The Advertising Law Blog provides commentary and news on developing legal issues in advertising, promotional marketing, Internet, and privacy law. This blog is sponsored by the Advertising, Marketing & Promotions group at Olshan. The practice is geared to servicing the needs of the advertising, promotional marketing, and digital industries with a commitment to providing personal, efficient and effective legal service.
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act immunizes websites that merely provide an outlet for another party to provide its content.
Text messages are treated like phone calls under the TCPA.
The Department of Labor’s final rule that would have significantly increased the number of employees eligible for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act was recently enjoined nationwide by the Federal District Court in the Eastern District of Texas.
Mortgage-servicing calls will still require prior express consent.
The 2016 ANA/BAA 38th Marketing Law Conference will take place November 9-11, 2016 in Chicago and builds on the tradition as the broadest marketing and advertising law conference with deep practical legal content, fruitful networking and major CLE credits.
On September 22, 2016, various branches of the U.S. government announced unprecedented enforcement actions targeting sweepstakes, prize promoters, and astrology direct mailers, as well as their suppliers. The actions will likely dramatically impact direct marketers and their suppliers for the foreseeable future.
On July 12, 2016 the European Commission formally approved and adopted the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield.
Olshan lawyers Andrew Lustigman and Safia Anand authored an article published in the New York Law Journal’s Fashion Law Report on September 12, 2016, entitled “Legal Pitfalls for Fashion Brands in Social Media.”
The American Conference Institute’s 5th Annual Summit on Digital Advertising Compliance: Social Media, Sweepstakes & Promotions took place on October 17-18, 2016 in New York, NY.