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John W. Arden is the Executive Editorial Director for the CCH Trade Regulation group of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a leading provider of research information and workflow solutions in antitrust and trade regulation, as well as other key specialty areas. He has written and edited legal publications for more than 25 years, focusing on the areas of antitrust, advertising, franchising and distribution law, and intellectual property.

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FTC Testifies on Data Security

Posted on May 08, 2009
FTC Testifies on Data Security Bill, Peer-to-Peer File SharingThis posting was written by Thomas A. Long, Editor of CCH Privacy Law in Marketing.The Federal Trade Commission strongly supports the goals of H.R. 2221, the proposed "Data Accountability and Trust Act," according to Acting Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection Eileen Harrington, who testified May 5 before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer...

Privacy Laws Proposed in Congress,

Posted on May 07, 2009
Privacy Laws Proposed in Congress, Canadian ParliamentThis posting was written by Thomas A. Long, Editor of CCH Privacy Law in Marketing.Federal laws addressing privacy concerns have been introduced recently in both Congress and Canada?s Parliament. Data Security, Breach NotificationThe Congressional proposal would regulate information security standards and breach notification procedures...

Resale Price Fixing Claims Fail

Posted on May 06, 2009
Resale Price Fixing Claims Fail After Remand from High CourtThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.A leather goods and accessories manufacturer did not engage in unlawful vertical price fixing by terminating a retailer for pricing the manufacturer?s goods below the suggested retail price, the federal district court in Marshall, Texas, has ruled...

Focus on FranchisingThis posting

Posted on May 05, 2009
Focus on FranchisingThis posting was written by John W. Arden.News and notes on franchising and distribution topics:? The number of state franchise registrations filed by franchisors during the first quarter of 2009 is down by 16 to 22 percent as compared with the first quarter of 2008, according to state franchise regulators...

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House Subcommittee Holds Hearing

Posted on May 04, 2009
House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Antitrust Exemption for NewspapersThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.The House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy held a hearing on "A New Age for Newspapers: Diversity of Voices, Competition and the Internet" on April 21...

Aspiring Monk Could Base RICO Action

Posted on May 01, 2009
Aspiring Monk Could Base RICO Action on Monastery?s Affiliation ClaimsThis posting was written by Mark Engstrom, Editor of CCH RICO Business Disputes Guide.An individual who sought to become a Benedictine monk could amend his complaint to add federal RICO claims against a monastery and two monks who allegedly misrepresented the monastery's affiliation with the Order of St...

Antitrust Division Announces New

Posted on April 30, 2009
Antitrust Division Announces New Leadership TeamThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.The Department of Justice Antitrust Division has announced a new leadership team, naming four new deputy assistant attorneys general...

Utah Supreme Court Refuses to Broaden

Posted on April 30, 2009
Utah Supreme Court Refuses to Broaden State Antitrust Law to Cover Unfair Acts and PracticesThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.The Utah Unfair Practices Act was unambiguous in its focus on competition and monopolistic behavior and made unlawful only unfair methods of competition, according to the Utah Supreme Court...

Possible Rival Lacked Antitrust

Posted on April 29, 2009
Possible Rival Lacked Antitrust Standing to Sue Veterinary Products MakerThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Antitrust claims against the dominant manufacturer and seller of veterinary diagnostic products in the United States, which were brought by a potential new entrant in the market, were properly dismissed because the complaining company lacked standing to bring the claims, the U...

Maryland Amends Antitrust Law to

Posted on April 28, 2009
Maryland Amends Antitrust Law to Make Resale Price Maintenance Per Se Illegal This posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Legislation clarifying that resale price maintenance (RPM), also known as vertical price fixing, remains per se illegal in the State of Maryland was signed into law on April 14 by Governor Martin O?Malley...

Misrepresenting Product as ?Safest?

Posted on April 27, 2009
Misrepresenting Product as ?Safest? Could Be Deceptive ActThis posting was written by Jody Coultas, Editor of CCH State Unfair Trade Practices Law, and William Zale, Editor of CCH Advertising Law Guide.An injured user of sumo wrestling equipment could pursue a claim that the manufacturer violated the Colorado Consumer Protection Act (CPA) by knowingly misrepresenting its product as ?safest,? the federal district court in Denver has ruled...

Enviga Drinker?s Tighter Pants

Posted on April 24, 2009
Enviga Drinker?s Tighter Pants Not Basis for Consumer Fraud ClaimThis posting was written by William Zale, Editor of CCH Advertising Law Guide.A purchaser of the soft drink Enviga failed to assert an ascertainable injury under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act by claiming that her pants got tighter after she started drinking the ?calorie burning? product, the federal district court in Camden, New Jersey has ruled...

Motor Vehicle Dealer Not Damaged

Posted on April 23, 2009
Motor Vehicle Dealer Not Damaged by Phase-Out of Oldsmobile LineThis posting was written by Pete Reap, Editor of CCH Business Franchise Guide.A motor vehicle dealer's breach of contract claim against General Motors (GM) for phasing out its Oldsmobile line of vehicles necessarily failed because, as a result of the dealer's actions to mitigate its damages, it suffered no loss, the U...

Healthcare Product Ads Falsified

Posted on April 22, 2009
Healthcare Product Ads Falsified Studies; $11 Million Awarded for Corrective AdvertisingThis posting was written by William Zale, Editor of CCH Advertising Law Guide.GE Healthcare has been barred from falsifying scientific study results in advertisements for its Visipaque x-ray contrast medium product...

Varney Confirmed by Senate to Head

Posted on April 21, 2009
Varney Confirmed by Senate to Head Department of Justice Antitrust DivisionThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.The U.S. Senate on April 20 confirmed the nomination of Christine Anne Varney to serve as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division...

Vehicle Retailer Held Liable Under

Posted on April 20, 2009
Vehicle Retailer Held Liable Under Consumer Fraud Act for False Internet AdThis posting was written by Jody Coultas, Editor of CCH State Unfair Trade Practices Law.An out-of-state consumer was entitled to damages in a New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) claim against an in-state seller of used vehicles that advertised over the Internet, according to the New Jersey Supreme Court...

Federal Trade Commission Seeks

Posted on April 17, 2009
Federal Trade Commission Seeks Comments on Existing Rule, Two Proposed RulesThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it was seeking public comments in three rulemaking proceedings...

Treatise Helps Guide Professionals

Posted on April 15, 2009
Treatise Helps Guide Professionals Through Maze of Distribution Law IssuesThis posting was written by John W. Arden.The world of product distribution has changed dramatically in recent years. Revolutionary marketing relationships, new business formats, international expansion, and business consolidations have all impacted the way products are distributed and the law that governs distribution...

FTC Action Challenging Patent Settlement

Posted on April 14, 2009
FTC Action Challenging Patent Settlement Agreements TransferredThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.An action brought by the FTC and the State of California?challenging agreements in which Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc...

Facebook Obtains Order Barring

Posted on April 13, 2009
Facebook Obtains Order Barring Phishing, Spamming SchemeThis posting was written by Cheryl Beise, Editor of CCH Guide to Computer Law, and Thomas A. Long, Editor of CCH Privacy Law in Marketing.Social networking website operator Facebook, Inc. was entitled to an ex parte temporary restraining order against Internet marketers that allegedly used Facebook's website to engage in a phishing and spamming scheme, in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and California law, the federal district court in San Jose has determined...

Illinois Prosecutors Seek State

Posted on April 11, 2009
Illinois Prosecutors Seek State RICO LawThis posting was written by John W. Arden.In order to help them fight political corruption, white collar crime, and gang activity, the Cook County, Illinois chief prosecutor and the head of her special prosecution bureau are urging the Illinois legislature to pass a state racketeering law, according to an article posted on the Chicago Tribune website on April 7...

Nightclub?s Scanning of Driver?s

Posted on April 09, 2009
Nightclub?s Scanning of Driver?s Licenses Violated Alberta Privacy LawThis posting was written by Thomas A. Long, Editor of CCH Privacy Law in Marketing.A Calgary nightclub?s collection and retention of patrons? driver?s license information violated the Alberta Personal Information Protection Act, the Court of Queen?s Bench of Alberta has decided...

Chemicals Giant to Divest Assets

Posted on April 08, 2009
Chemicals Giant to Divest Assets to Settle FTC Merger ChallengeThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.German-based BASF, the world?s largest chemical company, agreed on April 2 to settle FTC charges that its proposed $5...

Alleged Boycott of Racetracks for

Posted on April 07, 2009
Alleged Boycott of Racetracks for Bigger Share of Wagers Could Be IllegalThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Various horsemen?s groups?organizations comprised of horse owners and trainers?could have illegally boycotted Kentucky racetrack operators in an effort to raise the amounts they received from advanced deposit wagering (ADW), the federal district court in Louisville, Kentucky, has ruled...

Gift Card Suit Brought Under State

Posted on April 06, 2009
Gift Card Suit Brought Under State Laws Not Federally PreemptedThis posting was written by William Zale, Editor of CCH Advertising Law Guide.A national bank failed to establish that federal law and regulations preempted a gift card holder's class action complaint, asserting state law claims against the bank for imposing inactivity fees on the card, the federal district court in Chicago has ruled...

Pesticide Manufacturers? Distribution

Posted on April 03, 2009
Pesticide Manufacturers? Distribution Chain Not Vertical Price FixingThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Two manufacturers of pesticides did not illegally conspire with their distributors to set minimum resale prices of certain termiticide products in violation of federal antitrust laws, the U...

Legislation to Ban ?Pay-to-Delay?

Posted on April 03, 2009
Legislation to Ban ?Pay-to-Delay? Drug Agreements Introduced in CongressThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.A bill to prohibit brand name drug manufacturers from compensating generic drug makers to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep...

Punitive Damages Award Left Standing

Posted on April 01, 2009
Punitive Damages Award Left Standing in Tobacco Advertising Fraud CaseThis posting was written by William Zale, Editor of CCH Advertising Law Guide.The U.S. Supreme Court has left undisturbed a $79.5 million punitive damages award in an Oregon wrongful death suit against Philip Morris for deceit...

$8 Million Award for ?Innovative?

Posted on March 31, 2009
$8 Million Award for ?Innovative? Advertising Claim ReversedThis posting was written by William Zale, Editor of CCH Advertising Law Guide.A jury award of more than $8 million against a Japanese basketball manufacturer (Molten) for falsely advertising its product design as ?innovative? was reversed by the U...

New FTC Chair Promises Continuity

Posted on March 30, 2009
New FTC Chair Promises Continuity in Enforcement ActivityThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz told attendees of the American Bar Association?s Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting in Washington, D...

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