Dec 26, 2017 FTC Continues to Watch "Made in USA" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The FTC continues to investigate companies that it believes are making unsubstantiated "Made in USA" claims. In December alone, the FTC...
Dec 22, 2017 FTC Settles with Hotel Resellers By Jeff Greenbaum Hotel resellers settled FTC charges that the resellers misled consumers into believing that they were reserving rooms directly with the...
Dec 21, 2017 AICP and AICE to Merge By Jeff Greenbaum The AICP and the AICE announced this week that the organizations are merging. The merger is effective January 1, 2018. The AICP has...
Dec 20, 2017 Sweepstakes Advertised to Kids Gets CARU's attention By Terri Seligman The advertising at issue in CARU’s inquiry, a 30-second commercial for Subway’s Fresh Fit for Kid’s Meal, aired during children’s...
Dec 20, 2017 Advertising Law Event in LA By Jeff Greenbaum Please join us on January 31st at Shutters on the Beach in Santa Monica for "A Dozen Advertising Law Tips for 2018." Brian Murphy and I...
Oct 16, 2017 Privacy Shield: Year One Updates You Need To Know By Daniel Goldberg This month we’re celebrating Privacy Shield’s first birthday (admittedly, a bit belated) with an update on everything Privacy Shield....
Aug 22, 2017 Class Action Lawsuits over Alleged COPPA Violations Reinforce Importance of Compliance By Daniel Goldberg Earlier this month, three class action lawsuits were filed against companies for alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy...
Jul 20, 2017 Data for Sale . . . at a Price – FTC Imposes $104 Million Judgment against Company over Alleged Unlawful Sharing of Consumers’ Sensitive Information By Daniel Goldberg On July 5, 2017, the FTC announced a settlement with Blue Global Media, LLC (“Blue Global”) and its CEO Christopher Kay over allegations...
Jul 10, 2017 Third State Adopts Biometric Privacy Law By Greg Boyd On June 1, 2017, Washington State joined Illinois and Texas as the third state to pass a biometric privacy law. The law, H.B. 1493, which...
Jun 28, 2017 Children’s Privacy: FTC Issues New COPPA Guidance for IoT and Connected Devices By Jeremy Goldman Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released a new report, Six-Step Compliance Plan for Your Business, to help companies...
Jun 19, 2017 Dish Network Hit with Damages of 280 Million and 61 Million in Two Separate Lawsuits for Long-standing Violations of Telemarketing Laws By Rayna Lopyan In what is being hailed by the Federal Trade Commission as “a record-setting win for American consumers,” and what should be viewed as a...
May 23, 2017 Times They Are A-Changin’: Oregon and Illinois Bills Latest in Push by States to Regulate Internet Privacy By Daniel Goldberg In the past five months, we’ve seen a significant shift in the direction of privacy regulation at the federal level. As discussed in our...
May 05, 2017 My Thoughts on HBO’s Recent “Silicon Valley” Episode, “Terms of Service” By Jeremy Goldman The plot of last Sunday’s episode of HBO’s fantastic and hilarious show, Silicon Valley, titled “Terms of Service,” was driven entirely...
May 03, 2017 Federal Appeals Court Weakens DMCA Safe Harbor Protection for Moderated Online Content By Jeremy Goldman Andrew Ungberg If you’re an online publisher or other internet service provider (“ISP”) that relies on moderators to police or curate user-generated...
Apr 06, 2017 Still A Bumpy Ride: Compliance Challenges Persist For Companies Looking to Get Commercial Drone Use Off the Ground By Andrew Ungberg In the past several years, the wide-spread availability of reliable, affordable unmanned aerial vehicles — drones — has fueled massive...
Mar 30, 2017 SHOW ME THE DATA – How Wearable Technology Data May Change Baseball By Rayna Lopyan Just this month, Major League Baseball issued a ground-breaking decision approving players’ use of biometric devices during games in the...