3/20/2025 1:36:41 AM Political Ads: New Guidance Emphasizes Transparency By Terri Seligman BBB National Programs’ Digital Advertising Accountability Program (DAAP) has announced the issuance of a new Compliance Guidance: How to...
3/19/2025 3:43:34 AM ICAS Announces Winners of the ICAS Awards By Jeff Greenbaum At the International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation annual meeting, which is being held this week in Mumbai, ICAS announced the...
3/19/2025 2:31:43 AM Trump Fires Democratic FTC Commissioners By Jeff Greenbaum Testing the limits of executive power, President Trump fired the two Democratic Commissioners on the Federal Trade Commission, Rebecca...
3/16/2025 4:23:19 AM Massachusetts AG Implements Regulations on “Junk Fees” and Auto-Renew Offers By Hannah Taylor Terri Seligman The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) recently introduced new regulations, 940 CMR 38.00, addressing so-called “junk fees,”...
3/14/2025 9:21:08 PM Attorney General James Seeks to Strengthen NY’s Consumer Protection Law By Hannah Taylor Yesterday, New York Attorney General, Letitia James, announced legislation, The Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable...
3/13/2025 12:50:36 PM U.S. Supreme Court Allows State Cases Against Fossil Fuel Companies to Continue By Jeff Greenbaum In May 2024, a group of nineteen states went to the U.S. Supreme Court and sought permission to file a lawsuit in the Court against the...
3/11/2025 3:54:04 PM Join Us in Turkey for an Advertising Seminar! By Stacy Bess The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance is sponsoring an advertising seminar which will take place on April 3, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey....
3/10/2025 6:19:07 PM FTC Announces "Top Scams of 2024" By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just released data showing the top “scams” reported to the FTC in 2024. As the FTC explained, “Those...
3/9/2025 10:53:03 PM What are the President's Consumer Protection Priorities? By Jeff Greenbaum On March 6th, President Trump issued a proclamation declaring the week of March 2nd to be National Consumer Protection Week. While this...
3/8/2025 2:25:18 PM NYAG Releases Top Ten Categories of Consumer Complaints for 2024 By Jeff Greenbaum In connection with National Consumer Protection Week, New York Attorney General Letitia James released a list of the top 10 types of...
3/4/2025 4:00:56 PM Court Allows "Made in USA" Lawsuit Against Reynolds to Continue By Jeff Greenbaum Reynolds Consumer Products promotes its aluminum foil as “Made in USA.” In a lawsuit brought in the Southern District of New York, a...
2/28/2025 3:30:04 PM FCC Announces Inquiry Into Whether TV Commercials Are Too Loud By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Communications Commission just adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on the need for updates to the FCC's...
2/27/2025 11:26:24 PM San Diego Notebook -- Thoughts From FTC Commissioner Holyoak on the Green Guides By Jeff Greenbaum FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak was one of the keynote speakers at this week's Consumer Brands Association annual CPG Legal Forum. She...
2/26/2025 10:56:42 PM Mind Your Health Claims: FTC vs. Pain-Relief Claims for Footwear By Jason Howell Erik Tuvey Health claims sell products! The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) certainly knows this and keeps a watchful eye on the market for...
2/25/2025 8:59:12 PM NAD Announces Dedicated Reporting Channel with Google By Terri Seligman BBB National Programs today announced a collaboration between its National Advertising Division and Google to allow for direct reporting...
2/24/2025 10:07:08 PM FTC Takes Aim at Tech Platform Content Moderation By Andrew Folks The Federal Trade Commission under new Chair Andrew Ferguson is wasting little time scrutinizing how technology platforms moderate...