What Is RSL Media and Why Does the Human Consent Standard Matter?
On May 12, 2026, RSL Media launched as a public benefit nonprofit co-founded by CEO Nikki Hexum, Cate Blanchett, Doug Leeds, and Eckart Walther. Its mission is to make human consent machine-readable and discoverable to AI systems through the Human Consent Standard, which
Given the changes in the advertising world concerning media buying over the past decade, it is somewhat surprising to see that in a recent survey, nearly 40% of client-side marketers said they either have not updated their media buying agency contracts to address principal media, or do not know whether they did.
After its
President Trump has signed an Executive Order directing the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to establish a voluntary framework for AI developers to share advanced general-purpose AI systems with the federal government for cybersecurity testing for 30 days before they plan to release them. The EO aims to identify and address
We’ve all had that moment when we see an ad on social media for a product we were just talking to a friend about. Cox Media Group wanted its customers to believe it was behind this eerily too common phenomenon, but the FTC said otherwise.
On May 21, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed
Join us as we offer a sneak peek into select chapters from the newly released 14th edition of Venable’s Advertising Law Tool Kit, which helps marketing teams navigate their organization’s legal risk. Want more? Click here to download the entire Tool Kit.
Telemarketing and Texting
Telephone and text message marketing poses private litigation risks and
Good Monday afternoon from Seattle . . . For those of you celebrating and/or who have served, happy Memorial Day. Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, May 22, 2026, is below. Expedia Group and Google garnered much of the attention this past week as Expedia held its annual Explore event and
Advertising agency agreements require careful balancing of legal risk, commercial realities, and long-term working relationships. In a recent webinar, Venable partner Barry M. Benjamin discussed how brands and agencies can structure agreements that support collaboration while addressing the unique issues that arise in creative services, media buying, influencer marketing, and promotions administration.
Whether you are
The co-founder of stock trading platform Robinhood Baiju Bhatt’s Cowboy Space has filed an application with the FCC’s Space Bureau to launch an non-geostationary orbit (“NGSO”) constellation called Stampede to provide data center services from space. This constellation aims to harness power from the sun, instead of terrestrial resources, to power an AI data center.
Good Sunday afternoon from Seattle . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, May 15, 2026, is below. With quarterly earnings releases behind us, it was a much quieter week in the online travel world. TikTok garnered most of the industry’s attention this past week with its announced expansion of
Good Sunday afternoon from Seattle and happy Mother’s Day to all our mothers . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, May 8, 2026, is below. It was another busy week in online travel as both Expedia and Airbnb released their quarterly earnings (transcripts from both earnings release calls are