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Broadcasts, Advertising, and Promotions Related to the 2025 NCAA Basketball Championships

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The NCAA national men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will start on March 16, 2025 and conclude with the national championship games in early April. Broadcast stations often conduct promotions tied to these...more

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Broadcasts and Promotions Related to the 2024 Summer Olympic Games

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The Summer Olympic Games will begin on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) carefully protect Olympic trademarks and...more

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AD-ttorneys@law - August 2023 #2

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“Blessing Loom” Scheme Unravels in FTC Settlement - Esoteric trappings can’t save pyramid-scheme-by-another-name - Neolawgism - By certain ironclad laws of demography, we aren’t allowed to add terms to the...more

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Environmental Advocate Wins Battle Against “Australia’s Greatest Liability”

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Greenpeace, the well-known environmental campaign organization, recently prevailed over an electricity giant in the Australian case AGL Energy Limited v. Greenpeace Australia Pacific Limited. Australia’s parody and satire law...more

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Coordinating What Can’t Be Unseen: Forming a Thorough Online Strategy

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Social media platforms such as Instagram and Twitter are essential to any successful modern marketing and outreach strategy. But the pursuit of turning likes and shares into dollars and cents is not without its risks. For...more

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Supreme Court Dismisses Nespresso Suit against Espresso Club

The Supreme Court recently dismissed an appeal by Nestlé, the Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate, and its subsidiary corporation Nespresso, filed against our client, the Israeli company Expresso Club....more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update | January 2018 #3

House Panel Questions FDA Officials on Food-Recall Audit - One day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance on proposals to expedite product warnings and recalls, FDA and other health officials...more

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Like It or Love It: How Not to Get Pinned (Legally) When Using Social Media to Promote Your Brand

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Twitter®, Instagram®, Facebook®, Pinterest® and other social media websites and apps are great ways to interact with friends, family and potential customers. They are great avenues for advertising and promotion of one’s...more

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Using Pop Culture References in Advertisements? Just Do It Right

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In this age of smartphone cameras and hashtags, an impromptu remark or a right place-at-the-right-time snapshot can “go viral” and create instant and immense goodwill. Businesses today use social media as a tool to promote...more

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The Pleads Of The Many: 50 Years of Star Trek Lawsuits

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the premiere of the original series of Star Trek, which first aired on NBC in September 1966. On July 22, this milestone will be marked in earnest when Paramount Pictures releases...more

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California District Court Puts Baby In A Corner

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In the United States, federal laws take precedence over state law and common law causes of action where there is an overlap. This lesson was recently learned again in Lions Gate Entertainment Inc v TD Ameritrade Services...more

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