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US Government Agencies

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Marketing Today Guide to Marketing Laws

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Marketing Laws **Some of the links for the laws listed below go to Wikipedia.
Please check About Wikipedia before using and citing the material.

Law	Focus

Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act http://www.stolaf.edu/people/becker/antitrust/statutes/sherman.html http://www.linfo.org/sherman.html
Federal Food and Drug Act (1906) http://www.fda.gov/RegulatoryInformation/Legislation/ucm148690.htm http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h917.html http://law.jrank.org/pages/9585/Pure-Food-Drug-Act-1906.html
Clayton Act (1914) http://www.stolaf.edu/people/becker/antitrust/statutes/clayton.html
Federal Trade Commission Act (1914) http://www.stolaf.edu/people/becker/antitrust/statutes/ftc.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission_Act http://www.enotes.com/business-finance-encyclopedia/federal- trade-commission-act
Robinson-Patman Act (1936) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson-Patman_Act http://www.enotes.com/business-finance-encyclopedia/robinson- patman-act http://www.answers.com/topic/robinson-patman-act-1936
Miller-Tydings Fair Trade Act (1937) http://www.allbusiness.com/glossaries/miller-tydings-fair-trade- act/4963232-1.html
Wheeler-Lea Act (1938) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler-Lea_Act
Lanham Act (1946) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanham_Act http://www.bitlaw.com/source/15usc/ http://www.law.uconn.edu/homes/swilf/ip/statutes/lanham43.htm
Celler-Kefauver Antimerger Act (1950) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celler-Kefauver_Act
McGuire Act (1952) http://www.blogdenovo.org/archives/001733.html
Automobile Information Disclosure Act (1958) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_Information_Disclosure_Act
Federal Hazardous Substances Act (1960) http://www.bookrags.com/research/hazardous-substances-act-1960- enve-01/ http://www.cpsc.gov/BUSINFO/fhsa.html
Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendment (1962) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefauver_Harris_Amendment http://www.foodsafety.gov/~lrd/histor1b.html
Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (1966) http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/laws/fpla.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Packaging_and_Labeling_Act http://www.enotes.com/business-finance-encyclopedia/fair-packaging- labeling-act
Consumer Credit Protection Act (1968) http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/consumerhdbk/ http://law.jrank.org/pages/5646/Consumer-Credit-Protection-Act.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Credit_Protection_Act
Consumer Credit Protection Act (1968) -- Truth in Lending Act http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/rules/6500-1400.html http://www.fair-debt-collection.com/credit-laws/truth-in-lending
Child Protection and Toy Safety Act (1969)
National Environmental Policy Act (1969) http://www.nepa.gov/nepa/regs/nepa/nepaeqia.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Environmental_Policy_Act http://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/FHPL_NtlEnvirnPolcy.pdf
Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act (1970) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Health_Cigarette_Smoking_Act http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/
Clean Air Act (1970) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_(1970) http://www.epa.gov/history/topics/caa70/11.htm
Poison Prevention Labeling Act (1970)
Fair Credit Reporting Act (1970) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Credit_Reporting_Act
Consumer Product Safety Act (1972) http://www.cpsc.gov/businfo/cpsa.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Product_Safety_Commission http://www.enotes.com/business-finance-encyclopedia/consumer- product-safety-act
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (1975) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson-Moss_Warranty_Act http://www.impalaclub.com/naisso/magmoss.htm
Consumer Goods Pricing Act (1975) http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=5432
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (1976) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart-Scott-Rodino_Antitrust http://www.avvo.com/legal-guides/ugc/hart-scott-rodino
Trademark Counterfeiting Act (1984) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_Counterfeiting_Act http://www.inta.org/index.php?
Nutritional Labeling & Education Act (1990) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrition_Labeling http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4631 http://www.converanet.com/agriculture/results/nutrition-labeling
Children's Television Act (1990) http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Factsheets/kidstv.txt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Television_Act http://tviv.org/The_Children's_Television_Act_of_1990
Telephone Consumer Protection Act (1991) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_Consumer_Protection_Act http://www.the-dma.org/guidelines/tcpa.shtml http://www.junkfaxes.org/federal_law.htm
Truth in Savings Act (1991) http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/rules/6500-3400.html
Child Safety Protection Act (1994) http://www.nypirg.org/consumer/toysafety00/legislation.html http://www.alegent.com/body.cfm?id=1483
Federal Trademark Dilution Act (1995) http://www.bitlaw.com/trademark/dilution.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trademark_Dilution_Act http://grove.ufl.edu/~techlaw/vol9/issue1/koo.html
Trademark Law Revision Act (1995) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_trademark_law
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (1998) http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (1998) http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/coppa1.htm http://epic.org/privacy/kids/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Online_Privacy_Protection_Act
Aviation Security Act (2001) http://personalinfomediary.com/AVIATIONSECURITYACT.htm
Homeland Security Act (2002) http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:h.r.5005.enr: http://epic.org/privacy/homeland/homeland_security_act.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Security_Act http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/laws/law_regulation_rule_0011.shtm
Do-Not-Call Implementation Act (2003) http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/donotcall/ http://www.safecaller.com/national-do-not-call-registry.asp
CAN-SPAM Act (2003) http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/canspam.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003 http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt9/canspam_comply.htm
Federal Trademark Dilution Revision Act (2006) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_dilution http://www.grahamdunn.com/go/articles/ http://www.loeb.com/trademarkdilutionrevisionact2006/
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (2008) http://www.cpsc.gov/ABOUT/Cpsia/cpsia.HTML http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-4040 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Product_Safety_Improvement http://docs.google.com/gview?
Fair Credit Reporting Act (2009) -- as amended http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fcrajump.shtm

Federal Regulatory Agencies Check this one later.

Agency

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms http://www.atf.gov/
Better Business Bureau -Council of Better Business Bureaus http://boston.bbb.org/ -National Advertising Review Council http://www.narcpartners.org/ -National Advertising Division http://www.nadreview.org/ -National Advertising Review Board http://www.narbreview.org/about/index.asp -Children's Advertising Review Unit http://www.caru.org/
Consumer Product Safety Commission http://www.cpsc.gov/ http://en.wikipedia.org/ http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/282.html
Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/
Federal Communications Commission http://www.fcc.gov/
Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/
Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/
U.S. Postal Service http://www.usps.com/

Other Regulatory Agencies and Organizations

National Association of Attorneys General
Individual States -Department of Commerce (choose among all states) -Department of Consumer Affairs	e.g., California http://www.commerce.gov/Services/DEV01_005335 http://www.dca.ca.gov/
Individual Media
Trade Associations