Monthly Archive: January 2011

Jan 14

Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act Becomes Law: Restricts Negative Option Selling and Post-Transaction Data Pass

Tweet President Barack Obama recently signed into law the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (the “Act”). The Act, which was introduced by Senator Rockefeller last year, was enacted in the wake of a Senate Committee investigation into aggressive online marketing tactics, such as the use of “data pass” in post-transaction sales and negative option marketing.  …

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Jan 12

New York City’s Burgeoning Tech Start-Up Scene

Tweet If you had any doubt that New York City is the most exciting destination for new technology startups, look no further than this article  in today’s DealBook.  In it, Jim Breyer — an Accel partner and early Facebook investor — confirms some important trends within New York’s startup community. In our own practice we, too, …

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