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false advertising & bankruptcy law: $18 million for deceptive campaign in violation of automatic stay

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2021) Plaintiffs/Debtors argued, and the court held in relevant part, that defendants (Charter) breached the automatic stay by a literally false and intentionally misleading advertising campaign to induce the Debtors’ customers to terminate their agreements with the Debtors by telling them that bankruptcy risked impairment of their service.

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Dastar doesn't bar allegedly false advertising about source of planned development services

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Vining, 2021 WL 4344891, No. Defendants' letter allegedly copied text from LStar Trademark infringement: LStar never specified what its trademarks or service marks were. LStar Development Gp., 5:20-CV-184-FL (E.D.N.C. The proposal allegedly incorporated identical text and pictures that LStar used to promote two other developments.

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[Guest post] BAYC sues Ryder Ripps over unauthorized minting of NFTs

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On 24 June 2022, BAYC sued Ryder Ripps, a conceptual artist and NFT creator for trade mark infringement, unfair competition, false advertising, cybersquatting and other cause of actions before the Central District of California. This is a U.S NFTs – still subject to “old” IP law An NFT is a non-fungible (i.e. Ether (USD 1+ million).

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divided NY court finds incomplete legal compilation wouldn't mislead reasonable consumers

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2021 NY Slip Op 03485, N.E.3d 3, 2021) The plaintiffs were a law firm that handles landlord-tenant actions, a non-profit corporation that assists pro se litigants in housing court matters, and a tenant advocate and organizer. Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph, LLP v Matthew Bender & Co., 3d - 37 N.Y.3d

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) Webinar – “Hot Topics in Advertising Law in North America”

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Certain procedural requirements: must be able to see & save a copy of the disclosures/contract w/in 15 days, via email receipt for example. NY, DC, WA are considering similar taxes so it’s a trend to watch. Harris: In Canada, the provinces regulate consumer agreements online. Chemence, Feb.