Contacts Project Documentation Resources Working Groups
DRAFTS / DISCUSSIONS Advertising/Consumer Protection Discussion Paper--MS Word or RTF CHAIRS Ronald Plesser Piper & Marbury Suite 800 Washington, D.C 20036 202.861.3900 rplesser@pipermar.com Chris Millard CO-CHAIRS David Johnson Roger Cochetti Barbara Wellbery David Medine Liz Blumenfeld Stuart Ingis PARTICIPANTS Niranjan Arasaratnam Paula Bruening Becky Burr Steve Cole Susan Crawford Ruth Day Dean Forbes Caitlin Halligan Judith Herrman John Kamp Sandra Kirsch Jeff Maganeau April Major David Medine Carla Michelotti Lee Peeler Kate Rodriguez Lisa Rosenthal Peter Sand Shirley Sarna Keith Scarborough Al Sheldon Roger Tasse Dana Wagner Jody Westby Douglas Wood	ADVERTISING/CONSUMER PROTECTION Articles Center for Media Education, Web of Deception: Threats to Children from Online Marketing (1996) Consumer Protection and Private International Law in Internet Contracts by  Reinhard Schu Lawyers' Electronic Ads Leave Bad Taste, by David J. Loundy, Chi. Daily L. Bull., Mar. 9, 1995, at 6 Prepared Remarks of Roscoe B. Starek, III, Commissioner, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, on the topic of  "Consumer Protection in the Age of Borderless Markets and the Information Revolution" Solicitation Via the Internet; Jurisdiction Over Claims by Edward Brodsky Canada Legal Issues Relating to Internet Web Sites: A Canadian Perspective by Alan Gahtan and J. Fraser Mann Europe Consumer Protection in E-Commerce from a European perspective by Vagn Thorup Cases Federal Circuit Courts: Erienet v. Velocity Net, D.C. No. 97-cv-00001E, 1998 U.S. App. Lexis 23931 (3rd Cir. September 25, 1998). Hornell Brewing Co. v. The Rosebud Sioux Tribal Court, 133 F.3d 1087 (8th Cir. 1/14/98). Federal District Courts: Edberg v. Neogen Corp., 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12311 (D.Conn. 8/4/98). Osteotech, Inc. v. GenSci Regeneration Sciences, Inc., et al., 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7852 (D.N.J. 5/4/98). Park Inns Int'l., Inc. v. Pacific Plaza Hotels, Inc., 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7545 (D. Ariz. 3/25/98). Copperfield v. Cogedipresse, 26 Med. L. Rptr. 1185; CV 97-6357 WJR (AIJx) (C.D. Cal. 11/3/97). Weber v. Jolly Hotels, No. 96-2582 (D.C.N.J. September 12, 1997). Howard v. Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler, 977 F. Supp. 654 (S.D.N.Y. 9/11/97). Haelan Products Inc. v. Beso Biological, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10565 (E.D.La. 7/11/97). Smith v. Hobby Lobby Stores, No. 96-5146, 1997 WL 378689 (W.D. Ark. June 25, 1997). Vasco v. Lipsitz, 663 N.Y.S.2d 468 (NY 6/23/97). Ids Life Ins. v. Sunamerica, 958 F. Supp. 1258 (N.D. Ill., 1/8/97). Heroes, Inc. v. Heroes Foundation, 958 F. Supp. 1 (D.D.C. 1996). State of Minnesota v. Granite Gate Resorts Inc., No. C6-95-7227, 1997 WL 767431 (Minn. Dist. Ct. December 11, 1996). Maritz v. CyberGold, Inc., 1996 U.S. Dist. Lexis 14978 (E.D. Mo. Aug. 19, 1996), reconsideration denied and preliminary injunction denied, 947 F. Supp. 1338 (1996). State Appellate Courts: MacMullen v. Villa Roma Country Club, 1998 Conn. Super. LEXIS 3431 (New Haven Super. Ct. 12/3/98). Gates v. Royal Palace Hotel et al., 1998 Conn. Super. LEXIS 3740 (Rockville Super. Ct. 12/30/98). Mayo Clinic v. Jackson, 1998 Tex. App. LEXIS 6307 (Tx. Ct. App. 5th dist. 10/9/98). Legislation FTC's Policy Statement on Advertising Substantiation FTC's Deception Policy Statement  FTC's Unfairness Policy Statement (scope of the FTC's jurisdiction) (codified at 1994 Amendments to the FTC Act). Georgia Computer Systems Protection Act, § 93.1, Ga. Code § 16-9-93.1 (1996). H.R. 774. Internet Freedom and Child Protection Act of 1997. H.R. 1180. Family-Friendly Internet Access Act of 1997. H.R. 4124. E-Mail User Protection Act of 1998. S.875. Electronic Mailbox Protection Act of 1997. Web Links Advertising Law Internet Site European Commission Advertising/Consumer Law FTC Public Workshop---U.S. Perspectives on Consumer Protection in the Global Electronic Marketplace
Chicago-Kent Home Page | Cyberlaw Home Page