Fahad HJun 5, 20193 min readAntitrust mania sweeps Washington as Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple all face probesThe Trump administration and many Republicans in Congress believe that Silicon Valley is biased against conservatives. Democrats are...
Fahad HNov 27, 20182 min readCheetah Mobile and another Chinese firm accused of mobile ad download fraudMobile ad fraud is a growth industry. According to a Q1 2018 report (.pdf) from AppsFlyer, “mobile app marketers were exposed to 30...
Fahad HSep 18, 20182 min readFacebook job ads excluded women, ACLU complaint saysFacebook has been exploited in the past for discriminatory ad targeting, specifically in the housing market. Now the Communications...
Fahad HJun 5, 20182 min readFacebook facing class action in Illinois, campaign finance suit in WashingtonFacebook’s legal struggles continue. As we discussed yesterday, the company faces (and disputes) new allegations that it previously...
Fahad HDec 26, 20174 min readFacebook could prevent age-discriminating job ads if it wanted toThe ways in which Facebook’s advertising tools can be misused — and the fact that Facebook doesn’t guard them against such misuse —...
Fahad HSep 15, 20171 min readWhat the FTC’s latest endorsement disclosure actions mean for marketersLast week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made a number of moves that paint a somewhat clearer picture of the regulatory body’s...
Fahad HJul 10, 20175 min readIn the debate over net neutrality, make some noisepro-net neutrality protest scheduled for July 12, and in advance of that and before our fearless leaders on Capitol Hill decide whether...
Fahad HJun 27, 20176 min readBe careful what you ask for: How a Supreme Court victory for manufacturers helped AmazonDo a search on Amazon for “Leegin Creative Leather,” and you’ll find two very nice leather belts: A search online, however, for “Leegin...
Fahad HMar 22, 20171 min readAmazon to open brand registry next month in effort to fight counterfeit productsJulie Clopper / Shutterstock.com Amazon Vice President Peter Faricy says the e-commerce site will be launching a brand registry program...
Fahad HFeb 3, 20172 min readFTC issues report and guidelines on cross-device trackingGiven audience fragmentation across devices and platforms, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of tracking and data to get a...
Fahad HJan 31, 20172 min readTech firms join forces to push back on Trump immigration banStunned by the White House’s anti-immigration and travel ban, a group of major tech companies is planning on submitting a “friend of the...
Fahad HJan 12, 20171 min readAmazon Canada ordered to pay $1M fine for deceptive price listingsAccording to a release from the Canada’s Competition Bureau, an independent agency that enforces Canada’s Competition Act, Amazon.com.ca...
Fahad HDec 23, 20161 min readUS District Court judge orders Amazon to release customer data in connection to WEN Haircare lawsuitAmazon has been ordered by US District Court Judge James Robart to disclose customer information for people who purchased WEN hair...
Fahad HDec 16, 20164 min readHow a 2010 Colorado law suddenly stands to change internet sales tax collection for goodThe decades-long effort to give states the power to collect sales tax on purchases made online from out-of-state retailers took another...
Fahad HDec 13, 20161 min readWhat does the Consumer Review Fairness Act mean for consumers and online reviews?Online reviews have steadily become a part of our everyday online world and an integral part of consumers’ buying process. Whether you’re...
Fahad HNov 21, 20161 min readUpdate: FTC holds Warner Brothers accountable for online influencer deceptionMark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock.com Following a brouhaha in July after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) spanked Warner Brothers for...
Fahad HNov 8, 20164 min readThe FTC isn’t going to save influencer marketing from itself, but the industry couldonline influencer marketing. Rest assured, the FTC’s initial foray into guidance will not be its last, and it is quite evident that it’s...
Fahad HNov 2, 20162 min readStudy finds e-retailers are making it more difficult to unsubscribe from emailsAfter analyzing email marketing unsubscribe practices of the top 200 e-commerce sites based on revenue (per Internet Retailer magazine),...
Fahad HSep 1, 20166 min readHow to manage ad partners in regulated industries: Pharma (part 5 of 5)My goal has been to show advertisers how to embrace, not fear, the federal ad regulations governing them and their partners. In highly...
Fahad HAug 29, 20161 min readReport: Apple to be assessed “billions” in unpaid European back taxesAccording to an article in the Financial Times, Apple is about to be hit with a “multi-billion tax bill” by the European Commission....
