16 Jan, 2025 FTC Proposes Earnings Claims Rulemaking, But Fate Is Uncertain By Kate Patton The Federal Trade Commission announced that it is seeking public comment on three proposals—two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and...
16 Jan, 2025 Court Dismisses NYC's Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Companies for False Advertising By Jeff Greenbaum In 2021, the City of New York sued Exxon, Shell, BP, and the American Petroleum Institute, alleging that they violated New York City's...
14 Jan, 2025 Oregon AG Issues AI Guidance Highlighting Key Consumer Protection Risks for Companies By Hannah Taylor On December 24, 2024, the Oregon Attorney General's Office issued guidance detailing how existing state laws apply to businesses...
10 Jan, 2025 You're Invited: IAA's "Global Advertising Law Developments: Year in Review" By Jeff Greenbaum On Wednesday, January 29th, 2025, the International Advertising Association will be hosting a webinar, “Global Advertising Law...
07 Jan, 2025 FTC Warns Companies About the Risks of Consumer Harm From the Use of AI By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Technology and Division of Advertising Practices issued a joint warning to companies...
03 Jan, 2025 Is it Time to Update Your Shipping and Return Practices? By Jeff Greenbaum Last month, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it entered into a more than $2 million settlement with online retailer GOAT,...
03 Jan, 2025 Brain Claims Enjoined By Terri Seligman Back in 2017, the FTC and New York AG charged Quincy Bioscience and its founders with making false and unsubstantiated claims to market...
02 Jan, 2025 A Dazzling Decision: NAD Determines GuruNanda Must Discontinue Certain Teeth-Whitening Claims By Jordyn Milewski Last month, the National Advertising Division released a decision surrounding claims made by advertiser GuruNanda LLC for its oral care...
28 Dec, 2024 Some Tips From the Frankfurt Kurnit Advertising Group for 2025 By Jeff Greenbaum As we race toward 2025, here are some thoughts from members of the Frankfurt Kurnit Advertising Group about some of the big issues to...
27 Dec, 2024 Is Your Food Product ‘Healthy’ Under the FDA’s Revised Definition? By Kate Patton Terri Seligman The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has issued a final rule to update the “healthy” claim that marketers can use on...
26 Dec, 2024 The SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contracts Expire 3-31-25 ... What Do you Need to Know (and Do)? By Brian Murphy It’s happening again. The current SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract and the SAG-AFTRA Audio Commercials Contract will expire on March 31,...
26 Dec, 2024 What’s Advertising and What’s Not? By Terri Seligman First of all, why does it matter? It matters because if a company’s materials are considered “advertising” – as opposed to, say,...
24 Dec, 2024 Weaponizing Trademark Law When Copyright Won’t Work By Brian Murphy This case involves two works by the late artist Robert Indiana. The first is the famous “LOVE” image, created by Indiana in the 1960s and...
24 Dec, 2024 Is Your Pickleball Paddle "USA Pickleball Approved"? By Jeff Greenbaum With some days off coming up for the holidays, I've been thinking about fitting in some racquet sports. This seemed like a good time,...
23 Dec, 2024 Using AI For Product Reviews and Testimonials? By Terri Seligman First announced in September as part of its Operation AI Comply sweep, the final consent order against Rytr, an AI “testimonial and...
18 Dec, 2024 NAD Updates Filing Fees for 2025 By Jordyn Milewski NAD announced this week that, effective January 1, 2025, it is increasing its filing fees across the board (except for companies with an...