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More Free Money: Media Lobby Campaigning For Even More Government Funding, Grants and Tax Reform

Michael Geist

On top of the federal money, the Quebec government offers a similar tax credit system that comes close to ensuring that government money and regulation cover the entire cost of news journalists at print and digital publications in the province. the first target.

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Endorsements and Actual Usage – A Deep Dive into the FTC and State Attorneys General Lawsuits Against Google

LexBlog IP

While Texas was first out of the gate with its lawsuit against Google, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a coalition of six states later sued Google and a large media company for the allegedly deceptive radio ads and settled their lawsuit first for a combined total of $9.4 million in penalties to the states.

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Canadian ISPs Blocked Pirate IPTV & Logged Customer IP Addresses

TorrentFreak

When the first pirate site blocking applications began to gather momentum in Europe, those concerned about where it all might lead spoke of slippery slopes and thin ends of wedges. The Federal Court obliged and in 2022, Justice William F. Did the Federal Court ask the ISPs to monitor customer traffic?

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False advertising and TM infringement receive very different damages treatment: case in point

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The missing step is treating state and federal claims the same here, which presumably everyone already agreed to.) Nor did significant sales growth linked to the marketing campaign at issue. Specifically, Natera internally characterized a PowerPoint slide that contained at least one of the false advertisements as “the money slide.” “But

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The 14th Public Commission Meeting – Dark Patterns, Imposter Rulemaking and Yet Another Policy Statement

LexBlog IP

After a surprise three-month hiatus, we are back in business with our Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) public and totally unscripted meetings. There’s no intel on where he is going, but campaigning for his slot has apparently already commenced. A few points of the presentation jumped out at us.

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Court trims claims against for-profit "charity" sweepstakes site that keeps 85% of "donations"

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For certain “celebrity experiences,” 60% of the money donated goes to CAFA to be paid to the designated charity, but for Omaze-owned campaigns, Omaze keeps 85%. This is disclosed in the fine print at the bottom of Omaze campaign pages. National Federation of the Blind of N.C., Starting with the First Amendment, Riley v.

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Hotels, Ice Cream, and Shoes as Canvases for Great Brands

DuetsBlog

Seth Godin has written about how Nike is a great brand because we can imagine what a Nike hotel would look like. . How about another test of brand strength? . Indeed, we may soon have a determination about the strength of the Nike Dunk Low silhouette via a recent lawsuit filed by Nike. . What would it look like? .