What We're Reading 8/4/2010
Environmental Leader: Congress Set to Reform Law on Personal Care Product Safety
Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., have introduced a bill that will reform the current law on the use of ingredients in personal care products including cosmetics, reports The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.
Brandweek: Looking Online to Verify Word-of-Mouth Recommendations
Word of mouth is all well and good, but a new Cone Inc. report indicates that consumers don't take it as gospel when deciding on purchases. With all due respect to Uncle So-and-so's opinion about what they should buy, people are looking online for information to support or rebut such advice.
ClickZ: FTC Studying Do-Not-Track List for Online Ads
As the House inches forward on comprehensive privacy legislation that could have a major impact on online advertising, a Senate Committee met today to discuss online privacy issues. During the hearing, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon D. Leibowitz said multiple times that the agency is currently assessing the viability of a do-not-track list for online advertising.
Antitrust & Trade Regulation Daily: House Passes Legislation To Regulate Fur Labeling
The House on July 28 passed the Truth in Fur Labeling Act (H.R. 2480), a bipartisan bill to improve the accuracy of labeling on fur products.
NY Times: Congress Rethinks Its Ban on Internet Gambling
With pressure mounting on the federal government to find new revenues, Congress is considering legalizing, and taxing, an activity it banned just four years ago: Internet gambling.
