March 26, 2015 This week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued an order against Jerk, LLC and Napster co-founder John Fanning, respectively, for deceptive trade practices in connection with the operation of Jerk.com, a social media site that invited users to create profiles of other individuals and rate those individuals as a “jerk” or “not […]
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DIRECTV Charged by FTC with Deceptive Adverting; Telecommunications Lawyer David Klein Explains
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March 24, 2015 Earlier this month, the cosmetics multi-level marketer Mary Kay Inc. (“Mary Kay”) sued Internet coupon company RetailMeNot, Inc. (“RetailMeNot”) in a federal court in Dallas for alleged trademark violations. Specifically, Mary Kay’s trademark lawsuit takes issue with the Mary Kay coupon codes that RetailMeNot purportedly provides to online consumers. Should the RetailMeNot
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March 23, 2015 Last week, Judge Dale S. Fischer dismissed a federal class action lawsuit against Herbalife, Ltd. (“Herbalife”) and three of its corporate officers, who were accused by Herbalife shareholders of operating the company as an illegal pyramid scheme. The lawsuit alleged that Herbalife artificially inflated its stock price by misrepresenting that the company
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March 19, 2015 Reports have surfaced this week that DraftKings is in talks with the Walt Disney Co. (“Disney”) about an investment opportunity that would reportedly value DraftKings at $1 billion. DraftKings is currently locked in a costly battle with industry leader FanDuel for new customer acquisition, and it is anticipated that any funds raised
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March 18, 2015 On March 12, 2015, a class action lawsuit was filed against Blimpie International, Inc. (“Blimpie”) and other entities, alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). Specifically, the complaint alleges that Blimpie violated the TCPA by sending unsolicited “junk faxes” to businesses and individuals throughout the country. The plaintiff seeks to
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David Klein Addresses Legality of Sports Pools on PIX11 News Read More »
March 16, 2015 A Federal judge has said that a class of plaintiffs, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, may proceed with their claims in a lawsuit seeking to change the manner in which Facebook handles online transactions by minors. The trial is scheduled to begin on October 19, 2015. The suit seeks to have
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