Sending the wrong message: advertisers and senders liable for misleading e-mail *

USA - April 23 2013
Advertisers — and not only senders — are liable for commercial e-mails that are sent to consumers if the e-mails have misleading subject…

Co-authors: Anthony V. Lupo, Sarah L. Bruno .

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FTC releases revised dot com disclosure guidelines *

USA - March 18 2013
On March 12, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released "Dot.com Disclosures: How to Make Effective Guidelines in Digital Advertising" (the…

Co-authors: Anthony V. Lupo, Eva J. Pulliam, Sarah L. Bruno .

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Tracking the Do-Not-Track Bill *

USA - March 12 2013
Senator Rockefeller (D-WV) recently introduced a bill entitled the "Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013" (hereinafter, the DNT Act). The main purpose of…

Co-authors: Anthony V. Lupo, Eva J. Pulliam, Sarah L. Bruno .

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Path social network settling with FTC over COPPA & other privacy violations *

USA - February 8 2013
Path Inc., operator of the Path social networking app has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) based on allegations that the…

Co-authors: Anthony V. Lupo, Eva J. Pulliam, Sarah L. Bruno .

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Feeling the burn: federal court rules that diversion of customers from third-party listings for Kindle accessories may subject Amazon to false advertising liability *

USA - January 28 2013
A federal district court recently denied Amazon.com Inc. (Amazon)'s Motion to Dismiss a federal false advertising claim and state law claims of…

Co-authors: Anthony V. Lupo, Anthony D. Peluso, Sarah L. Bruno .

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