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Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - April 2013

In This Issue: - Data-Breach Class Actions After the Supreme Court Decision in Clapper - California Supreme Court Holds That Song-Beverly Credit Card Act Does Not Apply to Online Purchases -...more

Google: Better to Seek Forgiveness Than Permission?

For years, Google has been blazing trails in the technology world and along the way they have been caught in a few snares. The latest entanglement wrapped up this week as the company settled a two-year investigation led by an...more

Massachusetts High Court Decision Regarding ZIP Codes Increases Consumer Litigation Risk for Retailers

On March 11, 2013, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled in Tyler v. Michaels Stores, Inc. that a retailer’s collection of ZIP codes while processing credit cards can violate Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, § 105(a), a...more

Cookie Monster

When it comes to venue, cookie cases are anything but cookie-cutter - Marketers have an insatiable interest to know more about their customers, and the “cookies” they plant in those customers’ computers reveal much of...more

Advertising Law -- Feb 21, 2013

In This Issue: Neutrogena Escapes Class Certification; It's Not "Hip" to Steal Contact Info; Leibowitz Leaves the FTC—Who Will Take His Place?; A Court Ruling Wouldn't Be Kosher; California Supreme Court: Some Online...more

Advertising Law -- Nov 29, 2012

In This Issue: Could Papa John’s be Liable for $250 Million in a Spam Text Suit?; FTC Chair: COPPA Update by End of 2012, Do Not Track Will Take Longer; Calm Down! CSPI Targets Caffeinated Products; Confirmatory Opt-Out...more

The FTC Fires Back Against Wyndham

The Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) has filed its response to the Wyndham Hotel & Resorts LLC’s (“Wyndham”) Motion to Dismiss. In its response, the FTC rebuts Wyndham’s Motion and argues three main points...more

Advertising News & Analysis - July 26, 2012

In this issue: - CFPB Turns One, Announces First Enforcement Action - FTC Weighs in on FCC’s Consideration of Mobile “Cramming” - California Announces Privacy Enforcement and Protection Unit - Microsoft...more

Advertising Law -- July 20, 2012

In This Issue: Manatt Partner Ivan Wasserman Invited to Present at Nutrition Business Journal Summit; Senators Debate Online Self-Regulatory Regime; FTC Releases Report on "Up To" Claims; Update: California Court...more

Advertising Law -- June 8, 2012

In This Issue: Manatt’s National Advertising Practice Earns Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2012; Manatt Partners to Serve as Faculty at ACI’s Litigating and Resolving Advertising Disputes Conference; FTC Sends Refunds to...more

Advertising Law -- May 17, 2012

In This Issue: PMA To Be Represented by Manatt Partner Linda Goldstein on FTC Panel; Manatt Partner Jeff Edelstein to Lead CLE Privacy Law Webinar Session; Thanks to the FTC, Defendants Won’t “Get Rich Quick” on...more

Advertising Law -- May 10, 2012

In This Issue: *Class Certified in Abercrombie & Fitch Gift Card Case *Prize Promotion Business Is No “Prize” *Reebok Firms Up EasyTone Marketing Claims After FTC Settlement *Chipotle Substantiates Claims in “Back...more

Advertising News & Analysis - April 5, 2012

In this issue; - Senator Durbin Calls on FDA to Regulate Caffeine in Energy Drinks - FTC Approves Final Order Settling Privacy Charges with Upromise - FTC Continues Crackdown on Marketers Targeting Vulnerable...more

Health Headlines - June 20, 2011

In This Issue: - District Court Upholds CMS’s Disallowance Of Illinois Medicaid “Provider Tax” - An IRS Advisory Committee Recommends Changes To IRS Rules For Group Exemptions - Eighth Circuit Denies Antitrust...more

In Re Google Buzz User Privacy Litigation

Cy Pres Applicants' Objection To Class Counsel's Proposed Cy Pres Distribution

EPIC, Privacy Groups File Objection to Proposed Google Buzz Settlement EPIC and a coalition of consumer and privacy organizations have filed an objection to the "cy pres" allocation proposed by the attorneys in the Google...more

Advertising Law - November 16, 2010

In This Issue: Ziploc Can Substantiate Evolve Bag Claims – With More Info; Court Reinstates $49 Million Judgment for FTC; Judge Denies Class Certification in Suit Over Health Effects of McDonald’s; FTC Drops Google Street...more

Attorneys’ Liability Developments in 2009: The Rise and Fall of the “Red Flags” Rule Regarding Attorneys

In response to the serious and growing problem of identity theft, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued in November 2007 the so-called “Red Flags Rule,” requiring “creditors” to develop and implement programs targeted to...more

Advertising Law - September 3, 2009

IN THIS ISSUE: *Lawsuit Accuses Snapple of Unnatural Ads *BetOnSports Founder Pleads Guilty and Forfeits $43 Million *Court Revives Taster’s Choice Lawsuit *Newsday Rejects Ad Criticizing Cablevision *Regulators and...more

Newsletter of the Advertising, Marketing & Media Practice Group of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

IN THIS ISSUE: *Court Affirms $120 Million Fine Against Seasilver *Blockbuster Sued Over Facebook Ad Program *Microsoft's ?Vista Capable? Lawsuit Advances *Comcast To Draft File-Sharing Best Practices Please see full...more

Newsletter of the Advertising, Marketing & Media Practice Group of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

IN THIS ISSUE: *Second Circuit Snuffs Out ?Light? Cigarette Class Action *Case Challenges Apple?s Millions of Colors Claim *Woody Allen Sees No Humor In American Apparel Ad *Grocery Chain Blames Malware for Data...more

In the Matter of Google, Inc. and DoubleClick, Inc.

Complaint Requesting Recusal of the Federal Trade Commission Chairman From the Pending Review of the Proposed Google-Doubleclick...

On 4-20-07, EPIC, CDD, and US PIRG filed a complaint with the FTC, requesting that the Commission open an investigation into the proposed acquisition, specifically with regard to the ability of Google to record, analyze,...more

Antitrust's New Big Brother, Business Law Today

In addition to its better-known provisions, the Patriot Act makes a criminal violation of the Sherman Act is a “predicate offense” for an order by a federal district court to authorize a wiretap, bug or other...more