A New York appeals court rejected the defendant’s preemption argument and affirmed that the state attorney general (AG) can pursue Charter Communications over false advertising claims for the company’s broadband service....more
Tensions Mount Prior to Contract Renewal Between Industry, SAG-AFTRA -
The ad industry and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists plan to negotiate successor agreements to the current...more
2/8/2016
/ AFTRA ,
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ,
Broadband ,
Digital Advertising Alliance ,
Electronic Frontier Foundation ,
False Advertising ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Native Advertising ,
Online Interest-Based Advertising Accountability Program ,
Opt-Outs ,
Preemption ,
Product Labels ,
Putative Class Actions ,
SAG ,
Television Commercials ,
Trade Unions ,
TTB
FTC Reviews Kids’ Apps for Privacy Progress -
Three years after conducting a survey on apps directed to children, the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Technology Research and Investigation decided to check back with...more
9/28/2015
/ App Developers ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
Broadband ,
Class Action ,
COPPA ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Duty to Disclose ,
E-Cigarettes ,
False Advertising ,
FCC ,
Federal Communications Act ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Mobile Apps ,
NAD ,
Net Neutrality ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Privacy Policy ,
Tobacco Litigation ,
Unfair Competition
FCC Chair Announces New Net Neutrality Regs -
The battle over net neutrality took a new turn when Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler announced his intention to reclassify broadband service as a...more
2/23/2015
/ Advertising ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
Broadband ,
Class Action ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
False Advertising ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Internet ,
Internet of Things ,
Labeling ,
Marketing ,
Net Neutrality ,
Product Labels ,
Telemarketing
FTC Takes on a Patent Troll -
Tackling the issue of patent trolls for the first time, the Federal Trade Commission charged MPHJ Technology Investments, LLC and its law firm Farney Daniels with making deceptive claims...more
11/26/2014
/ Big Data ,
Broadband ,
Consent Order ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Net Neutrality ,
Non-Practicing Entities ,
Patent Trolls ,
Public Comment ,
Robocalling ,
Small Business ,
Telemarketing