Regulatory Rumblings
gTLD Update: The GAC and the Future of the Internet
Posted: Sep 5, 2014 12:00am ETIn shorthand, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) is the entity that controls the rules of the road when it comes to the internet.
READ MOREUpdate on the Status of Already-Launched gTLDs: Is Anyone Out There?
Posted: Aug 14, 2014 12:00am ETBecause of the explosive growth of the top level domain and secondary level domain system managed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the potential impacts it may have on trademark holders and advertising, we have asked our general counsel’s office at Reed Smith LLP to provide us periodic updates on the status of developments in this area.
READ MORETime for Data Security Law is Now
Posted: Aug 13, 2014 12:00am ETData security is an increasingly important issue for advertisers around the globe.
READ MOREThe Fight against Amortizing Advertising
Posted: Aug 5, 2014 12:00am ETThe House Ways & Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held an important hearing last week to discuss the proposed tax reform plan from Committee Chairman Dave Camp (MI-4).
READ MOREComprehensive Tax Reform More Likely Now Than Ever Before
Posted: Jul 25, 2014 12:00am ETCorporate tax inversions are grabbing headlines.
READ MOREBot Fraud: Scamming Advertisers and Damaging the Internet
Posted: Jul 17, 2014 12:00am ETOn Monday, ANA announced the launch of a major new industry push to reduce bot (web robot) fraud.
READ MOREThe Bumpy Road to Patent Troll Reform
Posted: Jul 11, 2014 12:00am ETThe effort to combat patent trolls, until recently, has been one of the few bipartisan initiatives in the Congress this year.
READ MOREProof that Facts are Needed in the Discussion on Obesity and Advertising
Posted: Jun 25, 2014 12:00am ETLast week, Mark Bittman wrote an article in The New York Times titled, “Parasites, Killing Their Host.”
READ MOREFood Advertising Under Attack Yet Again
Posted: Jun 20, 2014 12:00am ETRecently, there has been a major resurgence of efforts to substantially change the status quo of food advertising in the U.S.
READ MORESenate Finance Committee Reexamining Tax Reform
Posted: Jun 9, 2014 12:00am ETOn Thursday, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, confirmed that they are still committed to overhauling the nation’s broken tax code through comprehensive reform.
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