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Federal judge orders service of process through Facebook

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
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  • India, USA
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  • April 4 2013

In March, Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York ordered service of process on several international defendants through novel

JCPenney hit with class action lawsuit for alleged misrepresentation of sales discounts

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 20 2012

A customer has filed a proposed class action complaint against JCPenney in the Central District of California

Federal courts address question of employer-employee ownership of business-related social media accounts

  • Fenwick & West LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 5 2012

The question of whether an employer is entitled to trade secret protection over social media accounts used for business purposes is unfolding in several well-publicized cases currently pending in federal courts throughout the country

Singtel Optus Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia
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  • April 27 2012

On 7 March 2012 the Full Federal Court ordered Optus to pay $3.61 million in civil pecuniary penalties in relation to advertising for the 'THINK BIGGER' and 'SUPERSONIC' broadband internet plans

Caution needed with price reduction advertising

  • Cooper Grace Ward
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  • Australia
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  • March 7 2013

The recent Federal Court decisions of Australian Competition Consumer Commission v Jewellery Group Pty Limited and Australian Competition Consumer

ASA adjudications snapshot - March 2012

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 30 2012

This case confirms the approach in Eeles v Cobham Hire Services Ltd 2009 remains the court’s position when considering the appropriate level for interim payments of damages

Third Circuit indicates judicial disenchantment with consumer survey evidence

  • Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 8 2011

On August 4, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rendered its unanimous decision in Pernod Ricard USA, LLC v. Bacardi USA, Inc., holding that a consumer survey need not be considered when a label or other advertisement, on its face and taken as a whole, leaves no room for a reasonable consumer to be misled

Class certified in Abercrombie & Fitch gift card case

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 10 2012

On March 7, 2012, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois certified a class action lawsuit against popular clothing retailer, Abercrombie & Fitch, alleging that it engaged in deceptive marketing tactics with respect to a promotional holiday gift card

Luxury car “not a prize” if winner has to buy a bus ticket to collect it, CJEU claims

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • November 20 2012

In August 2011 the Court of Appeal referred the case of Purely Creative and Others v. Office of Fair Trading to the CJEU for a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of paragraph 31 of Annex I to Directive 200529EC concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices (the “Unfair Commercial Practices Directive”

Con or 'mere conduit'? Lessons from ACCC v Google Inc

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
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  • July 24 2012

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has succeeded on appeal in the Full Federal Court in its submission that Google Inc had engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in the publication of sponsored links on the Google search website