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Updates on advertising law and privacy law trends, issues, and developments

House Data Security Legislation Likely to Pass Next Year?

House Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade subcommittee chairman, Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), said yesterday that safe data legislation is her number one priority for the committee. She did acknowledge though that movement on…

FDA Releases Guidance on Implementation of FSMA Fee Provisions

The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has released a question and answer guide to its implementation of the fee provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011. The purpose of the fee provisions is to allow…

Default Privacy Settings of Mobile App Draws FTC Scrutiny

On October 11, 2011, the FTC announced a settlement with Frostwire LLC, a peer-to-peer (“P2P”) file-sharing application (“app”) developer, and its Principal, over charges that the company publicly exposed its app…

FDA Notice Clarifies Past Federal Preemption Policy Statements

The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) recently completed an evaluation of the legal basis for federal preemption policy statements the agency has issued under the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”) during…

EPA Fines Computer Keyboard Manufacturer for Making Unverifiable Antimicrobial "Public Health" Claims

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to emphasize enforcement against companies that market or sell products with unregistered claims of protection against disease-causing bacteria and other…