Why POM Wonderful Can Celebrate FTC Judge’s Ruling in Advertising Case by Ifrah Law - Strategic Defense in Federal... on 5/23/2012 Pomegranate juice maker POM Wonderful has declared victory against the FTC . . . in spite of an administrative law judge’s ruling that upholds many claims in the agency’s complaint. But the California company has good reason...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
Advertising Law -- May 4, 2012 by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/7/2012 In This Issue: *Manatt Expands Intellectual Property Practice in New York *Federal Court Rules Muscle Milk Lawsuit Needs More Muscle *How Much Is That App in the Window? *City Ordinance Banning Outdoor Tobacco...more
New Law Will Let the Feds Monitor Your Email by Lawyers.com on 5/4/2012 A new pending law called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA) might make your email a matter of national security. The proposed legislation could include monitoring of your e-mails, filtering content...more
You Can Be Fired for a Facebook “Like” by Lawyers.com on 5/3/2012 If you want to keep your job, don’t “like” someone on Facebook who is an opponent of your boss. In a decision that affects free expression on social media, a federal judge ruled that there’s no First Amendment protection for...more
Jackson Walker VIA Media postcard - April 2012 by Jackson Walker on 5/2/2012 In This Issue: - Paul Watler's Perspective A Million to None in Texas Defamation Rulings — The same red-flag words may yield vastly different results in defamation litigation. Two recent Texas rulings serve as...more
Learning the Rights and Wrongs of Commercial Speech by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 4/27/2012 Michael Jordan recently learned that his achievements on the basketball court do not translate into success in court when his opponent is the First Amendment. In a ruling against Mr. Jordan, a federal judge in Chicago...more
Rb. 's-Hertogenbosch 26 januari 2012, Mediaforum 2012/5, Nr. 15 by Harald Wiersema on 4/24/2012 In 2011 laaiden discussies op over de subsidiëring (lees: bekostiging) van de regionale omroepen door de provincies. Provincies zoeken naar manieren om te bezuinigen en bij die zoektocht wordt ook de cultuursector onder de...more
FEC Update - April 22, 2012 by Patton Boggs LLP on 4/23/2012 The Federal Election Commission released the Weekly Digest for the week of April 16-20, 2012. I know it has been a while since my last post so here are some articles discussing the federal district court’s decision in...more
FEC Update - April 22, 2012 by Patton Boggs LLP on 4/23/2012 The Federal Election Commission released the Weekly Digest for the week of April 16-20, 2012. I know it has been a while since my last post so here are some articles discussing the federal district court’s decision in...more
All the Legal Issues Facing Broadcasters - Presentation to the Oklahoma Broadcasters and Summary in TV NewsCheck by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 4/23/2012 In the last few weeks, I've twice had the occasion to summarize the legal issues facing broadcasters, and it amazes me at how many issue there are and, how quickly the issues are changing. On April 12, I did an update on...more
EPIC Urges Justice Department to Investigate Google for Unlawful Wiretapping by Electronic Privacy Information Center on 4/18/2012 EPIC wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking the Department of Justice to investigate Google’s collection of Wi-Fi data from residential networks by means of "Street View" vehicles. The Federal Communications...more
Cell Phone GPS Tracking by Law Enforcement and Your Privacy Rights by Collins & Collins, P.C. on 4/16/2012 Cellular phones have become a ubiquitous part of everyday life. According to CTIA Wireless Association, 302.9 million people in the U.S.--over 96% of the population--carry a cell phone. However, the price of being permanently...more
Court of Appeals Strikes Down Communications Act Ban on Political and Issue Advertising on Noncommercial Broadcasting Stations -... by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 4/13/2012 The Communications Act's ban on noncommercial broadcast stations running political and issue advertising was struck down as unconstitutional by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. While the Court upheld the...more