International Law & Trade, Consumer Protection, Communications & Media Law

European Commission Plans to Change Consumer Product Safety Rules

by Alistair Maughan | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/26/2013

The European Commission plans to introduce new rules to improve the safety regime applicable to non-food consumer products distributed in the EU. The Commission has put forward a new package of measures to provide more...more

European Privacy Regulator Issues Important Opinion on the Use of Apps

by Karin Retzer | Morrison Foerster - Social Media on 4/16/2013

On February 27, 2013, the European Article 29 Working Party (a group comprising representatives from all of the data protection authorities of the EU Member States, referred to in this articles as “WP29”) issued an Opinion on...more

European Regulators Issue Opinion on Mobile Apps

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 3/25/2013

On March 14, 2013, the European data protection regulators (the Article 29 Working Party, or WP) issued a 30-page opinion addressing how mobile apps should comply with EU data protection law (the Opinion). The main focus of...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

McAfee & Taft tIPsheet - November 2012: Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation to impact electronic marketing and communications by Sasha...

by Sasha L. Beling | McAfee & Taft on 11/16/2012

Until recently, Canada was the only G8 country without specific anti-spam legislation. Canada’s new anti-spam legislation Bill C-28, commonly referred to as Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), is set to go into effect...more

Libya Loses Court Battle Over Its Own ‘Libyan Embassy’ Trademark

by Jeff Ifrah on 9/19/2012

In an interesting recent opinion, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rebuffed the Libyan Government’s bid to obtain a transfer to it of the domain name registration for libyanembassy.com from a “legalization...more

“But what is it, Doc?” – Health Care Professionals under Professionals under Regulation 1924/2006

by K&L Gates LLP on 7/5/2012

Changes in the epidemiological profile in Western countries during the last three decades have shown an increasing trend in the development of non-transmissible chronic diseases in the adult population. Nutrition-related...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

Complying With Brazil's Consumer Protecting Code

by Michael Diaz Jr. - Diaz Reus International... on 1/31/2012

Brazil, as the seventh largest economy in the world, and the fifth largest nation in terms of land mass, continues to present great market opportunities to foreign investors. Product or service suppliers can enjoy great...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