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Richard B. Newman

Richard B. Newman is an Internet Lawyer at Hinch Newman LLP focusing on advertising law, Internet marketing compliance, regulatory defense and digital media matters. His practice involves conducting legal compliance reviews of advertising campaigns across all media channels, regularly representing clients in high-profile investigative proceedings and enforcement actions brought by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general throughout the country, advertising and marketing litigation, advising on email and telemarketing best practice protocol implementation, counseling on eCommerce guidelines and promotional marketing programs, and negotiating and drafting legal agreements.

ALERT: Nevada Enacts New Website Privacy Policy Law

Nevada recently became the third state to enact legislation requiring website operators and online service providers to post a privacy policy. The California law...

FTC Announces Changes to Civil Investigative Demands that Benefit Marketers

On July 17, 2017, Federal Trade Commission Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen announced several internal process reforms in the Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection...

Payment Processor Sentenced to Prison for Knowingly Facilitating Consumer Fraud

The United States Department of Justice has recently released the details surrounding the sentencing of an individual for his rule in processing unauthorized withdrawals...

Remaining Defendants Settle FTC Telephone Cramming Case

On June 23, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission announced that the remaining defendants behind a “massive landline cramming operation” agreed to settle Federal Trade...

Master Cybercriminal Extradited For “Scareware” Hacking Scheme

According to the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, a Latvian man made his initial appearance earlier this month in Minneapolis following extradition from Poland...

Canadian Government Suspends CASL Private Right of Action

As previously blogged about, here, a private right of action for violations of Canada’s Anti-SPAM law was to go into effect as of July...

Ruling in Favor of Dietary Supplement Marketer Being Appealed

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey recently granted summary judgment in favor or Bayer HealthCare LLC in a consumer...

Google Announces Ad “Filtering” Plans for Chrome

Last week Google confirmed intentions to add a Chrome feature designed by default to block certain types of advertisements. In doing so, Google has...

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