2/16/2025 5:18:15 PM The Fifth Circuit Slams the Brakes and Vacates FTC CARS Rule By Len Gordon Jay Prapaisilp By Leonard L. Gordon, Jay Prapaisilp & Eden Caliendo This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade...
9/15/2024 8:23:29 PM Court Rules FTC’s Non-Compete Rule Is Unenforceable Nationwide By Len Gordon Jay Prapaisilp By Leonard L. Gordon, Liz Clark Rinehart & Jay Prapaisilp The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rulemaking crusade suffered a serious blow...
7/12/2022 6:56:15 PM FTC Starts the Engine on Car Sales Fees and Advertising Rulemaking, but Other Rulemaking Faces Major Questions By Len Gordon Michael Munoz The FTC is off to the races with another proposed rulemaking. On June 23, the FTC, by a 4-1 vote, issued a notice of proposed rulemaking...
2/7/2024 5:48:32 PM Copyright: Italy Amends the Legislative Framework for Collective Rights Management By Ernesto Apa Chiara Marchisotti In collaboration with Angelo Aimar CLARIFYING PROPORTIONALITY OF LICENSE FEES TO NEGOTIATED RIGHTS VALUE AND COLLECTING SOCIETY...
2/1/2023 2:40:55 PM Can an Advertisement Mock a Fictional Character Like Zorro? By Ernesto Apa Chiara Marchisotti The Supreme Court of Cassation delivers a momentous decision on parody as an exception to copyright and trademark Decision No....
12/6/2022 5:31:49 PM The Administrative Court of Lazio Annuls the Sanctions Inflicted Against Amazon and Apple by the Italian Competition Authority By Ernesto Apa Eugenio Foco This article has been published in IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory and in IRIS 2022-10:1/13 Through its...
12/5/2019 1:04:57 PM The First Italian Case on Electronic Cigarettes’ Advertising By Ernesto Apa Donata Cordone On November 5, 2019, the Court of Rome, by giving a very restrictive interpretation of Italian legislation, ordered two companies to stop...
6/12/2019 10:55:32 AM The Italian Competition Authority Fines Perform for Misleading Advertising on DAZN Service and on the Soccer 2018/19 Package By Ernesto Apa On March 25th, 2018 the Italian Competition Authority imposed a fine amounting to Euro 500,000.00 on Perform Investment LTD and Perform...
6/12/2019 12:00:00 AM The Court of Cassation Rules on the Active & Passive Hosting Providers Debate in the RTI v. Yahoo! Case By Ernesto Apa On March 19, 2019 the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation issued a landmark decision in the field of internet service provider (ISP)...