Antitrust & Trade Regulation

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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

Advertising News & Analysis - March 21, 2013

by Walter R. Calvert, Jeffrey D. Knowles, Amy Ralph Mudge, Gregory J. Sater, Randal M. Shaheen | Venable LLP on 3/22/2013

In this issue: - ANA CEO Calls for Greater Industry Cooperation, Self-Regulation to Win Policy Battles - Price Match Guarantees – Easy to Offer, Hard to Limit - Some States Eye Advertisers to Generate Tax...more

FTC Warns Hotels Against Providing Price Quotes That Lack Mandatory Taxes and Fees

by Michael P. Heuga, Lindsay A. Lutz, Roxane A. Polidora, Josh Romanow, Christian A. Salaman, Michael L. Sibarium | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 12/5/2012

On November 28, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it sent letters to 22 hotel operators warning them that their online reservation sites may violate the law by misrepresenting hotel room prices. In...more

International News: Focus On Alcohol Beverages - July 14, 2011

by McDermott Will & Emery on 7/15/2011

In This Issue: FEATURES: Increased Antitrust Scrutiny of Non-Reportable or Closed Transactions; Minimising Exposure: Understanding the Risk of Bribery in China; and Are Our Tax Systems Fit for Purpose? FOCUS ON...more

New Federal Regulation of Tax Resolution, Tax Negotiation and Tax Settlement Services: FTC Telemarketing Sales Rule

by Venable LLP on 10/7/2010

Background: How did we get here? - FTC Background – History Debt Relief Services Enforcement; Debt Settlement Workshop; Debt Relief Services Rulemaking; – Telemarketing Sales Rule; Amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule;...more