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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.

Spam Text Message, Robocalling and Mobile Cramming Defendants to Pay $10 Million to Settle FTC Charges

A series of defendants will pay approximately $10 million to the Federal Trade Commission to settle charges that they operated a massive scam that...

Issues of Fact Regarding Material Misrepresentations In SPAM E-Mails Defeats Summary Judgment

On October 10, 2014, a federal district court judge in the matter of Wagner v. Digital Publ'g Corp. ruled that a triable issue of...

AT&T to Pay $80 Million to FTC for Consumer Refunds in Mobile Cramming Case

As part of a $105 million settlement with federal and state law enforcement officials, AT&T Mobility LLC will pay $80 million to the Federal...

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...

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