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Self-Regulation
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All About Advertising Law
Coffee Talk with Lee Peeler: Self-Regulatory Process and Key Changes to NAD’s Procedures
Lee Peeler has had a remarkable career. Currently he is President of the Advertising Self-Regulatory Council, which among other things oversees the NAD and CARU. Prior to that he was…
AdLaw By Request®
Making a Good Thing Better? NAD’s Plans to Modify Its Procedures
The National Advertising Division (NAD) has for more than 40 years been the premier avenue for self-regulation in the advertising industry. Born in the ’70s at a time when there…
Broker- Dealer Law Corner
FINRA Board Election: A Real Choice For a Change in the Mid-Size Firm Board Seat
By Alan Wolper, UB Greensfelder
I have told many people over the years that the only way to effect true change at FINRA must come from the inside. I can write blog posts every day…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Polezhaeva on Russian Securities Regulation
Natalia Polezhaeva has posted Self-Regulatory Organizations of Professional Securities Market Participants: Membership Features on SSRN with the following abstract:Based on the analysis of Russian legislation and self-regulatory organizations of professional securities…
AdLaw By Request®
BBB Accountability Program Reminds Advertising Industry to Act Now to Comply with Enhanced Notice
By Douglas J. Wood, Frederick Lah
In its first ever compliance warning, the Online Interest-Based Advertising Accountability Program Council ("Accountability Program") noted that many website operators are omitting notices of data collection for online behavioral advertising…
Alcohol Law Advisor
Alcohol Advertising in Digital Media, Part 4: Industry Self-Regulation
Alcohol beverage suppliers were among the first U.S. business sectors to embrace self-regulation of advertising and marketing in the 1930s and 1940s. Voluntary codes have evolved from simple commitments to…
All About Advertising Law
Touting Your NAD Win To Consumers: Is It Worth It?
We blogged on this phenom not too long ago and were surprised to see it come up again so quickly. It is too early to call it a trend, but…
Securities Compliance Sentinel
Investment Advisers; A Reprieve For Now
By Joshua Horn
One of the more anticipated and debated outgrowths of the Dodd-Frank Act was the designation of a self-regulatory organization responsible for investment advisers. Yet, it has recently been reported that…
Inside Privacy
House Hearing Discusses Merits of Comprehensive Federal Privacy Legislation, Self-Regulation
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet recently held a hearing entitled “New Technologies and Innovations in the Mobile and Online Space, and the Implications for…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Massachusetts Report: State Registered Advisers Oppose SRO
State securities regulators have expressed concern about the establishment of an SRO that would include state-registered investment advisers. The Massachusetts Securities Division recently posted on its website a REPORT ON…