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Judge to Hear Arguments on Whether Google's Advertising Tech Constitutes a Monopoly

The Justice Department and Google were scheduled to make closing arguments Monday before U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia. The court will determine whether Google's advertising technology constitutes an illegal monopoly.
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Corporate Counsel

Old Laws, New Tricks: Lawyers Using Patchwork of Creative Legal Theories to Target New Tech

"Most of the litigation to date is novel, and a win in one court doesn't necessarily scare away the plaintiff's counsel from trying over and over again, or from flooding every website that their clients come in contact with and sending a demand letter," said Bethany Lukitsch, a BakerHostetler partner.
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The Recorder

Hershey's 'Bubble Yum' Hit With Consumer Class Action for Allegedly Containing 'Forever Chemicals'

The complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Oct. 24, accused Hershey of omitting and failing to disclose that its Bubble Yum Original Flavor Bubble Gum Product has organic fluorine and misleading markets as "high quality," "sustainable" and "transparent about [their] ingredients."
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National Law Journal

'Rocket Docket': EDVA Judge Controls Google's Fate in Ad Tech Monopoly Trial

"It is incredibly hard to make a prediction on what will happen," Bobby Zhou, an associate professor of marketing at the University of Maryland's Smith School of Business, said of Google's ad tech monopoly bench trial. "Both sides have made really valid points."
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Corporate Counsel

FTC's Final 'Click to Cancel' Rule Drops Some Regulatory Burdens

"Less than a month from election day, the Chair is hurrying to finish a rule that follows through on a campaign pledge made by the Chair's favored presidential candidate," FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak said in a 13-page dissent.
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Corporate Counsel

Influencers Putting Companies on Hot Seat by Demanding 'Reverse' Morals Clauses

"I look at it almost like a prenuptial, like let's plan a good breakup if we're going to have one," said Sarah La Voi, a Baker & Hostetler partner.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

'Effective Remedy'?: DOJ Unveils Corrective Action Plan in Google Search Monopoly Case

"The starting point for addressing Google's unlawful conduct is undoing its effects on search distribution," U.S. attorneys wrote in a federal court brief. "Fully remedying these harms requires not only ending Google's control of distribution today, but also ensuring Google cannot control the distribution of tomorrow."
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The Recorder

Google expert at antitrust trial says ad-dollar competition is underestimated

The testimony from economist Mark Israel comes as Google wraps up its defense in the third week of an antitrust trial that began earlier this month in Alexandria, Virginia.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FTC Decries Social Media Platforms' 'Vast Surveillance' of Users

Consumers "do not understand how much privacy they are giving up, largely to facilitate targeted advertising," the Federal Trade Commission said in a report on the data practices of social media and video streaming companies.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Hawaiian Airlines CLO Out of Job but Set for Soft Landing

Aaron Alter was Hawaiian Airlines' outside counsel for years before becoming its legal chief in 2015.
4 minute read

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