LJN Newsletters

  • Parent Disclosure Under the Amended FTC Rule: The Parent Exposed

    In the October/November 2004 Special Issue of FBLA, we speculated that if there was one group that may be unhappy about the Federal Trade Commission ('FTC') Staff Report's proposed revisions to the FTC Franchise Rule, it had to be the parents of franchisors (or maybe franchisors who have parents). Now that the FTC has released the final amended FTC Franchise Rule, we know that a parent's disclosure burden will be increased. One provision may have a profound effect on how certain franchise companies do business. Because there are some ambiguities in what is being required, it may be prudent for the FTC to clarify its intention in the Guidelines it plans to issue.

    March 28, 2007John R. F. Baer

  • e-Disclosure After the FTC Rule Amendments

    Whatever qualms there may have been about e-disclosure should, with the release of the FTC's amended Franchise Rule, be resolved. Let the record be clear: The Federal Trade Commission ('FTC') has removed all doubt with respect to e-disclosure — it is now officially sanctioned. Whatever concern there may have been, at this stage, is a matter of history.

    March 28, 2007Lee Plave

  • Bit Parts

    Editor-in-Chief Stan Soocher tells you what's going on in the industry.

    March 28, 2007Stan Soocher

  • Clause & Effect

    What you need to know.

    March 28, 2007ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Counsel Concerns

    Cases of interest.

    March 28, 2007ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Practice Notes

    Recent happenings of interest to you and your practice.

    March 28, 2007ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Cameo Clips

    Recent suits of interest.

    March 28, 2007ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Decision of Note: Texas Court Lacks Jurisdiction over 'Daily Show' Host

    The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas decided that it lacked personal jurisdiction over comedian Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, in a suit filed over a segment in which a Texas resident appeared. Busch v. Viacom International Inc., 3:06-CV-0493-L. The Daily Show broadcast a parody of a dietary drink that TV evangelist Pat Robertson promoted. The Daily Show segment included a clip from Robertson's show The 700 Club in which plaintiff Phillip Busch, a user of the dietary drink, shook Robertson's hand. Busch filed claiming defamation and misappropriation of image in the Daily Show piece.

    March 28, 2007ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Tips for Negotiating Mobile-Game Development Agreements

    The mobile-game industry can be lucrative. Mobile games ' which can be downloaded to cell phones and other mobile devices ' can be cheaper and easier to develop than games created for platforms like PCs or game consoles, where users expect higher production values. What also makes mobile games attractive to developers and entrepreneurs is the potential market of consumers who already carry and use cell phones ' estimated at 207.9 million nationwide and 2 billion worldwide. Mobile games present huge brand opportunities as well: Celebrities such as hotel heiress Paris Hilton, rapper 50 Cent, skateboarder Tony Hawk and poker champion Phil Hellmuth have each licensed their names and images to mobile games. Tom Cruise, notoriously shy of associating his name with videogames, lent his name exclusively to a Mission Impossible III mobile-phone game.

    March 28, 2007Steven Masur

  • Verdicts

    Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.

    March 27, 2007ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |