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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.

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....

FTC Amends Complaint Against Spam Text and Robocalling Operations

The Federal Trade Commission has added new charges of mobile cramming to a complaint that it previously filed against a group of marketers that...

FTC Enforcement Actions, Asset Freezes and Personal Liability

Regulatory sweeps in the digital marketing industry are inevitable. The following is specifically meant to address a few things that you should know if you...

Are Your Clickwrap Forum Selection Clauses Enforceable?

Earlier this month, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California held that clear evidence that a consumer could not have completed...

Is Your Business Prepared for Canada’s Anti-Spam Law?

In what is widely considered to be one of the most restrictive laws on the planet dealing with commercial electronic messages, most of Canada's...

Good Faith Belief in Consumer Consent a Valid TCPA Defense?

A federal court judge has recently ruled that a good faith belief that consent existed might be a complete defense to a Telephone Consumer Protection Act...

Compliance Warning Issued to Website Operators and Publishers

Earlier this year, the California State Senate passed an amendment to the California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”).  Effective January 1, 2014, website operators are...

Preserve the Right to a Local Fight in Your Marketing Agreements

Last year, I highlighted some of the risks involved with relying upon standard industry business contracts.  You can see that article here.  The designation of...

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