Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Most recent articles by:

Richard B. Newman

Richard B. Newman is an Internet Lawyer at Hinch Newman LLP focusing on advertising law, Internet marketing compliance, regulatory defense and digital media matters. His practice involves conducting legal compliance reviews of advertising campaigns across all media channels, regularly representing clients in high-profile investigative proceedings and enforcement actions brought by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general throughout the country, advertising and marketing litigation, advising on email and telemarketing best practice protocol implementation, counseling on eCommerce guidelines and promotional marketing programs, and negotiating and drafting legal agreements.

FTC and FDA Warning Letters Instructive for Cannabis Advertisers

The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently sent joint warning letters to four companies that manufacture and advertise flavored liquids used...

SCOTUS Limits Disclosure of Confidential Records Under FOIA

On June 24, 2019, in the matter of Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media, the U.S. Supreme Court held that confidential commercial and...

FTC Announces New Crackdown on Illegal Robocalls

The Federal Trade Commission and its law enforcement partners have announced a crackdown on illegal robocalls, including 94 actions targeting operations around the country...

New York Attorney General Internet Marketing Investigations and Subpoenas

The New York Attorney General’s Office is perhaps the most aggressive state regulatory agency in the nation when it comes to regulating ad tech. ...

Federal Government Enhances Focus on Corporate Compliance Programs

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division recently released an update to the guidance document “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs.” Immediately thereafter, the Department of...

The California Privacy Act’s Impending Impact on Ad Tech

Passed in 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “Act”) has been the subject of consistent controversy, criticism from tech lobbyists and support from...

Online Dating Service Found To Have Violated the CAN-SPAM Act

Zoobuh is at it, again. Recently, in the matter of Zoobuh, Inc. v. Savicom, Inc. (D. Utah), a federal district court found that the plaintiff...

Payment Processor Permanently Banned After FTC Alleges Violation of Court Order

The FTC's efforts to police the payment processing industry continue... An individual and his payment processing company have agreed to settle FTC charges that they repeatedly...

Must read

Dynamic Video Overlays: Finally, Ads That Don’t Make You Want to Scream

As always let’s cut the fluff and get right...

How The Trade Desk Became the Ghost in the Marketing Machine

Enter Olivia Kory, the Head of Strategy at Haus:...

Welcome to the Brave New World of Call Centers – Now with 99% Less Human Interaction!

Guess What? Frank Casale, the grandmaster of outsourcing, has...

Sucker Punching Clickbait: David Kohl’s Fight for Ad Integrity

Alright, folks, brace yourselves. We've got a hot one...

Nielsen’s New Tool Puts the Streaming Wars in Perspective, Or Does It?

Alright, so Nielsen decided to jazz things up with...

Colossus SSP vs. Adalytics: Who’s Bluffing in this Legal Circus?

Alright, folks, gather around for the latest installment of...

Ink, Bourbon, and Bytes: Inside David Kaplan’s Media Transformation

On the latest episode of the ADOTAT Show, I...

Amazon’s Upfront: One Funnel to Rule Them All

Amazon didn’t just host an upfront event; they held...

Quality vs. Premium: Erez Levin Digs Into Ad Attention With a Pickaxe and Pan

Alright, gather 'round, folks. Erez Levin’s back from the...

Colossus SSP: The Dark Lord of Programmatic Advertising?

In a galaxy far, far away, where the mystic...