On December 14, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had issued orders to nine social media and video streaming companies, requiring them to provide a special report on data collection, advertisement, and user engagement practices. By a vote of 4 to 1, the FTC issued the orders to conduct a study, authorized by section 6(b) …
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In Quartz's article Authenticity is the Biggest Challenge of the Influencer World, Amanda Schreyer comments on the potential legal consequences that influencers face when artificially inflating audience numbers, noting that it is fraud and could be a breach of contract. She also discusses the FTC mandate that influencer endorsements must be honest and that influencers …
Media and intellectual property attorney Amanda Schreyer will be speaking at the Alt Oasis Conference being held March 24-29 in Palm Springs. Alt Oasis is a week-long conference for social media influencers and entrepreneurs in creative fields. Amanda will be speaking on legal matters for creative entrepreneurs including negotiating with brands, FTC endorsement disclosure guidelines, …
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The Fast Company article The 2-Year-Old Instagram Influencers Who Make More Than You discusses the lucrative world of child influencers and influencer marketing. Intellectual property attorney Amanda Schreyer, who specializes in influencer marketing, comments on the legal considerations of the industry. She notes that the industry is still a gray area, and therefore child labor …
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Intellectual property attorney Amanda Schreyer will be speaking on the MCLE program Doing Business Online: Anticipating and handling the evolving and unique challenges in the internet age on October 18 at 2pm. The program will analyze the risks and opportunities deriving from an online business presence, including both the protection and risk relating to intellectual property …
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Curious about who social influencers are and how they develop their careers and business relationships with brands and services? Don't miss MBBP intellectual property attorney Amanda Schreyer on the Copyright Society of the USA's panel "Social Influencers: Copyright, Publicity and Social Media Contracting." Amanda, along with Maria Guerra of Influence Central, will speak about the …
We are pleased to announce the addition of Intellectual Property Counsel Amanda Schreyer. Amanda will continue to concentrate her practice on privacy and data security, licensing and strategic alliances, trademark, and transactional matters. Schreyer’s clients include video game and software developers, digital influencers, media publishers, influencer marketing agencies and other intellectual property holders. Amanda regularly …
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Firm clients Sheprd and iZotope are among the 2017 MassTLC Technology Leadership Awards finalists. The awards, presented by the Mass Technology Leadership Council, are comprised of individual and company categories, including CEO of the Year, Emerging Executive of the Year, Emerging Company of the Year, Cutting Edge Technology of the Year, and Technology for a …
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While you may have been distracted by a tumultuous 2016, at MBBP we have been monitoring developments in intellectual property. We are happy to present, in no particular order, our list of the top IP developments of 2016, plus an Honorable Mention for 2017. In the full article on our website, "List Mania: Top IP …
The MBBP M&A team has extensive experience guiding clients through the complexities of M&A transactions in diverse markets. Over the last decade, we have represented hundreds of publicly-traded and privately-held companies in transactions, both buyers and sellers, valued from several million dollars up to hundreds of millions of dollars. For a sampling of our 2016 …
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