By Roy Strom | September 13, 2017
No more than a day since President Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Akerman partner James “Trey” Trainor III as a commissioner on the Federal Election Commission, and the former election lawyer for the Trump presidential campaign is already under fire on multiple fronts.
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By John Council | September 12, 2017
A Central Texas personal injury lawyer has resigned from his law firm after tweeting "I'm not wishing for it ... but I'd be ok if #BetsyDevos was sexually assaulted. #SexualAssault #TitleIX."
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By Martha Mendoza | September 12, 2017
Worried relatives, generous volunteers, frantic neighbors, even medical providers are turning to social media now that Hurricane Irma wiped out electricity and cell service to communities across Florida, cutting off most contact with remote islands in the Keys.
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By PAUL BUBNY | September 12, 2017
NEW YORK CITY—A pair of back-to-back hurricanes in the space of a week may cause a near-term rise in CMBS delinquencies, according to Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings. The exposure of billions of dollars in securitized commercial mortgages to the effects of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma comes as maturity performance is largely in line with expectations and the delinquency rate continues to decline.
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By Peter B. Skelos, Lesli P. Hiller and Robert M. Harper | September 11, 2017
Peter B. Skelos, Lesli P. Hiller and Robert M. Harper write: Email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Tumbler, online banking, online shopping and other forms of electronic communications comprise our digital footprint. They are seemingly ubiquitous and omnipresent in the life of our business, social, and personal affairs. But, on death, who has the right of access to a decedent's digital footprint? More importantly, what is the scope of that access? Can a fiduciary figuratively step into the decedent's shoes and gain full access to the decedent's digital assets and electronic communications?
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By C. Ryan Barber | September 8, 2017
The Federal Trade Commission in several cases has faulted social media "influencers" for failing to disclose the payments behind their seemingly organic endorsements. But the FTC had only reached settlements with the companies, raising a question of when—if ever—the agency would directly go after the influencers. That time has come. The agency this week took its first action against an influencer.
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By Cheryl Miller | September 1, 2017
A federal judge has sanctioned two California lawyers for civil contempt rooted in their roles in posting secretly recorded videos of abortion providers that had been barred from public release by an injunction. Judge William Orrick, however, in his sanctions order, slashed the fees requested by the Morrison & Foerster team that represented the plaintiff, the National Abortion Federation, in the suit.
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By Zack Needles | September 1, 2017
Joseph Gumpher III was found ineligible for benefits because he wrote in a Facebook post that he "chose not to" work and that it was "time to relax for a while."
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By Alisha Marks Tischler, Schwartz Media Strategies | August 30, 2017
Law firms intent on branding themselves around their community, culture and clients are missing an opportunity to tap into a base of users that's 700 million strong—and growing.
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By Robert J. Roby and Catherine Holland | August 28, 2017
Robert J. Roby and Catherine Holland of Knobbe Martens write: Fashion design companies need to tell a compelling story in order to cut through the noise of the digital marketplace and remain relevant. Part of telling a compelling story includes managing the dialogue and directing the action. While it is difficult to control either in this age of consumer-created content, there are many steps fashion design companies can take to engage consumers and keep their story on track.
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