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.
Businesses that charge consumers for paper copies of bills need to carefully examine their practices in New York.
With limited exceptions, the Song Beverly Credit Card Act (California Civil Code 1747, et seq.) significantly restricts brick-and-mortar retailers' ability to request or record personal identification information in connection with processing credit card transactions.
A class action lawsuit brought against Groupon and Nordstrom illustrates the risks in offering pre-paid discounts for a limited period of time.