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trade associations
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Hollywood Post Alliance Group Renames, Hoping to Expand Reach
The Hollywood Post Alliance last week announced it was rebranding itself, in the hopes of becoming more inclusive.…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
CTIA Paves Way for Mobile Phone-Unlocking Law to Take Effect
With the wireless industry setting the rules of the road for the process, a recently passed law now…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Wednesday Buzz: Does Event Success Hinge on Industry Strength?
The foundations of your industry have a huge influence on your association's events. Plus: How to combat complainers.
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Turbulence in the Open Skies: Travel, Air Groups at Odds Over Treaties
While agreements that allow international air carriers to serve U.S. airports have been successful in boosting travel, domestic…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
.Bank on Security: Trade Groups Hope New Domains Boost Safe Banking
A coalition of financial-industry groups is about to launch what might be the most exclusive top-level domain on…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
New Association Hopes to Close Gender Gap in Construction
Women in Construction, a new trade group launching in the Buffalo, New York, area, hopes to build a…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Patent Reform Supporters Regroup Under New Coalition
After a lengthy effort to reform the patent system stalled in the Senate last year, a new "super-coalition"…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
U.K. Music Venues Form Alliance to Stop Closings
A number of concert halls have banded together—with the support of London’s mayor and the U.K. music industry’s…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
WineAmerica Makes Lobbying Push on FDA Calorie Rule
The trade group WineAmerica announced that it will work to ensure that the FDA won’t require wineries to…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Reversal of Foie Gras Ban Ignites Strong Association Passion
California’s ban on the sale of foie gras was overturned last week by a federal court—with an association…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Google News Plays Hardball With Spanish Newspaper Association
An effort by Spain's main newspaper trade group to force Google to pay for the content it aggregates…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s Data Strategy Challenged
Two associations in the financial industry say that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's proposed automated oversight system is…
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Texas Automobile Dealers Association Lawyer Subject to Deposition
In a decision involving the Texas Automobile Dealers Association, the Texas First Court of Appeals ruled that the…
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
Swedish Video Game Group Considers Sexism Ratings
In the midst of a long-running controversy regarding gender politics in video games, a leading Swedish trade group…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Chew on This: Texas Beef Council Aims for Millennials
With the beef industry struggling to break through to a younger audience, industry marketing groups are working extra…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Streaming Video Group Launches, but Key Players Are Missing
The Streaming Video Alliance, a new trade group focused on developing industrywide standards and best practices for video-streaming…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Retailers Push for Uniform Data-Breach Notification Law
Forty-seven states have data-breach notification laws on the record, but retailers and merchants groups say those laws are…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
For-Profit College Trade Group Sues Over New Guidelines
Just days after the Education Department presented a new “gainful employment” rule targeted at for-profit colleges, the Association…
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New Ad-Industry Antifraud Group Works to Weed Out “Bad Actors”
A coalition of advertising groups have launched a new entity, the Trustworthy Accountability Group, intent on fighting the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Roundup: Ballot Initiatives Make Breakthroughs on Election Night
Precedents set by passage of key ballot initiatives on issues as diverse as genetically modified organisms, marijuana, and…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Group Expresses Concern About the Hazy Definition of “Organic”
While the use of the term "organic" is regulated at the federal level, home and personal-care products, like…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Apple Backlash: British Music Retailers Declare War on U2
The Entertainment Retailers Association, a British trade organization spurned by the Irish rock superstars in favor of an…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Tech Groups Urge Congress to Get to Work on USA Freedom Act
When Congress returned to the Hill from its summer recess earlier this month, a letter from several technology…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Newly Launched Screens Entertainment Association Aims for the Stars
With the backing of a board that boasts Hollywood insiders, the new industry group hopes to make second-screen…
