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News & Analysis as of May 20, 2013

Advertising Law -- May 09, 2013

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/9/2013

Harsh Criticism for Ad Industry Over DNT - The advertising industry faced harsh criticism at a hearing held by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.). He addressed the implementation of a federal Do Not Track program and...more

Advertising Law -- Mar 21, 2013

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/22/2013

In This Issue: Manatt Advertising Litigation Team Twice Defeats Efforts to Enjoin TurboTax Television Commercials; Sen. Rockefeller Tries Again with Do Not Track; NAD: Price Match Offer by Toys “R” Us Needs a Change;...more

Text Spam Hot on FTC Radar

by Audet & Partners, LLP on 3/13/2013

As recently reported, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has previously taken steps to protect consumers from text message solicitations otherwise known as “text spam.” Earlier this month, the Federal Trade...more

Is the FTC Opening a New Front in the War on Commercial Texting?

by Ronald London | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 3/11/2013

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced it concurrently filed eight complaints in courts around the United States against “senders of spam text messages” who allegedly engaged in deceptive acts or practices by...more

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update -- Volume 4, Issue 1 -- January/February 2013

by Amanda Bakale, Tiffany Cheung, Jacob Michael Kaufman, J. Alexander Lawrence, Christine E. Lyon, Julie O'Neill, Matthew R Galeotti, Jesse Soslow | Morrison Foerster - Social Media on 2/1/2013

In this issue of Socially Aware, our Burton Award-winning guide to the law and business of social media, we explore the challenges that arise when employers and employees battle over work-related social media accounts; we...more

"Eye on Privacy" Newsletter - January 2013

by Cedric Burton, Wendy Devine, Tonia Klausner, Christopher Kuner, Sharon Lee, Jason Mollick, Lydia Parnes, Anna Pateraki, Tracy Shapiro, Matthew Staples, Gerard Stegmaier | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 1/18/2013

In this issue: - FTC Releases Final Amendments to Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule - Mobile Apps Face Heightened Privacy Enforcement - Policies and Practices Scrutinized - Global and European...more

Telecommunications in the 113th Congress

by David Leiter, Jeremy Rabinovitz, Rachel Sanford | Mintz Levin - Communications on 1/16/2013

The 112th Congress saw a lot of activity focused on new and changing technologies, but few legislative breakthroughs. Early in the year, there was significant activity around intellectual property and online piracy issues,...more

Are You Prepared for the New TCPA Changes Effective January 14, 2013?

by Michael Mallow, Christine M. Reilly, James Taylor | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 1/11/2013

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved and published its amended Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) regulations on telemarketing calls, many of which go into effect in 2013. These updates to the TCPA...more

2012 Payments Systems Year-in-Review

by Craig Hoffman | BakerHostetler on 12/29/2012

The interchange fee and the potential of mobile payments were the dominant payment system issues in 2012. From a landmark antitrust settlement to seemingly daily announcements of a new prepaid or mobile payment product, there...more

Advertising Law -- Dec 26, 2012

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 12/28/2012

In This Issue: SPECIAL FOCUS: FTC Announces Final Amendments to Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule; ’Tis the Season for Gift Card Restrictions; NAD Speaks on Indefinite Promotions; FCC: Confirmatory Opt-Out...more

UPDATE: Stricter FCC Prerecorded Telemarketing Rules Coming Soon—Compliance Deadlines Set

by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 10/17/2012

Our March 15, 2012 advisory below described how the FCC revised its telemarketing rules in an attempt to reconcile them with parallel FTC regulations, but in doing so exceeded what the FTC did in a couple of key areas. The...more

mHealth Stakeholders: Bullet List of Legal Considerations

by Duane Morris LLP on 5/22/2012

You are a device maker, an app or software developer, a potential investor, a healthcare provider, a healthcare payor or an insurer and you see opportunities in mobile health (mHealth). You have an idea for a revolutionary...more

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