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Businesses should keep abreast of the position of the ACCC, to ensure they stay on the right side of the regulator.
As social media becomes ever more prevalent, the obligations as well as the opportunities could increase for companies.
Potential legal hurdles and issues should be considered as one ventures into social media advertising and promotion.
Business leaders are under tremendous pressure to maximize the value of their company's IT and data, and cloud-based computing can have numerous advantages and be accomplished successfully if all the legal considerations are taken into account.
Crowdfunding is "a method of funding a project or venture through small amounts of money raised from a large number of people over the internet via an internet portal intermediary.
The world of rugby underwent a major transition at the turn of the millennium, as the shift in culture following the professionalisation of the game in the mid-90s started to take root.
A discussion on the challenges brought by the use of social media for the business sector.
An insights into the legal implications of the latest media and technology developments.
The ASA has upheld a complaint against the Volkswagen Group for claiming a fuel efficiency for one of its cars of 68.9 mpg on the "combined cycle".
Every marketer knows that nothing drives sales like showing the product in action.
Consumer products companies are constantly working to improve their products and often they want to communicate those improvements to consumers.
Strong hotel property value growth predicted, fueled by increasingly favorable hotel debt, despite overall sluggish economic growth, sequestration, unionization and Obamacare.
In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued last week, the FCC proposed to establish a new, terrestrial-based, air-to-ground mobile broadband service in the 14.0-14.5 GHz Ku-band, providing multi-gigabyte broadband connectivity for passengers flying over the contiguous United States.
From a marketing standpoint companies always want to know who the target audience is for the advertising, but sometimes it becomes important from a legal standpoint as well.
A number of well-known restaurant chains have been hit with lawsuits over the last few years alleging that their exempt managers or assistant managers were indeed non-exempt and therefore should have been paid overtime.
As the use of social media by companies has become nearly ubiquitous companies have begun to grapple with the implications of social media use by both the company and its employees.
In a First Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Inquiry released at the end of March in a proceeding begun in 2003, the Federal Communications Commission continued its comprehensive review of its rules, policies and procedures governing radiofrequency radiation and limits on exposure to human beings.
As featured in Marketwatch, a mutual fund is now changing its name from Live Strong, given the disgrace that Mr. Armstrong has brought on his brand.
Attorneys for actress Lindsay Lohan recently sued hip-hop artist Pitbull.
On April 30, the Federal Trade Commission released a staff report on proposed amendments to the Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule.
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