Legal news and views - a year in perspective

Douglas J. Wood

This is a review of legal issues that have affected the U.S. advertising industry over the past year.

legal news and views

A year in perspective

Douglas J. WoodGeneral Counsel to the ANA

As we welcome the end of the recession and renewed excitement in advertising's future, the ANA continues to monitor legal developments important to the industry at many levels some of it is good news, some of it is not. In Dan Jaffe's column, he reports on legislation wending its way through the legislative process in Washington, D.C. and state capitals and how legislatures have targeted advertising in an unprecedented manner. In this column, I review developments in courts and board rooms where decisions...

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