Last February 7, a bill was introduced in the Illinois Senate by Senator Rachel Ventura (43rd). As synopsized at the time, SB 1440: “Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice under the Act to knowingly mail or send a postcard or letter to a recipient in the State if the postcard…
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On February 21, in their webinar, the “Bad News About Sales Tax: The Tax Man Cometh,” lawyers Martin Eisenstein and Jamie Szal of Brann & Isaacson, the Mailers Hub-recommended law firm, cautioned close to 100 attendees – from direct mail producers and other companies – of the threat of state sales taxes and other taxes pose that they may unknowingly be exposed…
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This article was produced exclusively for Mailers Hub by Stacy O. Stitham and Adam Mooney of Brann & Isaacson. We could easily fill an entire volume about copyright law, with a second devoted to trademark topics. With much less space and time at our disposal, we will focus on a few niche areas that may have particular relevance to a…
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As reported on June 15 by Government Executive, a bill passed by the House of Representatives could reverse precedent and restrict a government agency’s latitude in interpreting and applying the statutes it’s charged with implementing. As stated in the article, “The Separation of Powers Restoration Act (HR 288) would allow federal courts to review all aspects of a law’s implementation…
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This article was produced exclusively for Mailers Hub by Stacy O. Stitham & David Swetnam-Burland of Brann & Isaacson. The firm is the Mailers Hub recommended legal counsel for mail producers on legal issues, including tax, privacy, consumer protection, intellectual property, vendor contracts, and employment matters. In June 2021, we published an article advising our readers about three states that…
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This article was produced exclusively for Mailers Hub by Martin I. Eisenstein and Jamie Szal of Brann & Isaacson. Brann & Isaacson is a boutique law firm that represents large and small online and multichannel companies, printers, commercial mail producers, and IT service providers located across the country. The firm advises companies of all sizes, including many in the Internet…
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