The Advertising Law Blog provides commentary and news on developing legal issues in advertising, promotional marketing, Internet, and privacy law. This blog is sponsored by the Advertising, Marketing & Promotions group at Olshan. The practice is geared to servicing the needs of the advertising, promotional marketing, and digital industries with a commitment to providing personal, efficient and effective legal service.
On March 9, 2010 the identity theft protection service, LifeLock, settled charges made by the Federal Trade Commission and 35 states alleging that the company made false claims.
New York led the way with its "Amazon Tax," which extended "nexus" for sales tax purposes to the 3rd party affiliates who referred deals to Amazon.com via its Associates Program, leading to a lawsuit from Amazon and other retailers.
On February 24, after a case lasting more than two years, an Italian court convicted three Google executives, including its global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer, of criminal invasion of privacy, and sentenced the men to six months in jail (although the sentences were automatically suspended under Italian law).
Andrew Lustigman's CLE course "Rolling the Dice: Legal Issues Related to Sweepstakes and Promotions" is now live at lawline.com.
A panel of lawyers discussed important issues for every mobile marketer during the "Legal Dos and Don'ts" panel at Mobile Marketing Day, hosted last week by Mobile Marketer and the Direct Marketing Association.
The state of Colorado recently passed two laws which apply to the direct marketing industry. One applies particularly to out of state sellers who do not collect and remit Colorado sales tax.
The Dannon Company recently settled a Northern District of Ohio class action, which is being characterized as one of the largest settlements of a food false advertising case.