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Advertising News & Analysis - May 2, 2013

In this issue: - NY Court Finds Name-Dropping Remains Protected in Art and Music - FTC Announces Staff Report on Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule - FTC Solicits Comments on Proposed Changes to...more

@theForefront: The Celebrity Fashion Tweet

Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the current hyper-digital age is the ever-shrinking gap between the celebrity and everyman. Nowhere is this phenomenon more apparent than in the realm of the celebrity tweet. Twitter,...more

Privacy Policy Considerations For Sports Marketers

Marketers of sporting events and products, like those in other industries, increasingly use customer data to promote events and products, to get to know their customers and fans, and to improve customer service. Last December...more

FTC Looks at Football Helmet Safety Claims

Helmet safety has caught the attention of the Federal Trade Commission, which is looking into marketing claims that some football helmets can help reduce concussions. Recent months have seen widespread publicity about...more

Unterberg v Jimmy Carter and Simon & Schuster

Class Action Complaint re: Palestine: Peace not Apartheid

Class action complaint against Jimmy Carter and Simon & Schuster regarding Palestine: Peace not Apartheid on the ground that the book contains demonstrable falsehoods, omissions, and knowing misrepresentations designed to...more

Volume 6 Issue 3 Winter 2011

SEATTLE--University of Washington School of Law today published the Winter 2011 issue of the new Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts, the nation’s first student-run electronic law journal focusing on technology,...more

ONLINE GAMBLING ROMANIA: GamblingCompliance interview with Bogdan Mararu -"Romanian Lottery Looks For Lion’s Share Of Online Play"

In this article written by Daniel Macadam, GabmlingCompliance(R) journalist, Mararu & Mararu partner Bogdan Mararu is interviewed on the draft of the secondary legislation regulating online gambling in Romania, namely the...more

ONLINE GAMBLING ROMANIA: GamblingCompliance interview with Bogdan Mararu - "Romania Backs Updated Internet Gambling Bill"

In this article written by Daniel Macadam, GabmlingCompliance(R) journalist, Mararu & Mararu partner Bogdan Mararu is interviewed on the draft of the primary legislation regulating online gambling in Romania notified to the...more

ONLINE GAMBLING ROMANIA: GamblingCompliance interview with Bogdan Mararu - "Romanian Online Plans Hit EC Bump"

In this article written by William Chambers, GabmlingCompliance(R) journalist, Mararu & Mararu partner Bogdan Mararu is interviewed on the draft of the primary legislation regulating online gambling in Romania notified to the...more

Advertising Law - March 8, 2010

In This Issue: *Subway-Quiznos Case Settles *Extending Those 15 minutes: NY Considers Law on Postmortem Rights *The Buzz on Google's New Service: Privacy Complaint, Lawsuit *Court Denies NCAA Motions to Dismiss in Suits...more

Consumer Protection Advisory: FTC Settlement Ends Ticketmaster’s Reselling “Glory Days”

Ticketmaster and its affiliates entered into a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on February 18, 2010, in which Ticketmaster agreed to pay refunds to consumers who purchased tickets for 14 Bruce Springsteen...more

Advertising Law - September 23, 2009

IN THIS ISSUE: *Manatt Adds Advertising Partner Terri Seligman in New York *FCC Launches Probe of Wireless Industry *Court Throws Out Sanctions Against Kevin Trudeau *Court OKs Paris Hilton’s “Hot” Suit Against...more

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

IN THIS ISSUE: *Yahoo Defeats Pay-Per-Click Claim *Group Pays $25K for Wrongful Removal of YouTube Videos *Consumer Advocates Want Companies to Come Clean *Hendrix Electric Vodka Loses Trademark Dispute *“Vista...more

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

IN THIS ISSUE: *50 Cent Ploy Is Costing Taco Bell Plenty *Congress Clashes With CPSC Over Chemical Ban in Toys *Online Jewelers Engage in Gem Warfare *Barbie Beats the Bratz *Monster Cable Target Pleads Its Case on...more