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News & Analysis as of May 23, 2013

What’s That Charge on My Mobile Phone Bill? The FTC Wants to Know

by Jeff Ifrah on 4/26/2013

“Cramming” – while it sounds like the experience of being in the middle row of a cross-country flight – actually refers to unauthorized charges on phone bills. Residential and business telecommunications customers have...more

FTC Order Against Fraudulent Payment Processor Joins Growing List of Regulatory Actions Involving Third Party Service Providers

by Brian J. Hurh | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 3/20/2013

Following on the heels of significant regulatory actions by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Reserve, and the FDIC against regulated companies and their third-party service providers, the Federal Trade...more

ITC Ruling May Presage Return of Sanctions Proceedings

by Duane Morris LLP on 5/2/2012

U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Administrative Law Judge Thomas B. Pender (ALJ) recently imposed sanctions on Apple due to the intentional misrepresentations of fact in the opening statement and briefing. This sua...more

Advertising Law -- April 27, 2012

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/1/2012

In This Issue: Duracell Battery Class Action Lawsuit; Class Action Settlement Seeks To “Stop” GameStop’s Allegedly Deceptive Marketing Practices; Commercial Email with Falsified or Misrepresented Header Information...more

Victims of Work-from-Home Scam Receive Refunds via FTC

by Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Center, P.A. on 12/12/2011

About 75,000 victims of a work-from-home scam have received refunds of the money they paid courtesy of the FTC. This scam offered an online work-from-home opportunity where the victims were sold access to job listings. The...more

California Court Dismisses UCL Claim Over Fiji Water

by Barger & Wolen on 5/31/2011

Sometimes a green drop is just a green drop. Last week, the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, dismissed a purported class action against the owners of Fiji Water, finding as a matter of law that the...more

New Jersey Supreme Court to Decide on Whether Consumer Fraud Act Was Properly Applied in Context of Commercial Dispute

by Kevin O'Connor on 5/19/2011

In my prior blogs (employmentandconstructionlawupdate.blogspot.com) I’ve covered the dramatic changes in the law of late, where the New Jersey state courts have applied the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act in any number of...more

The Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act: New Obligations for Merchants

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/7/2011

On December 29, 2010, President Obama signed the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (ROSCA) into law. The law has received surprisingly little media attention, but it deserves a close look by any company doing business...more

Bully for Who? Thoughts on "trademark bullying" - Intellectual Property Magazine

by Ronald Coleman on 1/1/2011

The U.S. PTO has asked for commentary from the public about a hazily defined concept -- "trademark bullying." But we know what they mean. ...more

Advertising Law - December 22, 2009

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 12/22/2009

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...more

Locked Out: Plaintiffs Alleging Unfair Competition Claim Relating to "False Origin" of Locksets Failed to Adequately Allege...

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/10/2009

False advertising claims under California’s Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”) require plaintiffs to plead and prove injury in fact and a loss of money or property as a result of the alleged violation. Alleged false...more

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