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Consumer Protection Update
Each month, the ABA Section of Antitrust Law's Consumer Protection Committee and Corporate Counseling Committee host a telephonic brown bag program that will summarize the significant developments in consumer protection law that occurred during the preceding month. The presentation will cover cases, settlements, and other initiatives at the federal and state levels, as well as consumer class actions, Lanham Act litigation, and National Advertising Division case decisions. A different law firm will present the Consumer Protection Update each month. A copy of the Powerpoint presentation used will be emailed prior to the call so that participants can follow along and will be posted on this site after the call.
February Consumer Protection Update (March 3, 2009)
The February 2009 Consumer Protection Update will be presented on Tuesday, March 3, 2009, from 1-2 p.m. ET. To register, please go to http://www.abanet.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=AT329400.
The call-in number and program materials will be sent to you before the program. Please plan to join us. If you have registered for a Consumer Protection Update since January 2007, you do not need to register again and will automatically receive the materials.
For previous Consumer Protection Updates, please go to:
http://www.abanet.org/antitrust/at-committees/at-cp/cp-update08.shtml
Recent Legal Developments
- The Federal Trade Commission Staff has issued, “Self-Regulatory Principles For Online Behavioral Advertising: Tracking, Targeting, and Technology,” available at: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/02/behavad.shtm
- The Networking Advertising Initiative’s 2008 Self-Regulatory Code of Conduct is now available and can be accessed at: http://www.networkadvertising.org/networks/principles_comments.asp
- The FTC has Extended the Public Comment Period Related to the Endorsement Guides Review until March 2. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/01/section2.shtm
Featured Newsletter Articles
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Consumer Protection Update - Volume 14, No. 1, Spring 2007
- Attorney Generals Turning Toward Technology - by Patrice Malloy
- Regulation of Interstate Telemarketing: Preemption On the Line - by Joseph W. Sanscrainte
- RFID Technology and Privacy Implications: A Primer - by Christopher M. Loeffler
- Advertising Self-Regulation: Moving Forward to Address New Challenges - by C. Lee Peeler
- Privacy Agenda for the 110th Congress Takes Shape - by Helen Goff Foster
- FTC Franchise Rule 2.0 - by Anthony Marks and Keith Klein
The Secure Times - Volume 2, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2007
- Holding Advertisers Responsible For Spyware - by Justin Brookman
- Whose Computer Is It Anyway? The Application of FTC Law In The Spyware Context - by Stacey Ferguson and David Koehler
- Data Security and Privacy in India - by Poojitha G. Rao and Paresh Trivedi
- Other People's Standards: Privacy in International E-Commerce - by Paul Jones
Consumer Protection & Privacy Publications
Consumer Protection & Privacy Comments and Reports
- Antitrust Consumer Protection Legislation 109th Congress
(November 2005)
Searchable Antitrust Library
Consumer Protection Conference
January 29-30, 2007
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
Program Materials
Presenter: J. Thomas Rosch
"Where Do We Go From Here? - Some Thoughts On the Future of the Consumer Protection Mission"
Presenter: Deborah Platt Majoras
Remarks, American Bar Association Consumer Protection Conference
Presenter: D. Reed Freeman, Jr.
Privacy and Information Security: Enforcement Trends and Best Practices
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Chair: August Horvath
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Steiger Fellowship
The Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Project provides law students the extraordinary opportunity to work in the in the consumer protection and antitrust departments of state and territorial Offices of Attorneys General throughout the United States, as well as the Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs.. The eight-week paid Fellowships were initiated in 2004 by the ABA Section of Antitrust Law, in cooperation with the National Association of Attorneys General ("NAAG"), as a consumer protection outreach initiative to introduce law students to the rewards of legal careers in public service.
