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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.

FTC Warns Advertisers In Initiative to Improve Disclosures in Ads

As part of "Operation Full Disclosure," the Federal Trade Commission has sent warning letters to more than 60 companies that allegedly failed to make adequate...

CFPB Targets Payment Processor for Providing “Substantial Assistance” to Debt Relief Servicers

The Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 and the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act regulate certain actions of debt relief service...

Green Coffee Bean Manufacturer Settles FTC Charges

Applied Food Sciences, Inc. (“AFS”), has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it used the results of a flawed study to make baseless weight-loss claims...

Court Expected to Rule in FTC Case Against Dietary Supplement Marketers

A federal district judge in Atlanta is expected to provide a ruling shortly in a Federal Trade Commission case against the marketers of three weight-loss...

Gross Receipts As Baseline For FTC Contempt Damages Against Advertisers

The case is FTC v. BlueHippo Funding, LLC, No. 11-374-cv (2d Cir. Aug. 12, 2014). It involves an appeal of the damages component of...

FTC Uses Big Data Debate To Push ‘Privacy by Design’

The Federal Trade Commission continues to push its “privacy by design” consumer protection policy as “big data” remains in the national spotlight. “Big data”...

FTC Recommends Mobile Industry Changes to Combat Mobile Cramming

In a report issued today, the Federal Trade Commission staff recommends steps that mobile carriers and other companies should take to prevent consumers from...

Illinois AG Targets Student Debt Relief Providers

The Illinois Attorney General yesterday filed lawsuits targeting what it alleges to be student loan debt scams that purportedly seek to exploit people struggling to repay their debt....

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