviction Moratorium

By Zachary Kessler

September 17, 2020

By Zachary Kessler With the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to be felt by the American public, the Trump Administration has taken steps to try to allay a coming eviction crisis by enacting a moratorium on evictions through the end of 2020. With the first eviction moratorium instituted by the CARES Act expiring, lawmakers have been pushing to include eviction protections in the next COVID-19 relief package. However, with Congressional leaders still far…

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No Vacatur, No Protection, No Deference and No Discretion: Important End-of-Summer Environmental Decisions

By Anthony B. Cavender

September 16, 2020

By Anthony B. Cavender As the end of summer approaches, the courts have provided a potpourri of relevant environmental decisions. FEDERAL COURTS OF APPEAL Town of Weymouth, et al. v. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MDEP) On August 31, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued an opinion revising the mandate of its earlier June 3, 2020, ruling in the case. In the earlier ruling, the court vacated the grant by…

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CMBS Disruptions in the Real Estate Market

By Caroline A. Harcourt & Jacob Axelrod

September 10, 2020

By Caroline A. Harcourt and Jacob Axelrod The past few months saw, and continue to see, significant disruptions to the real estate market and the real estate finance market in particular. According to Trepp LLC, June saw the delinquency rate for commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) loans hit 10.32 percent, which is just shy of the peak delinquency rate for CMBS loans in 2012 (or a full four years following the 2007 – 2008 recession).…

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Overstock Rockets to New All-Time Highs on the Back of COVID-19 and Patented Digital Security Trading Platform

By Ahmed Abdel-Rahman

September 8, 2020

With bitcoin prices rocketing nearly 300% from trough to peak when COVID-19 lockdowns were announced in March 2020 and then relaxed in July 2020, I thought I would revisit a blockchain company we discussed earlier last year to see how it has progressed and been valued by the financial community: Overstock. Continue Reading →…

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A Court-Side Seat: Flint Failures, Missed Deadlines, Toad Work and a Game of Chicken

By Anthony B. Cavender

September 1, 2020

By Anthony B. Cavender The last few weeks have yielded a number of interesting developments in the Federal courts. FEDERAL COURTS OF APPEAL In re Flint Water Cases Several local and State of Michigan officials, including the former governor, requested dismissal from the civil litigation seeking damages for the massive failure of Flint, Michigan’s public drinking water system. On August 5, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit agreed that the…

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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2020

By Scott R. Flick, Warren A. Kessler & Simone A. Wood

August 31, 2020

By Scott R. Flick, Warren A. Kessler and Simone A. Wood Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. This month’s issue includes: More Stations Settle with FCC Over Political File Violations FCC Fines Drone Retailer Nearly $3 Million for Marketing Unauthorized Devices California FM Translator Fined for Operating Above Power Limits Political Ad Troubles Continue:…

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Correcting the Record on Insurance Industry Hucksters and Novel Coronavirus/COVID-19 Coverage

By Robert L. Wallan

August 25, 2020

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Businesses buy property insurance to protect their bottom line in the event that something bad results in lower sales or increased costs. Insurance companies seek to improve their bottom line by increasing sales and reducing their largest cost item, claim payments. In their effort to improve sales, we see insurance companies rely on spokespeople. For example, Farmers Insurance Company has long engaged the talented actor J.K. Simmons to help sell insurance. His spots involve humorous…

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Because of Coronavirus-Related Market Turmoil, Court Finds UCC Foreclosure “Commercially Unreasonable”

By Pillsbury's Construction And Real Estate Law Team

August 25, 2020

By Pillsbury’s Construction & Real Estate Law Team A recent court decision in New York found that current market conditions in the real estate market justify delaying noticing mezzanine real estate foreclosures until October 15, 2020. In “Distressed Real Estate During COVID-19: Court Finds UCC Foreclosure “Commercially Unreasonable” Because of Coronavirus-Related Market Turmoil“, colleagues Caroline A. Harcourt, Patrick E. Fitzmaurice, Russell DaSilva and Jacob A. Axelrod discuss a recent New York…

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C-Band Lump Sum Election Deadline Extended

By Lee G. Petro

August 20, 2020

By Lee G. Petro On July 30, 2020, the FCC released a Public Notice and Final Cost Category Schedule for the C-Band Relocation, and established August 31, 2020 as the deadline for C-Band earth station licensees to submit their lump sum election notices. We discussed the Public Notice and Schedule here. In response to a request from the Society of Broadcast Engineers, the FCC announced today that the deadline for submitting election notices will…

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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Blogs

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Trump Administration Announces New Eviction Moratorium

No Vacatur, No Protection, No Deference and No Discretion: Important End-of-Summer Environmental Decisions

CMBS Disruptions in the Real Estate Market

A Court-Side Seat: Flint Failures, Missed Deadlines, Toad Work and a Game of Chicken

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2020

Correcting the Record on Insurance Industry Hucksters and Novel Coronavirus/COVID-19 Coverage

Because of Coronavirus-Related Market Turmoil, Court Finds UCC Foreclosure “Commercially Unreasonable”

C-Band Lump Sum Election Deadline Extended

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