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Holland & Knight LLP

Fake It Until You Make It: FTC Targets Fake Reviews and Testimonials

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Consumers often research a product or service before they make a purchase. Now more than ever, consumers rely on the reviews and testimonials they see online. This creates a breeding ground for deception. Enter the Federal...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Court Holds That Section 230’s Carve Out For “Intellectual Property” Does Not Apply To Publicity Rights Claim In New York

Section 230 of the Communications and Decency Act provides broad immunity to online platforms for claims arising from hosting third-party content (though just how broad is a hot issue that the Supreme Court may decide this...more

Venable LLP

FTC v. Match Group, Inc.: Court Gets Cold Feet on the Standard Set Forth in Shire

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Last month, love was not all lost for the owner of Tinder and OKCupid when a Texas federal district court in FTC v. Match Group, Inc. granted in part the online dating service provider’s motion to dismiss. Specifically, the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Ancestry.com Prevails in Yearbook Database Class Action

This week, Ancestry.com Inc. prevailed in a class action which alleged that it misappropriated consumers’ images and violated their privacy by using such data to solicit and sell their services and products. ...more

BakerHostetler

AD-ttorneys@law – February 2021 #2

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Google Bests Consumer Class Action with Section 230 Defense - But district court leaves door open for an amended complaint - Four Americans = 12 Opinions - The tsouris invoked by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Turkey’s New Social Media Law; Social Media Ad Spend; Harvard Law School’s Social Media Policy

In an attempt to shut down free speech online, Turkey enacted a law that requires social media platforms with more than a million daily users in Turkey to open an office there or assign a representative who is legally...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

NAD Addresses When Companies may be Liable for Consumer Reviews

This is not another post about coronavirus claims, but we do need to start there. Truvani makes a dietary supplement that was formerly called “Under the Weather.”...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

California Considers Cannabis Ad Legislation

Legislation introduced in the California State Legislature earlier this year would impose onerous restrictions on cannabis advertising....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

California Legislature Weighing Law to Regulate Websites that Allow Online Advertising of Unlicensed Cannabis Businesses (AB 1417)

Last week, a California legislative committee advanced a bill that would require websites that primarily publish content about cannabis products to ensure advertisements on their sites include a license number and all...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

#MarketingLaw – Update from the 2018 ANA/BAA Marketing Law Conference

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The TMCA is back from the 2018 ANA/BAA Marketing Law Conference, Upping Your Game: Pragmatic Business and Compliance Strategies. While in Chicago, we had the privilege of obtaining a comprehensive review of this year in...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Will Facebook’s Recent Announcement of Changes to News Feed Affect Legal Immunities for User Content?

Facebook recently announced that it would make changes to its news feed to prioritize content that users share and discuss and material from “reputable publishers.” These changes are part of what Mark Zuckerberg says is a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Not Your Grandad’s Facebook? Targeted Social Media Ads Spur Age Discrimination Lawsuit

Can you target advertisements to a group based on age? The Communications Workers of America (CWA) and several individuals think not and filed suit against T-Mobile, Amazon, Cox Communications, and Cox Media Group. The...more

BakerHostetler

AD-ttorneys@law

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Once completely obscure, fidget spinners are now a thing. Meaning that their existence, if not their actual purpose, has become known to you. Dubbed by The New York Times “a Hula Hoop for Generation Z,” the fidget spinner...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update Volume 8, Issue 1

The Decline and Fall of the Section 230 Safe Harbor? - 2016 was a tough year for a lot of reasons, most of which are outside the scope of this blog (though if you’d like to hear our thoughts about Bowie, Prince or...more

Butler Snow LLP

Pulse Nightclub Shooting Lawsuit May Show Path Around the Communications Decency Act

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I previously posted Facebook Fake News Problem May Impact Businesses Operating Open Web Sites on why the controversy over fake news stories on Facebook may cause concern for businesses operating open websites, although such...more

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Airbnb Takes More Conciliatory Approach Following Adverse Ruling

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In a blow not only to Airbnb but to supporters of the Communications Decency Act generally, on November 8, 2016, a federal judge rejected Airbnb’s bid for a preliminary injunction enjoining the City and County of San...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &...

The First Circuit’s “Scungy” Backpage: Copyright And Right Of Publicity Claims Ineffective Against Sex Trafficking

In Doe v. Backpage.com, the First Circuit affirmed the District of Massachusetts in holding that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) shields from civil liability a website used by third parties to facilitate...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - December 2014

SPECIAL FOCUS: Adding You to My Professional Network Emails May End Up Being Costly for LinkedIn as Publicity Rights Suit Moves Forward: A putative class action alleging that LinkedIn Corp. violated their right of...more

Gray Reed

Trends For 2013 In Internet And Marketing Law

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After looking at the most popular posts from 2012 in our last edition, today we look at what are likely going to be the big trends for 2013 in internet and marketing law. ...more

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