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Consumers’ Economic Anxieties Could Make for a Challenging Holiday Season for Retailers

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The holiday shopping season perennially holds great significance for retailers, and this impact is heightened in 2023 due to shifting consumer behaviors influenced by economic dynamics and evolving preferences. There are...more

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Connecticut Passes Significant Amendments to the Connecticut Data Privacy Act

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Covered companies will need to take additional steps to comply with the law in light of the new obligations relating to consumer health data and minors under 18 years old. On June 6, 2023, the Connecticut legislature...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Five Stars for FTC: Agency Issues Updated Endorsement Guides and Proposed Rule to Address Increasing Use of Social Media and...

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We reported over a year ago that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) had proposed updates to its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. The updated Endorsement Guides are finally here. The...more

BakerHostetler

AD-ttorneys@law - June 2022 #2

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No More Social Fix for Cali Kids? New state bill targets social media addiction - Vertigo 2.0 - There’s a tidal wave of anger against social media. And every time it seems to crest, another swell comes up from...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

No Influence: Court Dismisses Claim Based on CEO’s Raucous Influencer Parties

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Earlier last month, Judge Vince Chhabbria of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a novel complaint that the court noted stretched the bounds of when directors of a company could...more

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EU Moves Forward with Broad Regulations on Online Services that Impose Fines up to 6% of a Company’s Annual Gross Revenue

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The proposed Digital Services Act will require online services (including social media platforms, search engines, and marketplaces) to implement policies and procedures aimed at increasing transparency and combatting illegal...more

McGuireWoods Consulting

Florida End of Session Update

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The 2021 regular legislative session ended Friday, April 30th. Lawmakers took up and passed a wide range of bills during this 60-day session. Two weeks later, legislators reconvened for a special session on gaming, ending...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #266 – Getting Lots of Ads After Online Holiday Shopping? Some Tips for Browsing History

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We all probably did a lot more online shopping this year during the pandemic than ever before. After online shopping, you will notice that pop-up ads are constant, and continue to pop up even if you continue to “x” them out....more

Goulston & Storrs PC

The Future of Online Shopping Is Social

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Social media has a well-established position in the retail industry. Brands and retailers have mastered digital and social media tools to engage their target market throughout the customer journey, from awareness, engagement,...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 12.02.2019 | Top Story: US Restores Metal Tariffs on Argentina and Brazil

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The White House will again slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Argentina and Brazil in an apparent reaction to “massive devaluation” of  currencies in both South American nations....more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.24.2019 | Top Story: Lawmakers Grill Zuckerberg on Libra and Political Ads

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We didn’t get flop sweat Zuck, but it was still a hot seat indeed for Facebook’s founder and CEO on the Hill yesterday, who fielded a wide range of questions from Libra to political freedom of expression on his platform....more

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NGE IP Focus: Advertising & Social Media

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Neal Gerber Eisenberg and Wolters Kluwer have teamed up to bring you NGE IP Focus, a quarterly newsletter dedicated to intellectual property-related legal decisions. In this issue, we focus on advertising and social media,...more

Orrick - Antitrust Watch

No Signs of Slowing Down — Global Antitrust Agencies Focus on Big Tech

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Earlier this year, we covered the widespread interest in tech giants among international competition authorities, as well as the potential for divergence in intensity and type of enforcement across jurisdictions. We observed...more

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UK Budget 2018 – Key Tax Measures

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (“UK”) Budget for 2018 on 29 October 2018. The Budget was delivered against the backdrop of the UK’s negotiations with the European Union concerning Brexit. ...more

Hogan Lovells

UK leads the digital tax charge (again)

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After much speculation, UK Chancellor Philip Hammond announced today in his annual budget speech that the UK will introduce a Digital Services Tax (DST) with effect from April 2020. ...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #115 – Cyber Monday Safe Online Shopping

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It is estimated that we will spend $4 billion online this year, including on Cyber Monday, coming up in just a few days. With the increase in online shopping, particularly over the holidays, it is prime time for scheming...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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AT&T’s chief is weighing in the DOJ’s call to sell CNN in order to make its deal with Time Warner go through, and, as Randall sees it, “selling CNN makes no sense”....more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Snap’s awful Q3 be damned—Chinese tech giant Tencent has increased its stake in the company to more than 12% thanks to shares it purchased on the open market....more

Goulston & Storrs PC

The FTC Won’t Let Me Be: Warnings and Enforcement Actions Targeting Social Media Influencers

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According to recent Nielsen ratings, the most watched TV shows and live TV events top off at around 20 million viewers. In contrast, the most popular personalities on various social media platforms have well over 100 million...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Making Your Mark

I Subscribed to What? What Online Subscription-Based Marketers Need To Tell Their Consumers

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I am certainly not the only person who has been lured into purchasing a too-good-to-be-true, deeply discounted product online, only to learn that what I actually purchased was a subscription to buy more stuff. Kate Hudson’s...more

BCLP

Subscription-Based Business Models: An Overview of Auto-Renewal Regulations

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The demand for subscription-based and recurring revenue business models is growing faster than ever. According to a 2014 report by The Economist Intelligence Unit, 80 percent of customers are demanding new consumption models...more

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EU Retail News - April 2016

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Welcome to the first issue of EU Retail News written by members of the Retail Team at Bryan Cave - EU and US: Marketing fitspiration from SoulCycle - SoulCycle has taken the US by storm, with fitness studios...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update Volume 7, Issue 2

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Welcome to the newest issue of Socially Aware, our Burton Award winning guide to the law and business of social media. In this edition, we offer tips for a successful—and legal—advertising campaign; we examine a New York...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Cyber Monday, Social Commerce and the End of an Era

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Online sales on the Monday after Thanksgiving weekend—Cyber Monday—have continued to increase year over year since the day was first christened “Cyber Monday” in 2004. As social media enthusiasts, we were surprised to learn...more

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Why is Omnichannel Retail so Hard?

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The retail industry has been evolving rapidly to keep up with new technology and consumer patterns. While the chief concern previously was about how traditional retailers could prevent the loss of market share to online...more

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