Publications

Volume 10, Number 06

• Senate Passes Product Safety Bill; Advertisers Object

  April 3, 2008
  The Senate passed in early March a bill that would overhaul the Consumer Product Safety Act in the wake of wave upon wave of massive toy recalls last year. The House passed its version late last year, meaning that the two versions now are set to be reconciled.

• Craigslist Not Liable for Discriminatory Housing Ads

  April 3, 2008
  In a ruling that many in the online community had anticipated with bated breath, a federal appeals court has held that the Communications Decency Act (CDA) shields the Internet classifieds forum craigslist from liability for discriminatory housing advertisements.

• Mars Swings Back at Naked Cowboy

  April 3, 2008
  The Naked Cowboy may have more trouble extracting $6 million from the Mars Corporation than he had hoped.

• Institute Compares Carbon Offset Standards

  April 3, 2008
  With climate change a chief global concern, companies seeking to address their carbon emissions increasingly are turning to carbon offset programs, which allow companies and individuals to offset their carbon “footprint” by helping to fund projects designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• Google Closes DoubleClick Deal

  April 3, 2008
  Google finalized its deal to acquire DoubleClick, paying $3.24 billion for the online ad server following clearance of the transaction by European antitrust regulators.

• Eight Ways to Minimize the Risk of Counterfeiting

  April 3, 2008
  Counterfeiting has been labeled the “Crime of the Twenty-First Century” by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, and such emphasis is not overstated. The counterfeiting business constitutes a staggering 7 percent of world trade, and the global counterfeit market is worth about $600 billion, including a loss to U.S. businesses of about $250 billion per year.