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Strategic legal and business advice for every facet of the retail ecosystem, built on the backbone of our regulatory prowess.

While the ability for a consumer to complete a purchase transaction has never been simpler, the ecosystem responsible for curating the customer experience and delivering product has never been more complex. As a result, members of the retail ecosystem operate at a dizzying speed, with a constant focus on the future. As lawyers and business advisors to this industry, we can only be effective if we embrace this pace and meet our clients’ needs head-on, in real time.

Built on the backbone of our nationally renowned regulatory group, Crowell & Moring’s Retail and Consumer Products Law Group understands the full scope of challenges and opportunities presented to retailers, consumer products companies, and brand owners. Our clients depend on us to provide legal guidance that meets their strategic objectives. This business-focused approach is woven into the fabric of our group and enables us to act quickly, be decisive, and deliver practical, actionable advice.

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Our effectiveness is demonstrated by our clients’ decisions to call upon us, time and again, to help them navigate the complex legal and regulatory regimes, both domestically and internationally, applicable to the design and promotion of products and services, and to assist them in taking innovative and proactive measures to protect their businesses from the array of challenges before them.

— Cheri Falvey, Partner

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 01.31.25

U.S. Copyright Office Releases Part 2 of Artificial Intelligence Report, Clarifying Copyrightability of Generative AI Outputs

The U.S. Copyright Office has released Part 2 of its Report on the legal and policy issues related to copyright and artificial intelligence (AI). This part of the Report, issued on January 29, 2025, focuses on the copyrightability of outputs created using generative AI. Overall, the Copyright Office concludes that existing law is sufficient to resolve questions of AI usage in copyrighted works, and sufficient human contributions to AI-generated outputs that would constitute authorship will be analyzed on a case-by-case basis. The Office declined to support a separate copyright registration analysis for AI works, but provided new examples of how using AI as a tool could support sufficient authorship for copyrightability....

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 01.31.25

U.S. Copyright Office Releases Part 2 of Artificial Intelligence Report, Clarifying Copyrightability of Generative AI Outputs

Client Alert | 5 min read | 01.27.25

Potential Consumer Litigation Impacts from FDA’s Proposed Rule on Standardized Testing for Talc-Containing Cosmetics

Client Alert | 3 min read | 01.23.25

FDA Issues Final Guidance on Facility Registration and Product Listing Under MoCRA

Blog Post | 01.16.25

FTC Updates (December 30 – January 10, 2025)
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Client Alert | 4 min read | 01.31.25

U.S. Copyright Office Releases Part 2 of Artificial Intelligence Report, Clarifying Copyrightability of Generative AI Outputs

The U.S. Copyright Office has released Part 2 of its Report on the legal and policy issues related to copyright and artificial intelligence (AI). This part of the Report, issued on January 29, 2025, focuses on the copyrightability of outputs created using generative AI. Overall, the Copyright Office concludes that existing law is sufficient to resolve questions of AI usage in copyrighted works, and sufficient human contributions to AI-generated outputs that would constitute authorship will be analyzed on a case-by-case basis. The Office declined to support a separate copyright registration analysis for AI works, but provided new examples of how using AI as a tool could support sufficient authorship for copyrightability....

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 01.31.25

U.S. Copyright Office Releases Part 2 of Artificial Intelligence Report, Clarifying Copyrightability of Generative AI Outputs

The U.S. Copyright Office has released Part 2 of its Report on the legal and policy issues related to copyright and artificial intelligence (AI). This part of the Report, issued on January 29, 2025, focuses on the copyrightability of outputs created using generative AI. Overall, the Copyright Office concludes that existing law is sufficient to resolve questions of AI usage in copyrighted works, and sufficient human contributions to AI-generated outputs that would constitute authorship will be analyzed on a case-by-case basis. The Office declined to support a separate copyright registration analysis for AI works, but provided new examples of how using AI as a tool could support sufficient authorship for copyrightability....

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