Articles

08.11.16

IOC Should Reimburse Rio for Its Valiant but Financially Disastrous Efforts

“If you break it, you own it” is a placard that is commonly seen at souvenir shops and that expresses a simple ethical precept. That precept should apply to the International Olympic Committee, which made the financially disastrous choice of Rio for the 2016 Olympics. The IOC knew or ...


08.11.16

Yelp Warns Consumers About Legal Threats From Companies

Businesses that have filed suit against consumers for posting negative reviews are now being highlighted by Yelp.A pop-up box appears on the page of companies that have taken action against customers, reading: "Consumer Alert: Questionable Legal Threats. This business may be trying to abuse ...


08.11.16

Judge Bags Pricing Suit Against Dooney & Bourke

Providing a defense victory in the burgeoning litigation at outlet stores, a California federal court judge granted Dooney & Bourke's motion to dismiss, albeit with leave for plaintiff to amend.Monica Rael asserted that the purported "discount" prices listed on products at the ...


08.11.16

Electric Toothbrushes Battle It Out Before NAD

In a battle over electric toothbrushes, the National Advertising Division determined that Procter & Gamble can support superiority claims for its Oral-B models challenged by competitor Philips Oral Healthcare, the maker of Sonicare, while recommending that Philips discontinue two broadcast ...


08.04.16

Athletes Will Not Be Able to Stop Olympic Trainwreck This Time

Fortunately for its incompetent executives, the Olympics is one of the greatest sporting events. A lesser event surely could not have survived the mismanagement and corruption that have dogged the Games for years. That winning streak, however, will come to an end in Rio.Indeed, it really came ...


08.04.16

Court Awake To Plaintiff's Deceptive Sleep-Tracking Claims Against Fitbit

A challenge to Fitbit’s claims that certain models of its exercise monitoring device tracked users’ sleep patterns will move forward after a California federal court judge denied the company’s motion to dismiss. In May 2015, James P. Brickman filed suit alleging that Fitbit made ...


07.28.16

What's the Most Read Ad Law Story of July 2016?

Sen. Franken Hits Pause on Pokémon GOAfter the Pokémon GO app was downloaded approximately 7.5 million times in the United States alone in its first week of release, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), the chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, wrote to the company about ...


07.27.16

Key Takeaways From the Academic Nursing Leadership Summit

Editor's Note: In the March issue of "Health Update," Manatt Health introduced a new report prepared for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) that examines the potential for an enhanced partnership between academic nursing and academic health centers around the ...


07.27.16

Wearables, Devices and Cybersecurity: New Regulations and Potential Liability

Editor's Note: In a recent two-part webinar for Bloomberg BNA, Manatt examined the most significant legal developments that life sciences companies need to watch in the year ahead. In an ongoing series of articles, we'll be sharing some of the key issues explored during the ...


07.27.16

The FTC and Patient Privacy: Digital Age Challenges

Companies operating in the healthcare arena, especially nontraditional ones, must take seriously the privacy concerns of patients—the good, the bad, and the warts (literally). That critical need to keep patient privacy top of mind is the key takeaway from a recent Federal Trade Commission ...