Linda Goldstein
Board of Advisors
Linda Goldstein, Chair of Manatt's nationally acclaimed Advertising, Marketing and Media Division, is widely recognized as one of the leading advertising lawyers in the country. She represents clients in every sector of the advertising and marketing industry in advertising, digital media and intellectual property matters. Her practice includes review of advertising campaigns for legal compliance on behalf of brand marketers and agencies, representing clients in false advertising cases, both in court and before the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, advising clients on promotional marketing campaigns and negotiating and drafting talent, agency client and other advertising related agreements.
Ms. Goldstein has extensive experience in representing clients in proceedings brought by the Federal Trade Commission and by State Attorneys General throughout the country. She has handled numerous high profile FTC investigations and enforcement actions involving substantiation of advertising claims, compliance with Trade Regulation Rules, and various marketing practices.
Ms. Goldstein has also represented clients across a broad spectrum of product categories in industry-wide and individual state Attorney General proceedings. A significant portion of Ms. Goldstein's work focuses on representing individuals and companies doing business in the electronic retailing and direct response industries.
She is a former Chairman of the Board of the Electronic Retailing Association and Promotion Marketing Association, a columnist for Electronic Retailer and Response magazines, a speaker at leading industry and legal conferences and is regularly called on to serve as a media commentator.
