Legal/Regulatory
Addressing Ad-Supported Online Piracy: The ANA/4A's Best Practices (Almost) One Year Later
In May 2012, the ANA and 4A’s issued a Joint Statement of Best Practices regarding affirmative steps advertisers and agencies should take to avoid inadvertent ad support for Internet sites that are primarily engaged in facilitating intellectual property theft. A panel will discuss these best practices and how they’ve been implemented.
Bridging the Legal Communication Gap
In this session, we will review and discuss examples of "what shouldn't have been done" and one agency’s efforts to bridge the legal education and communication gap through a very powerful tool - creativity.
COPPA: What the Newly Revised Rule Will Mean for Kids Marketing and Beyond
This session will address seven of the most salient changes to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule — including the new strict liability standard for operators, the new notice provisions, and the revised treatment of cookies and other “persistent identifiers.”
Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Age
Brian Murphy, Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC, Terri Seligman, Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC, and Tiffany Hall, Counsel, Pernod Ricard USA, explored the legal and business risks when companies use social media.
Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Age
This presentation will explore the legal and business risks when companies use social media. Topics include social media architecture, permissions, rights of publicity, and fair use.
Keynote Address: FTC Commissioner Julie Brill
Julie Brill, commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), discussed the FTC’s views on consumer protection, mobile privacy, and data collection, as well as fraud concerns related to the planned expansion of generic top-level domain (gTLD) names by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Keynote Address: FTC Commissioner Julie Brill
Julie Brill, commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), discussed the FTC’s views on consumer protection, mobile privacy, and data collection, as well as fraud concerns related to the planned expansion of generic top-level domain (gTLD) names by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Legal Issues of Social Media — Case Studies from the World of Cinema
This panel will use examples taken from mobile and social media campaigns for popular films to illustrate key legal issues that affect how these campaigns are structured and activated by the studios.
Luncheon Keynote with Fadi Chehadé
Fadi Chehadé, president and chief executive officer of ICANN, presented information for rights holders regarding ICANN's new gTLD program.
Luncheon Keynote with Fadi Chehadé
Fadi Chehadé, president and chief executive officer of ICANN, presented information for rights holders regarding ICANN's new gTLD program.
The Future of Claim Substantiation After POM Wonderful
A former Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection and an ANA member will discuss questions surrounding an FTC ruling on POM Wonderful and give both encouraging and discouraging news about the future of advertising law at the FTC.
The Martin Agency: Bridging the Legal Communication Gap
Christine Branin, senior vice president, talent and traffic at The Martin Agency, and Michael Plaut, vice president, assistant general counsel, director of advertising legal services at Interpublic Group, provided examples of what not to do in order to avoid legal trouble, and discussed The Martin Agency’s efforts to bridge the legal education and communication gap through creativity.
The Wide World of Sports Sponsorship and Brand Promotion
Professor Michael McCann, Director, Sports & Entertainment Law Institute, University of New Hampshire School of Law; Kathryn Barrett Park, Senior Counsel, Advertising and Brand Management, General Electric Company; Michael Kuh, Counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP; Christopher Sloan, Assistant Vice President & Senior Corporate Counsel, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, discussed sports sponsorship and brand promotion.
The Wide World of Sports Sponsorship and Brand Promotion
Professor Michael McCann, Director, Sports & Entertainment Law Institute, University of New Hampshire School of Law; Kathryn Barrett Park, Senior Counsel, Advertising and Brand Management, General Electric Company; Michael Kuh, Counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP; Christopher Sloan, Assistant Vice President & Senior Corporate Counsel, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, discussed sports sponsorship and brand promotion.
Update on ICANN’s gTLD Program
Amy Mushahwar, of counsel at Ballard Spahr LLP, Sarah Deutsch, vice president and associate general counsel at Verizon Communications, and Bill Smith, technology evangelist at PayPal, Inc., discussed recent developments in Washington, D.C., surrounding ICANN’s new generic top-level domain (gTLD) program.
Update on ICANN’s gTLD Program
Amy Mushahwar, of counsel at Ballard Spahr LLP, Sarah Deutsch, vice president and associate general counsel at Verizon Communications, and Bill Smith, technology evangelist at PayPal, Inc., discussed recent developments in Washington, D.C., surrounding ICANN’s new generic top-level domain (gTLD) program.
Address Collection, Data Protection and Advertising (Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance Panel)
As the European Union is working on a replacement of the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive and other countries are enacting and enforcing data protection and privacy regulations this panel from four countries will provide a short overview of the different legal challenges you might face when using personal data for advertising purposes.
Buying the Bridge: Beating Patent Trolls at Their Own Game
Marc Kaufman, partner at Reed Smith LLP, moderated a panel discussion with participants Tom Finneran, executive vice president, agency management services at 4A’s, Joshua Goodman, general counsel at Digitas, and Allen Yee, counsel for intellectual property litigation at The Coca-Cola Company, on ways in which the advertising industry can become a player in the patent marketplace to reduce the ability of Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) to arbitrage patents that could be asserted against advertisers and agencies.
Buying the Bridge: Beating Patent Trolls at Their Own Game
Marc Kaufman, partner at Reed Smith LLP, moderated a panel discussion with participants Tom Finneran, executive vice president, agency management services at 4A’s, Joshua Goodman, general counsel at Digitas, and Allen Yee, counsel for intellectual property litigation at The Coca-Cola Company, on ways in which the advertising industry can become a player in the patent marketplace to reduce the ability of Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) to arbitrage patents that could be asserted against advertisers and agencies.
Buying the Bridge: Beating Patent Trolls at Their Own Game
Marc Kaufman, partner at Reed Smith LLP, moderated a panel discussion with participants Tom Finneran, executive vice president, agency management services at 4A’s, Joshua Goodman, general counsel at Digitas, and Allen Yue, counsel for intellectual property litigation at The Coca-Cola Company, on ways in which the advertising industry can become a player in the patent marketplace to reduce the ability of Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) to arbitrage patents that could be asserted against advertisers and agencies.
