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Unfair Competition Law Cases Still Occupy Numerous Spaces on the California Supreme Court's Docket
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In November 2004, the voters of California passed Proposition 64, which was intended to rein in certain abuses in and bring some clarity to the Unfair Competition Law, California Business & Professions Code sections 17200 et. seq.... more

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	Chamber of Commerce v. Servin, et al. Memorandum of Amicus Curiae Public Citizen in Support of Dismissal of the Trademark and Unfair Competition Claims Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF and Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, are defending the Yes Men and other activists in a lawsuit filed against them by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over political criticism of the Chamber's stance on climate change legislation. In...... more
	In the Matter of Facebook, Inc. Supplemental Materials in Support of Pending Complaint and Request for Injunction, Request for Investigation and for Other Relief Electronic Privacy Information Center Privacy Groups File Amended Complaint regarding Facebook EPIC and several other groups filed a supplement to the groups' original complaint with the Federal Trade Commission concerning Facebook’s recent privacy changes. The new...... more
	In the Matter of Facebook, Inc. Complaint, Request for Investigation, Injunction, and Other Relief Electronic Privacy Information Center EPIC Defends Privacy of Facebook Users: Files Complaint with the Federal Trade Commission EPIC has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, urging the FTC to open an investigation into Facebook’s revised privacy...... more

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	Comments of The Electronic Privacy Information Center to The Federal Trade Commission: Privacy Roundtables - Comment, Project No. P095416 Electronic Privacy Information Center EPIC Urges FTC to Protect Users' Privacy On Cloud Computing and Social Networking Services EPIC submitted comments to the FTC prior to the agency’s second privacy roundtable. EPIC warned of the ongoing privacy risks associated with...... more
	DOJ Alleges HSR Gun-Jumping When Seller Submits Multi-Year Procurement Contracts for Buyer’s Approval Morrison & Foerster LLP On January 21, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and Smithfield Foods, Inc., entered into a settlement to resolve DOJ allegations that Smithfield engaged in “gun-jumping” in connection with Smithfield’s 2007...... more
	Lower Filing Thresholds for HSR Act Premerger Notifications and Interlocking Directorates Announced Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP 1. Lower Thresholds For HSR Filings On January 19, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission announced revised, lower thresholds for premerger filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. The filing thresholds...... more

	Civil Procedure & Remedies
	Spirit of Twombly Exorcises Specter of Revived Aguilar Claims Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP The Ninth Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of claims based on the aggregation of petroleum exchange agreements to show alleged "cumulative anticompetitive effects." Gilley Enterprises v. Atlantic Richfield Company, No. 06-056059...... more
	Letter to Federal Judge Overseeing Facebook Privacy Litigation Electronic Privacy Information Center EPIC, Privacy Groups Oppose Facebook Settlement EPIC and other privacy groups sent a letter to the federal judge overseeing a class-action settlement against Facebook in California, opposing the settlement as unfair and...... more
	Advertising Law - December 22, 2009 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP IN THIS ISSUE: Formula Maker Wins $13.5 Million in False Advertising Suit Feds Delay New Online Betting Payment Ban Court Deletes Spam Suit Against Online Ad Company FTC to Weigh Support of News Industry Please see full...... more

	Finance & Banking
	FTC Extends Enforcement Deadline for Identity Theft Red Flags Rule Until June 1, 2010 Morrison & Foerster LLP We reported earlier today that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appeared to be plowing ahead with the effective date of the Red Flags Rule, despite a Federal Court Order that the FTC had over-reached in its attempt to apply the Rule...... more
	Federal Trade Commission's Red Flags Rule Takes Effect November 1, 2009 Morrison & Foerster LLP It’s time to set your clocks back and implement a Red Flags program. The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Red Flags Rule takes effect on this Sunday, November 1. As of this writing, the FTC has not announced that it will further delay...... more
	Ninth Circuit Finds That New Home Buyer Plaintiffs Fail To Satisfy Per Se Tying Element That Amount Of Commerce Not Be "Insubstantial" Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP "Zero Foreclosure" Is Less Than "Di Minimus." Buyers of newly constructed homes in the Boise, Idaho, area filed a federal antitrust class action, alleging that realtors representing owners of undeveloped property tied the sale of...... more

	Intellectual Property
	FTC Chair Calls for Ban to Pay-For-Delay Settlements Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP On January 13, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission released a study critical of “pay-for-delay” patent litigation settlements by which brand-name drug companies pay generic competitors to keep generic drugs off the market. The same day,...... more
	Risks of Agreeing Not to License a Pooled Patent Morrison & Foerster LLP Patent owners that participate in a patent pool should pay close attention to an en banc hearing that will take place in Princo Corporation v. International Trade Commission in 2010.[1] At present, the parties, the NYIPLA, and the...... more
	Cyprus Intellectual Property Information Paper Anastasios Antoniou Information Paper on Cypurs Intellectual Property Law, Trademarks, Patents, Copyright. Authored by Anastasios Antoniou LLC, a Cyprus law firm with Cyprus lawyers advising on all aspects of Cyprus law, EU law and International law...... more

	International Law & Trade
	Changes to Japan’s Pre-Merger Notification System Become Effective Morrison & Foerster LLP On January 1, 2010, amendments to the Japanese Anti-Monopoly Act (the “AMA”) that substantially revise Japan’s pre-merger notification system came into effect.[1] Although the amendments do not alter the legal standards under which the...... more
	New 2010 Updates to Buy American and Trade Agreements Dollar Thresholds; Buy American Requirements Remain Elusive and Complicated Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP Effective January 1, 2010, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Ronald Kirk, published new dollar thresholds determining the applicability of the Buy American Act (BAA), the Trade Agreements Act (TAA), and (potentially) other "Buy...... more
	What Every Company Should Know about Multi-Jurisdictional Cartel Investigations: Compliance Training Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP This article is the first in a three-part series on multi-jurisdictional cartel investigations. In a break from traditional enforcement trends, two recent events underscore the importance of antitrust compliance training for...... more

	Science, Computers & Technology
	Letter to EPIC from Federal Trade Commission Re: Facebook Privacy Settings Electronic Privacy Information Center EPIC’s Facebook Complaint of "particular interest" to FTC The FTC has sent a letter to EPIC regarding the December 2009 complaint, submitted by privacy organizations, about Facebook’s recent changes to user privacy settings. In the...... more
	Advertising Law - January 7, 2010 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP IN THIS ISSUE: Thomas C. Morrison, Prominent False Advertising, Lanham Act Litigator Joins Manatt in New York Manatt Attorneys Take Center Stage at Leading Industry Events *ISP Wide Open West Charged With Installing...... more
	Advertising Law - December 18, 2009 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP IN THIS ISSUE: Spammer Gets Slammer Google Threatens Ad Scammers With Lifetime Ban Ad Groups Challenge Tobacco Ad Law Wrigley Asked to Stop Eclipse Gum Ad Claims Please see full newsletter below for more information.... more

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