December 7, 2015 Last Wednesday, CBS network affiliate WKRG in Mobile, Alabama reported that the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office is conducting an ongoing investigation to determine whether certain sweepstakes phone cards violate Alabama State gambling laws. Why is the Attorney General investigating these sweepstakes promotions?
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December 2, 2015 Earlier this year, we reported on developments in a lawsuit filed by prize promotion and risk management company SCA Promotions, Inc. (“SCA”) against Yahoo! Inc. (“Yahoo”) in connection with a botched billion-dollar March Madness sweepstakes fulfillment contract. On November 18, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted
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November 11, 2015 Last week, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the American Greetings Corporation (“American Greetings”) settled a legal dispute with Blue Sphere, Inc. d/b/a Lucky 13 (“Blue Sphere”) in connection with the name of their promotional sweepstakes collaboration. Why did Blue Sphere have Bad Blood with Swift and American Greetings’ sweepstakes?
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November 6, 2015 A Way to Make Your Mobile App More Appealing The mobile space is currently inundated with mobile apps that serve myriad purposes. If you are in need of a mobile application for a certain function, it’s more than likely that there’s an app for that. Within that competitive environment, it is becoming
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November 4, 2015 Last month, The Scotts Company LLC (“Scotts”) discontinued certain television commercials and added new disclosures to its sweepstakes-solicited online reviews in response to a National Advertising Division (“NAD”) inquiry. What prompted NAD’s investigation of Scotts’ marketing practices?
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October 21, 2015 This summer, after giving away her property as a prize to the winner of a promotional contest, Maine innkeeper Janice Sage was the subject of a police investigation and over a dozen complaints filed with the State’s Attorney General’s Office. Why are government regulators investigating promotional contests and sweepstakes?
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September 22, 2015 Last Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC” or “Commission”) revised its long-standing radio and television broadcaster contest and sweepstakes rules disclosure regulations. Under the FCC’s recent report and order, what are broadcasters’ disclosure options?
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August 10, 2015 In August 2013, Mr. David Frankel initiated a lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC” or “Commission”) for snubbing his submission to an FTC-sponsored contest concerning robocall-blocking technology. On July 31, 2015, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims unsealed its opinion and order, granting the Commission’s motion for summary judgment against
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