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Ninth Circuit: FDA Regulations Broadly Preempt Food Labeling Claims

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/22/2012

Last week, the Ninth Circuit issued a broad FDA preemption ruling that elbows aside federal deceptive-labeling claims in the latest slugfest between Pom Wonderful and Coca-Cola that has been going on for almost five years....more

Patterson Belknap Secures Major Win For Coca Cola: Ninth Circuit Holds False Advertising Claims Against FDA-Authorized Label Are...

by Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 5/22/2012

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held last week that The Coca Cola Company cannot be sued under the Lanham Act over the name and labeling of a juice product that is authorized by FDA regulations. In doing so,...more

The Troubles With The New Crowdfunding Law?

by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/22/2012

Everyone is very excited about the new crowdfunding-for-securities law. Crowdfunding is a great idea–in concept. And now we have a new law which is about to make crowdfunding for securities a reality, at least in some sense....more

Spam, spam, wonderful spam by Jessica John Bowman

by McAfee & Taft on 5/18/2012

Originally published in The Journal Record - May 17, 2012. At first glance, email marketing campaigns may appear to be an ideal way to market your business: A business that engages in an email marketing campaign can...more

The JOBS Act – Jammin’ On Business Startups

by Sands Anderson PC on 5/18/2012

Will the new Reg A “Lively Up” America’s Entrepreneurs? President Obama signed the JOBS Act into law last month. The Act is not named after the late entrepreneur, but had he lived to see its passage, I think Steve might have...more

Anti-Spam Update – Proposed New Exemptions on the Way

by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP on 5/18/2012

Today the Canadian Bar Association held an update session for members on Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (“CASL”). An oral presentation was provided by Andy Kaplan-Myrth, a Policy Advisor in the Digital Policy Branch at...more

gTLD Launch: An Update on the TAS Interruption

by Mintz Levin - Intellectual Property on 5/18/2012

As previously posted, ICANN’s TLD application system (“TAS”) has been plagued by a “technical glitch ” that has caused the online application system for new generic top level domains (gTLDs) to be taken offline in order to...more

FCC Proposes Bandwidth for Wireless Medical Monitoring

by Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. on 5/18/2012

The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) frequently speaks about the "ubiquitous connected platform" that is being created by the ongoing use of private electronic devices, like smart phones and tablets, in a medical...more

Supreme Court Fails To Bite At Bulldog And Oxfam America Sues The SEC

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 5/18/2012

Supreme Court says “no” to Bulldog In March, I wrote that the Bulldog group of funds had asked the United States Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of Massachusetts’ ban on general solicitations in...more

EPIC Supports Geolocation Privacy Act, Suggests Improvement

by Electronic Privacy Information Center on 5/17/2012

In a Statement for the Record, EPIC has expressed support for H.R. 2168, the "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act," which prohibits the interception of location information by private parties and government agents...more

Recent SEC Guidance on Crowdfunding

by Mintz Levin - Corporate & Securities on 5/17/2012

On May 7, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Trading and Markets issued guidance to prospective crowdfunding intermediaries under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act (H.R. 3606) in the...more

JOBS Act Update: SEC Issues Additional Guidance on the Implementation and Application of the JOBS Act

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/15/2012

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act), enacted on April 5, 2012, changes and liberalizes the regulatory landscape for both public and private companies seeking to raise capital. The Staff of the Division of...more

The JOBS Act: Opportunities and Risks for Broker-Dealers

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/15/2012

In April 2012, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act) into law. The Act focuses upon stimulating economic growth by making it easier for smaller businesses to raise capital. Among the...more

MTC Meeting Summary: Uniformity Proposals Progress; UDITPA/Compact Amendments and Model Sales and Use Tax Notice and Reporting on...

by Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 5/15/2012

On May 10, the Multistate Tax Commission's (MTC) Executive Committee approved for further consideration model uniformity laws dealing with: (1) communications transaction tax centralized administration; and (2) tax...more

Dealership Update - May 2012: A Supervisor's Guide to Social Media, Part One

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 5/15/2012

Over the past couple of years, we have seen hundreds of articles extolling the virtues and benefits of "social media" for every kind of business. We're told that Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter and other electronic...more

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