Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, one of the most influential professional services firms, offers fully integrated legal and strategic consulting services to U.S. and international clients across a range of industries, including: health care; entertainment, advertising, marketing and media; financial services; technology, venture capital and e-commerce; real estate and land use; and energy and natural resources. Three hundred professionals combine powerful national litigation and sophisticated transactional capabilities with government access and a range of specialized resources to provide clients with complete legal, strategic and policy solutions.

Manatt's strategic growth emphasizes markets of influence nationally (Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C., Palo Alto, Orange County and San Francisco); within key state capitals (Albany, NY and Sacramento, Calif.). Its wholly owned subsidiary, Manatt Jones Global Strategies, LLC, develops and implements strategies to expand clients' businesses and facilitate their effective competition in global markets. Manatt Health Solutions (MHS) is an interdisciplinary policy and business advisory division of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, one of the nation's premier law and consulting firms. MHS aligns business strategy, public policy and the law to develop forward-thinking solutions in an evolving healthcare landscape.

www.manatt.com; www.manattjones.com; www.manatthealthsolutions.com.

FTC to Focus on Green Building and Textile Claims
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The Federal Trade Commission will turn its sights on green marketing claims made by building and textile firms as part of its ongoing review of agency guidelines regulating such claims.

French Court Fines eBay Over Fakes
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A French court has found eBay guilty of selling counterfeit goods and has ordered the online auctioneer to pay 20,000 euros ($32,497) in damages to French luxury group Hermes.

ISPs Will Block Child Pornography Sites
July 18, 2008
Internet service providers Verizon, Sprint, and Time Warner Cable will install controls preventing access to online bulletin boards and Web sites that distribute child pornography.