FTC
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Drinking, FDA, FTC
Four Loko Settles With FTC -- Will Improve 'Warning' That Product Will Get You Drunk
Welcome back to Above the Four Loko. In today’s episode, we find that the drink that used to combine alcohol and caffeine in really obvious ways has settled a false advertising suit with the Federal Trade Commission. As we’ve discussed often with Four Loko, the alcoholic kick IS the appeal of the product. This drink […] -
Baseball, Bernie Madoff, Disability Law, Fat People, FTC, Immigration, Movies, Shoes, Texas
Morning Docket: 09.29.11
* Sorry Missouri, but your reign as the “Show Me” state is over. Thanks to its immigration law, Alabama is going to be taking over as the “Show Me Your Papers” state. [CNN] * Time to review the footage. Irving Picard stands to lose the game for the Investors if he can’t get an instant […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Celebrities, Drugs, FTC, Google / Search Engines, Howrey LLP, Marijuana, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.31.11
* What kind of a tour bus does Willie Nelson have? A cannabus. The singer won’t have to make a pit stop to sing in court on his maryjane charges. [New York Daily News] * How is there a human trafficking problem in Michigan? Are they all Canadians? No one cares if Canadians aren’t getting […]
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Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, FTC
Law Is Always in Fashion
Every once in a while, we talk about fashion here at ATL, such as our recent post on the Chicago Bar Association’s (confusing) advice for how legal types should dress. But the real experts on fashion here in the Breaking Media offices are the ladies at our sister site Fashionista. They’ve recently weighed in on […] -
Antitrust, Department of Justice, Document Review, Federal Government, FTC, Screw-Ups
Help Wanted: Can You Do A Competent Document Production?
If so, then Uncle Sam wants you. The feds need your valuable skills — badly. First the Department of Justice produces original documents, instead of copy sets, to Congress. And now, the AP reports on a screw-up by the FTC: Lawyers for the FTC electronically filed documents as part of [its] court case [challenging the […] -
Animal Law, FTC, Non-Sequiturs, Pets, Sexual Harassment, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 06.11.07
* Wow, talk about passive-aggressive behavior. (The husband, not the wife.) [Island Packet] * The FTC may be good at many things, but creative punny language is not one of them. [Truth on the Market] * Sexual harassment: once a dog, always a dog. [Reuters / Oddly Enough] * I blame the same wiring responsible […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Football, FTC, Lawyer of the Day, Rank Stupidity, Seth Zimmerman
Lawyer of the Day: Seth Zimmerman
We’ve all done it: Use of office resources for personal purposes. Maybe you take the occasional personal call on your office telephone. Maybe you used the work fax machine to receive a one-page tax document from your accountant. Maybe you took some paperwork home with you one night, along with an office-issued ballpoint pen, and […] -
Arent Fox, Biglaw, Crowell & Moring, Dorsey & Whitney, FTC, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: 09.13.06
The latest news on the most notable moves within the profession: Government to Private Sector: * Seth Silber, to Wilson Sonsini (as counsel), from the FTC. (Quips our tipster: “What a lovely week to join that particular firm!”) New Office Openings: * Crowell & Moring — aka “Cruel & Boring”*** — is opening a New […] - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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FTC, Kronish Lieb, LeBoeuf Lamb, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: 09.07.06
A few moves to report today: Lateral Moves: * Antitrust attorney Jeffrey Brennan, to Dechert (DC), from the FTC (where he was Associate Director of the Bureau of Competition and Assistant Director of the Bureau’s Health Care Services and Products Division). * Capital markets lawyer Rachel Coan, to Morrison & Foerster (NY), from LeBoeuf, Lamb, […]
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