Our February 15 post, Court Should Dismiss Privacy Group’s Suit Vs. FTC Over Google Buzz Settlement, noted that the Federal Trade Commission would be filing its response to EPIC’s demand that FTC file a legal action against Goole for alleged violations of last year’s FTC-Google privacy settlement involving Google Buzz. FTC filed its motion to dismiss on [...]
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Update: FTC Urges Court to Dismiss EPIC’s Effort to Compel Action Vs. Google
Posted in Regulation of Free Enterprise, tagged FTC, legal activism, privacy on February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Finger on the Pulse: From Our Blogroll and Beyond
Posted in Regulation of Free Enterprise on February 17, 2012 | 1 Comment »
State court tosses $40 million punitive damage in Florida smokers’ case (California Punitive Damages; Consumer Class Actions and Mass Torts) University of Texas study finds no direct connection between water pollution and hydraulic fracturing (CBS Dallas-Fort Worth) Do regulations shift around jobs, destroy jobs, or create jobs? The answer: yes (Cato @ Liberty) What’s ATLA [...]
Court Should Dismiss Privacy Group’s Suit Vs. FTC Over Google Buzz Settlement
Posted in Regulation of Free Enterprise, tagged FTC, legal activism, privacy on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Cross-posted by Forbes.com at WLF contributor site On Friday, a federal court in Washington, D.C. will hear what the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) thinks about a lawsuit the online privacy advocate EPIC has filed demanding that FTC charge Google with violations of a settlement agreement between FTC and Google involving Google Buzz. EPIC isn’t suing Google, [...]
Supreme Court Cert Petition Spotlights Speech Limits on Securities Market
Posted in Commercial Free Speech, Regulation of Free Enterprise, tagged SEC, Supreme Court on February 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Cross-posted by Forbes.com at WLF’s contributor site Distinguished First Amendment scholar Frederick Schaeur once wrote in the Harvard Law Review, “It might be hyperbole to describe the Securities and Exchange Commission as the Content Regulation Commission, but such a description would not be wholly inaccurate.” SEC has yet to heed a suggestion from one of its [...]
Finger on the Pulse: From Our Blogroll and Beyond
Posted in Regulation of Free Enterprise on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Cameras finally coming to the US Supreme Court? (Blog of Legal Times) Odd procedural argument won’t stop Justices from ruling on constitutionality of Affordable Care Act (Cato @ Liberty) Does the current FCPA enforcement climate make it more or less likely that companies will self-report violations? (Corruption, Crime & Compliance) Pennsylvania adopts clear regulatory standards [...]
Appellate Experts Assess Supreme Court at Mid-term Point
Posted in Civil Justice & Litigation, Criminalization of Free Enterprise, Health Care, Regulation of Free Enterprise, U.S. Supreme Court, tagged crime, environment, Media Nosh, Supreme Court on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, Washington Legal Foundation held its annual “High Court Halftime” briefing program to look back on some decisions from the Supreme Court’s October 2011 term and to preview upcoming arguments. The video of this program is available here for on-demand viewing. Hosted by WLF advisory board chairman, The Honorable Dick Thornburgh, and headlined by veteran [...]
SEC’s Strict Liability Claw Strikes Again
Posted in Criminalization of Free Enterprise, Regulation of Free Enterprise, tagged fraud, SEC on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Oooo, the Claw Cross-posted by Forbes.com at WLF’s contributor page In a July 2011 Legal Pulse post, SEC to Join HHS in Effort to Drop the Claw of Strict Liability on Business Managers, we decried the federal punishment of business executives based solely on their status, rather than on whether they actually violated the law. Such [...]
WLF Advisory Board Member Named as U.S. Golf Association President
Posted in Regulation of Free Enterprise on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Washington Legal Foundation congratulates Jones Day partner and WLF Legal Policy Advisory Board member Glen D. Nager who, as of Saturday, February 4, will be President of the United States Golf Association. Glen has been the USGA’s Vice President and he served as its General Counsel from 2006 to 2008. His elevation to President was discussed [...]
Finger on the Pulse: From Our Blogroll and Beyond
Posted in Regulation of Free Enterprise on January 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
California legislator revives idea of state taxation of punitive damage awards (California Punitive Damages) The changing world of shareholder class action securities litigation (D&O Diary) Supreme Court’s Mensing generic drug preemption ruling might benefit non-drug defendants (Drug & Device Law) Not that it should or will matter to the Justices, but a majority of Americans [...]
WLF Matters from which the Holidays May Have Distracted You
Posted in Regulation of Free Enterprise on January 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
WLF Legal Pulse Posts Judge “Likes” Plaintiffs’ Arguments, Online Privacy Class Action Proceeds On the Passing of Professor Larry Ribstein Update: Judge Strikes Down Texas’ Irrational Speech Limits on Beer Promotion Overlooked Provisions in Appropriations Bill Bring Sunshine to ObamaCare Health Fund WLF Litigation Developments Amicus brief filed in support of Supreme Court cert petition [...]
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