May 12, 2014

Snapchat entered into a consent decree with the Federal Trade Commission for supposedly misleading users about data collection and inter-device...

May 10, 2014

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is ready to ease up on certain Gramm-Leach-Bliley financial privacy rules for companies that don’t...

May 6, 2014

First: If you’re an online marketer, and you haven’t seen W1A — hunt down at least one episode. Next: Why...

May 5, 2014

Reed Morgan wrote an interesting article for Law360 about the FTC’s recent investigation into — and complaint against — JERK...

Mar 10, 2014

Work-from-home bizopp operators: the Federal Trade Commission is on the hunt for people who offer bogus business opportunities, or “bizopps.”...

Feb 19, 2014

In February, the FTC green-lit the kidSAFE Seal Program as a viable safe harbor alternative under the Children’s Online Privacy...

Dec 11, 2013

A high-profile Internet law case is hogging headlines in China. Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd (“Qihoo”) and Tencent, the world’s...

Nov 4, 2013

Dubbed the “Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act,” the Jobs Act democratized the way companies can market investment opportunities. Startups Can...

Oct 31, 2013

Startups may soon be able to sell stocks online. Yep, crowdsourcing stock investments has arrived. Let’s review the SEC’s proposal...

Oct 30, 2013

A pair of mail-order bride websites – Anastasia International and EM Models (dba, Elena’s Models) — went toe-to-toe in court....

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