Two companion decisions issued by the Appellate Division, Second Department, on July 29, 2026, provide the clearest appellate guidance to date on the boundary between New York’s statewide cannabis licensing framework and local land-use authority to regulate cannabis dispensaries.
This article surveys the contours of puffery across federal and state advertising law, examines where courts and the National Advertising Division (a unit of BBB National Programs, which provides a self-regulatory forum for advertising disputes) have drawn the line, and identifies practical takeaways for practitioners whose clients want to puff — but not too much.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut decision in JNET Commc’ns offers a stark reminder that control of cash collateral is not a mere formality under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code; it is the crucial element of perfection itself.
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act’s latest transparency and enforcement provisions are set to extend regulatory scrutiny far beyond Europe, requiring any company whose AI systems or outputs reach EU users — including Big Tech and multinationals — to meet its rules.
California is betting that it can accelerate AI adoption by acting as a demanding, trusted buyer, and that the governance evidence it extracts through procurement can become infrastructure the rest of the market reuses.
On July 1, a narrowed version of SB 690 passed another legislative hurdle in lawmakers’ efforts to curb rampant wiretapping litigation in California. The new amendments curtail enforcement of CIPA’s trap and trace/ pen register provisions to the attorney general and the law would be retroactively applied for two years.
A recent First Department case explores the breadth of the Uniform Heirs Property Act (RPAPL 993) which significantly modifies the partition process for property determined to be “heirs property.”
New USPTO procedures allow patent owners to respond to ex parte requests pre-reexamination. Patent owners should consider strategically leveraging these procedures to prevent their patent claims from being cancelled or narrowed through reexamination.
The children’s privacy risk model is changing in the United States. Historically, many businesses could credibly say they did not know whether children or teens were using their apps and services. Now, that defense is becoming harder to sustain, bringing with it a wave of potential compliance obligations.
Delaware recently became the sixth state to enact the Uniform Law Commission’s Uniform Act, with minor modifications (the Delaware Act). This two-part article describes the innovations, certainty and paradigm provided by the Uniform Act and Delaware’s revisions to the Uniform Act. Part One includes background regarding assignments for the benefit of creditors, including historical shortcomings that the Uniform Act is intended to address.
© Copyright 2026 ALM Global, LLC trading as Centellic.
Advertise with Us Customer Support Terms of Service Privacy Policy
