Governor Mikie Sherrill signed S4384 on August 28, 2026, four days before the COVID-era rules were set to expire. The law took effect immediately. The sealed margarita you have been picking up with your takeout since 2020 is now a permanent fixture of New Jersey law rather than an emergency measure on a countdown. The headlines all … Read more
Eight days into a federal trial in Oakland, Meta stopped fighting. On August 26, 2026, the company and a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general filed a proposed consent judgment and a joint motion to enter it, resolving claims that Instagram and Facebook were built to addict children and that Meta lied about it. The money is the … Read more
On January 19, 2026, in one of his final acts in office, Governor Murphy signed a law that fundamentally rewrites how New Jersey regulates electric bicycles. The compliance deadline arrived on July 19, 2026, which means the grace period is over and the new framework is fully operational. New Jersey is now the first state … Read more
In two days the country turns 250, and marketers have noticed. Flags, eagles and “Made in America” banners are everywhere this summer, on packaging, product pages and paid social. The Federal Trade Commission has noticed too, and it has spent the spring reminding everyone that patriotism in advertising is a regulated activity. If your company … Read more
When Apple took the stage at WWDC 2024 and unveiled Apple Intelligence, the company made a specific promise to every iPhone buyer watching. Siri, Apple said, was about to become genuinely useful, capable of reading emails, understanding a user’s calendar, acting across apps and answering questions that actually required knowing something about a person’s life. … Read more
Costco sells roughly 157 million Kirkland Signature Seasoned Rotisserie Chickens a year, and it has held the price at $4.99 apiece for so long that the number itself has become part of the brand. That pricing discipline is now showing up in a federal court record. Two California shoppers sued Costco in the U.S. District … Read more
There is a moment in every product launch when the gap between the promise and the reality becomes impossible to ignore. For the Trump Mobile T1 smartphone, that moment arrived from several directions at once. The phone was nine months late. It was no longer being marketed as made in America. The American flag printed … Read more
A prediction market is a marketplace where participants buy and sell contracts tied to the outcome of future events. The price of each contract reflects the market’s collective assessment of how likely that event is to occur. A contract trading at $0.65 implies a 65% probability. The model aggregates information from many participants, often beating … Read more
Update, June 10, 2026: The jingle is back. On June 4, the Fourth Appellate District granted Kars4Kids’ petition for a writ of supersedeas, staying the Orange County injunction while the charity pursues its appeal. The appellate order holds the injunction and all other proceedings in the case in abeyance pending resolution of the appeal or further … Read more
Matthew McConaughey has done something no major Hollywood actor had done before him: he trademarked himself. Not a logo. Not a company name. Himself, his face, his voice and his famous catchphrase. The move is novel, it is deliberate and it tells you a great deal about where the law stands on artificial intelligence, likeness … Read more
It sounds absurd at first. Bob Ross, gentle painter, certified national treasure, patron saint of public television, as an artificial intelligence. But stay with me, because I have a theory and nowhere else I got to be. Yes, I know the immediate objection. Artificial intelligence as a technical field predates Ross by decades. The Logic … Read more
SUMMARY The federal antitrust trial of Live Nation and Ticketmaster is live in Manhattan, and your wallet has a stake in the outcome. Decades of vertical control over concert promotion, venues and ticketing have pushed average ticket prices past $136 before fees. A DOJ settlement fell short of a breakup. Three dozen states are pressing … Read more