International Law & Trade, Consumer Protection, Antitrust & Trade Regulation

Court Allows Service Via Email and Facebook

by Kathryn L. Ossian | Miller Canfield on 3/19/2013

The Internet is widely used by organizations and individuals to communicate and conduct business globally. Courts are recognizing that traditional methods of serving pleadings and documents may not be sufficient when it comes...more

UK Government Announces Proposals for an “Opt-Out” Collective Competition Damages Action

by Philip Bentley, Veronica Pinotti, Wilko van Weert, Philipp Werner | McDermott Will & Emery on 3/7/2013

On 29 January 2013, the UK Government’s Department for Business, Innovation & Skills announced new proposals designed to improve the ability for consumers and businesses to bring collective damages claims against competition...more

Franchising Update - Febuary, 2013

by Murray Deakin, Chris Nikou, Anna Trist | K&L Gates LLP on 2/13/2013

This edition of our Franchising Update includes the following articles: - The recently announced review of the Franchising Code. - The Pie Face dispute – misleading information or inadequate due...more

New EU Counterfeit Goods Regulation

by Désirée Fields, Rohan Massey | McDermott Will & Emery on 1/28/2013

On 24 January 2013, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection committee of the European Parliament endorsed a new Regulation 5129/2013/EC setting out customs procedures for goods suspected of infringing intellectual...more

Cross-Border Class Actions: The Ontario Court of Appeal Affirms the Ability of U.S. Class Plaintiffs to Compel Evidence from a...

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 11/30/2012

On November 28, 2012, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Treat America Limited v. Leonidas 2012 ONCA 748 which broadly affirmed the ability of U.S. class action plaintiffs to obtain the assistance of the...more

Doing Business in Canada: International Trade

by Bennett Jones LLP on 10/18/2012

Canada’s international trade law regulates the import and export of goods, the manner in which these goods are procured or sold, and the protection of foreign investments in Canada and Canadian investments abroad. Most of the...more

FTC Requires Alcoholic Beverage Advertisers to Provide Data and Information Related to Internet/Digital Marketing and Data...

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 5/9/2012

As part of its latest study on the effectiveness of industry self-regulation in preventing advertising and marketing of alcoholic beverages to underage audiences, on April 12, the Federal Trade Commission issued orders to...more

Anti-Spam Law: See updated CASL v. CAN-SPAM summary

by Dentons on 3/28/2012

Are you one of those who have been monitoring the progress of Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL)? If so, you may also have given some thought to the difference between the existing U.S. rules under the CAN-SPAM Act, and the...more

Privacy and Mobile Apps for Kids

by Dentons on 2/21/2012

Canadian Privacy Commissioners have expressed concerned regarding the collection and use of personal information from children. In the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s 2010 Report on Consultations on Online...more

Advertising Law - November 22, 2011

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 11/25/2011

In This Issue: Edward F. Glynn, Jr., Renowned Advertising Attorney, Joins Manatt in Washington, D.C.; Q&A with Steve Raptis: A Minor Delay In Providing Notice of a Lawsuit May Void Insurance Coverage; Google+ Subtracts...more

FTC Considers Updating Online Advertising Guide

by Paul Van Slyke on 6/21/2011

The Federal Trade Commission announced on May 25, 2011 that it is considering updting and reissing its Online Avertising Guide known as "Dot Com Disclosures" issued in 2000 to provide guidance to businesses about how FTC law...more

Chinese Whispers: Partner Jonathan P Armstrong of Duane Morris discusses how to tackle the regulatory risks of social media

by Duane Morris LLP on 5/4/2011

Government bodies around the world are getting increasingly involved in regulating how social media is used. On 1 March 2011, the UK Code of Non-Broadcast Advertising (known as the CAP Code) was extended to the online...more

Volume 6 Issue 3 Winter 2011

by Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts on 2/1/2011

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"

by Bogdan Mararu on 1/24/2011

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"

by Bogdan Mararu on 12/7/2010

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

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