Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Ian Ballon Authors “the Complete Can-spam Act Practice Guide”

PR Log (Press Release) – Dec 01, 2008 – Ian Ballon, a shareholder in the Silicon Valley and Los Angeles offices of the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, recently authored The Complete CAN-SPAM Act Practice Guide.

Published by Thomson West, The Complete CAN-SPAM Act Practice Guide provides an in-depth analysis and explanation of the CAN-SPAM Act, implementing regulations and respective case law.  The guide also includes analysis of relevant state laws and features the Federal Trade Commission's 2008 regulations and interpretive guidelines.

Ballon served as lead counsel to MySpace, Inc. in MySpace Inc. v. Sanford Wallace resulting in an award of more than $223 million, one of the largest damages award ever granted under the CAN-SPAM Act.  Ballon’s extensive subject knowledge comes from representing technology, media, and entertainment companies in complex litigation and counseling relating to copyright, trademark, trade secret, database, and computer and Internet law issues.

Ballon also has authored E-Commerce and Internet Law: Treatise With Forms and serves on the editorial boards of The Cyberspace Lawyer, The Journal of Internet Law, Privacy and Information Law Report, E-Commerce Law Report and Intellectual Property Lawcast.
This year, Ballon was appointed to the board of advisors of Stanford Law School's Program in Law, Science and Technology.  Since 2003, he has also served as Executive Director of Stanford Law School’s Center for E-Commerce, which organizes the law school’s annual E-Commerce Best Practices Program, the leading program in the country focusing on best Internet practices.  

Honored as one of the top 100 lawyers in California in 2008 by the Daily Journal, Ballon also has been named one of the top new media lawyers in the United States by CyberEsq. magazine, one of the 100 most influential lawyers in California by California Law Business, one of the top 50 IP Litigators in California and one of the top 25 copyright, trademark and patent lawyers in California by the Daily Journal.  Ballon is listed in the 2008 and 2007 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of intellectual property and information technology and is included as one of the world's leading lawyers in the 2007, 2006 and 2005 editions of Technology, Media and Telecommunications Expert Guides and in the 2008 edition of Chambers and Partners USA Guide in the areas of copyright litigation and privacy and data security.
   
A member of the GRAMMY® Foundation's Entertainment Law Initiative Advisory Committee, Ballon previously served as a member of the American Bar Association’s Cyberspace Jurisdiction Project and as an advisor to the American Law Institute International Jurisdiction Project.  He received his J.D. from George Washington University Law School (1986), his LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center (1998) and his B.A., magna cum laude, in economics and political science from Tufts University (1983).

About Greenberg Traurig, LLP:
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with more than 1,800 attorneys and governmental affairs professionals in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The firm was selected as the 2007 USA Law Firm of the Year by Chambers and Partners.

Greenberg Traurig serves clients from offices in: Albany, NY; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Houston, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; Morristown, NJ; New York, NY; Orange County, CA; Orlando, FL; Palm Beach County, FL; Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ; Sacramento, CA; Shanghai, China; Silicon Valley, CA; Tallahassee, FL; Tampa, FL; Tysons Corner, VA; Washington, D.C.; White Plains, NY; Wilmington, DE; and Zurich, Switzerland. Additionally, the firm has strategic alliances with the following independent law firms: Olswang, London, Brussels and Berlin; Studio Santa Maria, Milan and Rome; and Hayabusa Asuka Law Offices in Tokyo.

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