Welcome to Compliance Notes from Nossaman’s Government Relations & Regulation Group – a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes and court cases involving campaign finance, lobbying compliance, election law and government ethics issues at the federal, state and local

What has been the fallout from the Kansas University (KU) hiring and firing of its football coach Les Miles? Miles’ departure came three days after he was put on administrative leave after allegations of sexual harassment surfaced from his prior employer, Louisiana State University (LSU).

Previously, as a member of the Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter chided both the FTC Staff and her fellow Commissioners for, in her estimation, a failure to consider expansive theories of harm in their merger review process.

The following scenario is all too common for those who post content on the web. Imagine you create a website that, unbeknownst to you, includes some form of work (say, a photograph) that is copyrighted to someone else.