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January 22, 2018 The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) recently released a 93-page report, which provides evidence lending support to the Commission’s current guidance on established advertising law. What are the key takeaways for native and search advertisers?
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January 18, 2018 On January 8, 2018, eHarmony, Inc. (“eHarmony”), one of the largest online dating services in the United States, agreed to settle an automatic renewal lawsuit brought by the District Attorneys of four California Counties, as well as the City of Santa Monica (collectively “the State”). The final judgment was entered by the
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January 10, 2018 Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC” or “Commission”) released legal multi-level marketing (“MLM”) guidance for direct sellers, providing important practice insights for those that follow the space. What are the key takeaways for MLMs?
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January 5, 2018 On November 2, 2017, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Leinenweber, J.) denied a motion to dismiss a class action fax lawsuit against Promologics, Inc. (d/b/a “Health-Scripts”), a healthcare company offering network opportunities, and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Janssen”), a pharmaceutical company that markets a type 2 diabetes
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January 4, 2018 Shortly before the end of 2017, Ohio governor John Kasich signed into law fantasy sports legislation that expressly legalizes and regulates fantasy sports contests and their operators within the State. What are some notable provisions of Ohio’s fantasy sports law?
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January 3, 2018 Recently, the fast food sandwich chain Subway agreed to discontinue certain sweepstakes advertising practices in response to a Children’s Advertising Review Unit (“CARU”) inquiry. What prompted CARU’s investigation of Subway’s sweepstakes advertising practices?
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December 22, 2017 A nationwide class action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District Court of California, alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) against Twitter, Inc. (“Twitter”), was recently voluntarily dismissed. The terms of the settlement leading to the dismissal are not publicly known. What were the
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December 21, 2017 The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it recently settled a work at home lawsuit against a group of defendants that offered consumers business opportunities to earn money from working at home. The FTC alleged that defendants Bob Robinson, LLC, Mega Export 2005 Inc., Mega Export USA Inc., Netcore Solutions, LLC, and
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