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Trade Regulation Talk 

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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Groups Seek Majoras Recusal in
Posted on December 13, 2007Groups Seek Majoras Recusal in FTC Review of Google-DoubleClick MergerThis posting was written by John W. Arden.Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras should be disqualified from the FTC?s review of the proposed merger of Google and DoubleClick because the law firm where her husband practices antitrust law is advising DoubleClick on the U...
Web Site Operator Agrees to Settle
Posted on December 12, 2007Web Site Operator Agrees to Settle FTC Charges Based on Sexually-Explicit Pop-Up AdsThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reports.The operator of a Web site that touts itself as "the World's Largest Sex & Swingers Personal Community" has agreed to settle FTC charges that it engaged in unfair practices by foisting unsolicited sexually-explicit marketing materials?including, but not limited to, online pop-up advertisements?on unwitting consumers...
Acquisition in Drop Cable Industry
Posted on December 11, 2007Acquisition in Drop Cable Industry Challenged by Justice DepartmentThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reports.The Department of Justice Antitrust Division filed a complaint and proposed consent decree on December 6 in the federal district court in Washington, D...
FCC Proposes Permanent Do-Not-Call
Posted on December 07, 2007FCC Proposes Permanent Do-Not-Call RegistrationsThis posting was written by William Zale, Editor of CCH Privacy Law in Marketing.The Federal Communications Commission announced on November 27 that it has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on whether to require telemarketers to honor registrations with the National Do-Not-Call Registry beyond the current five-year registration period...
Insurers, Hospitals Could Have
Posted on December 06, 2007Insurers, Hospitals Could Have Conspired Against Surgical FacilitiesThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reports.Two managed care organizations (MCOs) and three hospitals in the Kansas City area could have engaged in a group boycott against physician-owned specialty surgical hospitals in violation of federal antitrust law, the federal district court in Witchita, Kansas has ruled...
Revocation of Antitrust Immunity
Posted on December 04, 2007Revocation of Antitrust Immunity Held Unfair; Indictment DismissedThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reports.The federal district court in Philadelphia has dismissed an antitrust indictment against London-based Stolt-Nielsen S...
Trying to Disprove Franchisee Damages
Posted on December 03, 2007Trying to Disprove Franchisee Damages Without an Expert Fails AgainThis posting was written by Bruce S. Schaeffer of Franchise Valuations, Ltd., co-author of CCH Franchise Regulation and Damages.In Section 13.04 of CCH Franchise Regulation and Damages, we?ve long noted, as a cautionary tale, the case of Century 21 Real Estate Corporation v...
False Ad Claim on Toy Safety Barred,
Posted on November 30, 2007False Ad Claim on Toy Safety Barred, Claim on Toy Capabilities Allowed to ProceedThis posting was written by William Zale, Editor of CCH Advertising Law Guide.A Lanham Act claim that a magnetic toy construction set was falsely advertised as suitable for "Ages 3 to 100," when in reality the blocks were highly dangerous to small children, was precluded by the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA), as amended by the Child Safety Protection Act to require toy labeling, the federal district court in Seattle ruled...
Sandwich Shop Franchisees' Tying
Posted on November 29, 2007Sandwich Shop Franchisees' Tying Claims DismissedThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reports.Twelve Wisconsin Quizno's franchisees may not proceed with tying claims against their franchisor, the federal district court in Green Bay, Wisconsin, has ruled...
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How do i go bout geting a free laywer to sue the durham police department for drug raids and nothing is found?they have been in my house 4 or 5 times seems like every 4 months or so and breaking down my door tearing up m
They need a warrant to get into your house...if they never showed you one...you ...
What can be done to stop "Harry T. Keane Jr" from persuig his Entertainment Fraud Business ?
Harry Keane in the Dallas Tx area is a fraud. He cannot tell the truth. His whol...
Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...
I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...
Can I sue my employer for creating a hostile work environment and lying about my work performance to get me to quit?
How does the owner of the business feel about all of this? I suggest that you tr...








