Legal/Regulatory
Reed Smith's Adam Snukal Provides an Advertising Law Update
Adam Snukal, senior associate at Reed Smith, discussed recent developments in government regulation of testimonials and endorsements, changes to COPPA (the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998), trends on web sites' commenting policies, and California's requirements for manufacturing labels.
Commercial Advertising Loudness Mitigation Act
Jim Starzynski, principal engineer and audio architect at NBC Universal, discussed an industry-wide effort to gain acceptance of a comprehensive plan created to mitigate the problem of commercial loudness.
NAD and Self-Regulations
Self-regulation is adapting to the challenges posed by the new media environment. Industry experts from the Council of Better Business Bureaus discussed both the process and the policy behind it.
Pharmaceutical Marketing: Navigating the Complex Waters
Dan Jaffe, executive vice president, government relations at ANA, and Bruce Grant, senior vice president, business strategy at Digitas Health, discussed how federal legislation and social media are impacting pharmaceutical marketing.
Toward a Bill of Rights for Online Advertisers
Benjamin G. Edelman, assistant professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School, demonstrated how to detect and prevent advertising fraud.
SAG/AFTRA Developments
Douglas Wood, senior partner, Reed Smith LLP and JPC chief negotiator, Gregory J. Hessinger, partner, Reed Smith LLP, Allan Linderman, president, The Linderman Media Group, and Howard B. Homonoff, entertainment, media, and communications advisory, PricewaterhouseCoopers, discussed the new GRP-E model of compensation.
Behavioral Advertising and Privacy Concerns
Stuart P. Ingis, partner at Venable LLP, and Anthony Hadley, vice president, government affairs at Experian Services Corp., discussed how marketers can walk the line between advertising efficiency and consumer privacy in online behavioral advertising.
Intellectual Property in the 21st Century
Ronald Urbach, partner at Davis & Gilbert LLP, and William Whalen, assistant general counsel at Nissan North America, Inc., discussed copyright, trademark, patent, and intellectual property issues.
Leibowitz Keynote Address
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz, Washington's top consumer regulator, addressed advertisers' concerns over the proposed strengthening of the FTC's authority including the Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
Selling the Famous and Not-So-Famous
William Jelinek with Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., Norman Simon with Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, and Po Yi with American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. discussed celebrity privacy and publicity and presented hypothetical cases studies related to these matters.
The Greening of America
Kathryn Barrett Park, senior counsel for advertising and brand management, General Electric Company, and Jeffrey Greenbaum, partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC, took marketers though what is cold, warm, hot, and green in environmental marketing.
Protecting Your Promotions
William M. Heberer, partner at Morrit Hock Hamroff & Horowitz LLP, and Gabriel H. Karp, executive vice president and general counsel at ePrize, discussed developments in intellectual property and promotion laws.
Cloud Computing 101
Adam Snukal, senior associate, ReedSmith, shared the basics of cloud computing with the ANA's Legal Affairs Committee.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
Dan Jaffe, EVP, government relations, ANA, provided a legislative and regulatory update, covering issues relating to financial reform legislation, privacy policies, the new Supreme Court vacancy, and the FTC's attempts to gain more rulemaking authority.
Results May Not Be Typical: Endorsements, Testimonials, and the New FTC Guidelines
Josephine Belli, associate general counsel and litigation counsel, Combe Incorporated, and Rick Kurnit, partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC, discussed the new FTC guidelines for endorsements and testimonials.
The FCC in a Digital Age
Robert Corn-Revere, partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, discussed issues currently facing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The FDA and Advertising
Joshua M. Sharfstein, principal deputy commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), shared his thoughts on how advertisers can work together with the FDA to improve public health.
A New Threat to Advertising
James H. Davidson, shareholder and chair, public policy group, Polsinelli Shughart PC, discussed how the FTC's proposal to limit food advertising to children may affect advertising.
ANA Advertising Law and Public Policy Conference Keynote Address
Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General, State of Maryland, gave a brief overview of the role of a state Attorney General as it pertains to marketing.
The Playing Field for Sports Marketing
Christopher Traeger, senior vice president, marketing programs manager, Bank of America, Joseph Pierce, associate general counsel, global marketing and sponsorships, Bank of America, and Jim Dudukovich, marketing counsel, Coca-Cola North America, shared ten tips for brokering sports marketing agreements, as well as the top five issues facing sports marketing today.
