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FTC publishes new guidelines on internet advertising

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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March 30 2013

Last month, the Federal Trade Commission published its updated guidelines on Internet advertising disclosures. The FTC Staff Report, ".com

Google search practices mostly OK’d, but patent practices must change

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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January 5 2013

The Federal Trade Commission announced that it found that Google did not violate anti-competition law by favoring its own products and services in some

Eat and drink all you want during the holidays and still lose weight!

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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November 24 2012

Two companies -- Clickbooth.com, LLC and IntegraClick, LLC, together with the CEO of both companies, John Daniel Lemp -- have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they marketed weight-loss supplements on behalf of merchants by engaging affiliate marketers to advertise the supplements on fake news websites, providing links to fake investigative reports in the websites, and charging consumers for their “free trial” if they did not affirmatively cancel within that period

Judge “likes” Facebook settlement terms

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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December 15 2012

Facebook is finally distributing some wealth back to its users - but only because it is being forced to. Facebook users, whose names and photographs were

FTC sniffs out deception by online advertiser

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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December 15 2012

Epic Marketplace, Inc. has agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that it deceived consumers by misrepresenting its online data

FTC not kidding around with online privacy

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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December 22 2012

After years of proposed rules and hundreds of comments, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finally issued its amended rule implementing the Children's

Punishing hackers even when they do no damage

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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December 29 2012

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has held, in Chadha v. Chopra, that a party suing under the Stored Communications Act (SCA

WTO authorizes IP piracy by Antigua

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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Antigua, USA
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February 14 2013

In the old days, governments could issue "letters of marque" authorizing privateers to capture enemy vessels and keep some of the booty. (Heck, the U

California Credit Card Act does not cover internet downloads

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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February 23 2013

According to the California Supreme Court, when California enacted the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1991 to protect consumers' personal

California slaps apps

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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November 10 2012

California Attorney General Kamala Harris last month began notifying companies that make and sell up to 100 different apps that they are not complying with the California Online Privacy Protection Act

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