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Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Los Angeles County Sues Grubhub for Unfair Business Practices and False Advertising

On February 21, 2024, Los Angeles County filed a complaint for injunctive relief and damages against Grubhub alleging that the company engaged in false and deceptive advertising and unfair business practices that harm...more

Holland & Knight LLP

NY Court: Short-Term Rental Services Must Register Dwellings to Comply with Local Law

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In a win for New York City's hospitality industry, a New York judge has rejected Airbnb's legal challenge to a New York City law requiring dwellings hosting short-term rentals to be registered with the City. The City will...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

An Extraordinary Smackdown of an Ordinary Sign Ordinance

Court Invalidates Common Sign Ordinance on First Amendment Grounds - A federal appeals court cited the First Amendment in invalidating some portions of the City of Troy, Mich.’s sign ordinance that are very common to many...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Municipality’s Retaliation against Newspaper for Unfavorable Press Leads to Civil Rights Claim

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Press and Journal, Inc. v. Borough of Middletown, Civil Action No. 1:18-CV-2064 (M.D. Pa. 2018) (Borough faces a civil rights claim for retaliation against newspaper for unfavorable press coverage). BACKGROUND - The...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

San Francisco City Ordinance Takes a Hard Hit in Ninth Circuit Soft Drink Lawsuit

Can an en banc decision of a federal appellate court be controversial even when every single active judge of that court agrees with the outcome? The answer is emphatically yes, as confirmed by the Ninth Circuit’s January 31,...more

Perkins Coie

City’s Agreement to Extend Life of Billboards Violated Initiative Measure Prohibiting New Billboards

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The Second District Court of Appeal held that the purported amendment of an agreement to extend the period in which billboards were permitted within the City constituted a new agreement and hence violated the terms of a...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Following SCOTUS’ Lead, the Ninth Circuit Strikes Down a Ban on “Disparaging” Ads

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A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit has ruled that Seattle violated the First Amendment by banning “disparaging” ads on city buses....more

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Public Bus Ad Gets A Free Ride - County Cannot Prohibit Ad Content Solely Because It’s Disparaging Or Potentially Disruptive,...

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A county violated the First Amendment by refusing to display an advertisement related to global terrorism on its public buses, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held....more

Foster Garvey PC

OTA & Travel Distribution Update - SwayPay seeks to simplify payment processing and Hotel Bonanza hits the 10,000 mark in hotel...

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This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending March 2, 2018 is below. Nothing too remarkable in this week’s Oscar-shortened Update....more

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Billboards in Unincorporated Areas of California Subject to City, County Regulations

Many of California’s roadways are littered with advertising. A question regarding oversight of roadside billboards, however, has long remained: Does the state have ultimate control or can municipalities weigh in on...more

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Ninth Circuit Upholds Cities' Regulation of Mobile Billboards

Municipal ordinances prohibiting mobile billboard advertising were recently upheld by a federal appeals court. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the ordinances withstood First Amendment scrutiny as...more

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