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On December 10th, the Federal Trade Commission issued a staff report, "Mobile Apps for Kids: Disclosures Still Not Making the Grade" -- a follow-up to an earlier staff report, "Mobile Apps for Kids: Current Privacy Disclosures Are Disappointing." The new staff report included results of a survey of children's mobile "apps" available in Apple's App Store and Google's Android Market. Read more.
January 7, 2013
Nine Frankfurt Kurnit women appeared in The New York Times Magazine’s women "Super Lawyers" list for 2012. The list appeared on December 30th in a special section devoted to women attorneys in the New York metropolitan area. Read more.
January 4, 2013
In December, the FTC released its long-awaited update to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). COPPA, originally written in 1998, covers information collected online from Children under the age of 13. The statute applies to digital applications and websites that are directed toward children or that knowingly collect personal information from children. The update contains important changes for advertisers, agencies, and other business operators. The changes go into effect on July 1, 2013. Here's a rundown of what you need to know. Read more.
January 3, 2013
Best Lawyers ranked Frankfurt Kurnit one of the "Best Law Firms" of 2013. Read more.
January 2, 2013
Over the past few days and weeks the press has spilled a lot of ink about Facebook's, and its newly acquired company, Instagram's, revised privacy, advertising and other policies. Whether or not the recent policy changes are significant is yet to be determined, but what is clear is that the public is actually paying attention and that the changes may affect how advertisers can use these platforms. Read more.
December 22, 2012
Online Media Daily quoted S. Gregory Boyd on recent FTC regulations banning the use of behavioral targeting techniques on sites directed to young children. View Article
December 19, 2012
The Federal Communications Commission ruled that sending a one-time text message to confirm a consumer's request that no further text messages be sent does not violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Read more.
December 3, 2012
Frankfurt Kurnit was ranked No. 24 in Crain's Best Places to Work 2012 list.
December 2, 2012
Frankfurt Kurnit was listed on Crain’s New York Business’s list of the “Best Places to Work in New York City”. The rankings in this list were based on the results of surveys from employees at New York City companies.
December 1, 2012
Less than three months after a U.S. District Court judge rejected a proposed $8.5 million settlement in a class action lawsuit against Groupon, LivingSocial proposes a $4.5 million dollar settlement to a set of class action plaintiffs and a nation of class action members. Read more.
November 29, 2012
In response to a challenge by the International Business Machines Corporation, the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus reviewed print advertisements produced by Oracle Corporation stating its Exadata server is "5x Faster Than IBM ... Or you win $10,000,000." The NAD went on to state that Oracle was responsible for substantiating this "5x Faster claim." Read more.
November 26, 2012
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") was enacted by Congress in 1977 in response to "revelations of widespread global corruption", including allegations that numerous U.S. companies had paid hundreds of millions of dollars to bribe foreign government officials to obtain or retain overseas business. The FCPA includes substantial criminal penalties for both businesses and individuals found to have made prohibited payments, and also gives both the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission the authority to pursue civil enforcement actions. Read more.
November 21, 2012
The New York Attorney General recently issued guidelines in cause marketing promotion. In issuing these new guidelines the New York Attorney General cites the need to promote transparency in the billion-dollar-a-year industry of cause marketing. Read more.
November 19, 2012
AdWeek quoted Jeffrey A. Greenbaum about recent FTC enforcement actions. View Article
November 13, 2012
The New York Post quoted Richard Hofstetter on a dispute between Frankfurt Kurnit client, Anthony Bourdain, and the Travel Channel. View Article
November 12, 2012
Judge Jack Weinstein of the Eastern District court of New York recently decided that Texas Hold 'Em poker is a game of skill and therefore not gambling under federal law. This is the first time a federal court has determined that poker is not gambling under the "Illegal Gambling Business Act". The government intends to appeal the decision. Read more.
November 9, 2012
Variety cited Andrew Hurwitz and Alan Sacks as counsel to Freestyle Releasing in its acquisition of North American rights for the sketch-comedy "Inappropriate Comedy." View Article
November 4, 2012
In rejecting a right of publicity claim by Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which claims to control the rights to Albert Einstein, a California federal court has ruled that the common law right of publicity under New Jersey law has a maximum post-mortem duration of 50 years. Read more.
October 23, 2012
The FTC recently released guidelines entitled "Marketing Your Mobile App: Get It Right from the Start". The guidelines provide valuable do's and don'ts for companies and individuals creating mobile applications. The guideline was divided into two sections, "Truthful Advertising" and "Privacy". Here's a rundown of what you need to know. Read more.
October 4, 2012
Advertising Age quoted Jeffrey A. Greenbaum on the revised FTC Green Marketing Guides. View Article
October 1, 2012
Hollywood Reporter mentions Frankfurt Kurnit as lawyers for Terrence Malick's film "To the Wonder." View Article
September 29, 2012
Online Media Daily quoted Rick Kurnit on the "trademark infringement and unfair competition" lawsuit filed by Market Street Press against Google for using the phrase “the playground is open” in ads for the new Nexus 7 tablet. View Article
September 19, 2012
Rick Kurnit was quoted in Adweek's article "In Unorthodox Arrangement, Marketer Has Dual Roles: Can Red Peak Chairman Really Also be Client Acer's CMO." View Article
September 17, 2012
Bloomberg BNA Lawyer’s Manual on Professional Conduct quoted Ronald Minkoff on "unfinished hourly fee matters of dissolved law firms".
September 12, 2012
As fashion week begins in New York, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an important ruling that may help fashion creators in their efforts to obtain intellectual property protection for fashion design. Read more.
September 7, 2012
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