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Olshan's Andrew Lustigman is featured in Digiday's article, "Brands Biggest Legal Problems in Digital".
The categories in the 2012 Annual Report are important as they typically portend future FTC scrutiny and enforcement for businesses in such areas.
On March 27, 2013, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. EDT., Olshan will present the webinar Competitor Advertising Challenges: Lanham Act vs. NAD. CLE credit will be available for this complimentary program which will offer a practical analysis of alternative forums for addressing competitor advertising claims.
In December, we warned that New Jersey could see a boom in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class actions. Now it looks like Michigan will get hit with a similar increase in telemarketing-related suits.
On the same day that the FTC released its new report on mobile privacy, the Commission also announced its latest online mobile privacy enforcement action, an $800,000 settlement with the operator of the Path social networking app.
On February 1, 2013, the FTC released its latest privacy-focused report, Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency.
In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, pharmaceutical sales representative Alfred Caronia was convicted of conspiracy to introduce a misbranded drug into interstate commerce, a misdemeanor.
A recent series of rulings will likely trigger an avalanche of class action lawsuits over unwanted text messages and robocalls, particularly in the State of New Jersey.
After a number of rounds of public comment and workshops, the FTC has released its revised regulations under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 ("COPPA").
By William MacDonald*
Yesterday the Federal Trade Commission (the "FTC") announced that it had entered into a settlement agreement with online advertising network, Epic Marketplace Inc. ("Epic"), that bars the company from continuing to use history sniffing technology, which allows online operators to "sniff" a browser to see what sites consumers have visited in the past.