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.
A federal judge has ruled that Veoh Networks Inc., a web-video host, is entitled to safe harbor under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and is not liable for monetary or injunctive relief to members of Universal Music Group ("Universal"), which sued Veoh for copyright infringement.
Lustigman Firm is proud to be legal counsel to Michael C. Fina, the Sponsor of the Diamond Dash: Dash for a Diamond & A Cure.
Andrew Lustigman will speak at the 31 st Annual Promotion Marketing Law Conference in Chicago, IL on November 5-6, 2009.
The New York Attorney General and Dell and its subsidiary, Dell Financial Services (DFS), have reached a settlement whereby Dell agreed to by the AG's Office $4 million in restitution, penalties and costs to resolve charges of fraudulent and deceptive business practices across New York State.
In an unusual lawsuit, ValueClick, the California-based online advertising company, has agreed to pay a $10,000,000 cash settlement in a false advertising lawsuit (case no. 2:07-cv-05411-DDP-AJW, Carl Waldrep v. Valueclick, Inc.).
In a significant victory to marketers and the press, the Maine Attorney General has agreed not to enforce the state's Predatory Marketing Law when it is scheduled to take effect on September 12, 2009.
Telemarketers who utilize pre-recorded voice messaging are reminded that the FTC's new enforcement policy prohibiting telemarketing sales calls that deliver pre-recorded voice messages unless the seller has previously obtained the recipient's signed written agreement to receive such calls from the specific company becomes effective September 1, 2009.
One of the complaints frequently leveled against attorneys is that they speak, and write, a language foreign to all other people: legalese.
Matt Blumberg, CEO of e-mail marketing firm ReturnPath, recently wrote a blog entitled "Stuck in Legal", where he bemoaned how the lawyers he works with seemed to be getting in the way of the business he's trying to do, especially when it comes to contracts.
One of the biggest concerns among visitors to Web sites is how their personal information is going to be used. This isn't a new development; back in March of 2000, BusinessWeek did a cover story on Internet privacy, including a survey showing that the vast majority of users were either very or somewhat concerned about how their information would be used.