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FTC Clarifies Obligations of Product Reviewers, But Does Not Ease Concerns

On March 12, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission released a new guidance paper entitled ".com Disclosures: How to Make Effective Disclosures in Digital Advertising." The new FTC guidance updates a prior FTC release from 2000 relating to disclosures in online advertising.

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Ninth Circuit Weighs In On Internet Anonymity, Consumer Griping At Risk

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision last Monday in In re: Anonymous Online Speakers, No. 09-71265 (9th Cir.

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T&J Towing v. Kurtz: We've Got The Court Documents

Last Monday, the New York Times ran an article about T&J Towing's lawsuit against a college student, Justin Kurtz, over a Facebook group page he started called “Kalamazoo Residents against T&J Towing.” Several other

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Cyber-Bully Pulpit: Government Sponsored Online Shaming

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All That Glitters Isn't Gold

If you've spent any time in front of a television screen during the last year, you've seen the ads.

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Courtney Love Fires Back in Twitter Libel Suit

Last week, Courtney Love filed a motion to strike the lawsuit brought against her by Austin-based fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir (a/k/a the "Boudoir Queen"). In her m0tion, Love invokes California's anti-SLAPP statute (

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Do No Harm (But Don't Let Anyone Talk About You)

The online community reviews everything these days. Be it via stars, thumbs, or free-form comments, the denizens of the Internet are keen to offer their assessments of books, movies, restaurants, and all else out for public consumption and aggregation. Most subjects seem to accept it as a part of offering goods or services to the public.

Not the doctors, though.

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California Anti-SLAPP Project Takes Up Case for Yelp and Parents Sued Over Negative Dentist Review

On January 21, the California Anti-SLAPP Project (CASP) filed a special motion to strike the complaint of Yvonne Wong, a pediatric dentist who sued Yelp! Inc. and two parents based on a negative review of her services the parents posted on Yelp.

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One Yelp Review Case Settles as a Second Gets Underway in California

We may be seeing the start of a trend in California, as one lawsuit regarding a review posted on the website Yelp.com settled last week just as a second case got underway.

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California Real Estate Companies Pursue Bogus Lanham Act Claim Against Tenants

Paul Levy of Public Citizen recently tipped us off to a new John Doe case in federal court in California. In this case, two real estate companies, Parkmerced Investors Properties LLC and Stellar Larkspur Partners LLC, have sued eighteen unknown defendants for violation of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C.

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FTC Clarifies Obligations of Product Reviewers, But Does Not Ease Concerns

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Ninth Circuit Weighs In On Internet Anonymity, Consumer Griping At Risk

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T&J Towing v. Kurtz: We've Got The Court Documents

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Cyber-Bully Pulpit: Government Sponsored Online Shaming

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All That Glitters Isn't Gold

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Courtney Love Fires Back in Twitter Libel Suit

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Do No Harm (But Don't Let Anyone Talk About You)

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California Anti-SLAPP Project Takes Up Case for Yelp and Parents Sued Over Negative Dentist Review

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One Yelp Review Case Settles as a Second Gets Underway in California

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California Real Estate Companies Pursue Bogus Lanham Act Claim Against Tenants

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