Oct 31, 2018 Scary! By Terri Seligman It’s Halloween and the streets of NYC are filled with kids and adults in amazing costumes. My own daughter, a high school senior, went to...
Oct 30, 2018 New York Attorney General Brings Action Against Harris Jewelry By Jeff Greenbaum The New York Attorney General filed a lawsuit against jewelry store chain Harris Jewelry, alleging that the company engaged in false and...
Oct 29, 2018 NYC Sues Furniture Store Chain Over Financing and Other Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs sued Maddy's Home Furniture, a chain of furniture stores in New York City, alleging that...
Oct 28, 2018 Come See Frankfurt Kurnit at the 2018 ANA/BAA Marketing Law Conference By Jeff Greenbaum We hope to see you in Chicago on November 7-9, 2018 at the 2018 ANA/BAA Marketing Law Conference. On November 7th, Rick Kurnit will be...
Oct 26, 2018 Is There a Difference Between "Natural" and "All Natural"? By Jeff Greenbaum Is there a difference between a "natural" and an "all natural" advertising claim? This is one of the issues that the court wrestled with...
Oct 26, 2018 NAD to FTC...What Next? By Terri Seligman The FTC has long provided full-throated support of self-regulation in the advertising arena and, specifically, of the work of the...
Oct 25, 2018 FTC Goes After Dissolvable Oral Film Strips By Jeff Greenbaum A federal district court in California temporarily enjoined a company's advertising of dissolvable oral film strips that the FTC alleged...
Oct 22, 2018 Hannah Taylor is Our Newest Partner! By Terri Seligman At Frankfurt Kurnit we take pride in nurturing our homegrown talent. And so it is with great joy that I announce that our firm has...
Oct 22, 2018 NYC Sues For-Profit School Over Marketing Practices By Jeff Greenbaum The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs ("DCA") sued Berkeley College, one of the largest for-profit colleges in New York State,...
Oct 21, 2018 Google to Remove Deceptive Travel Ads By Jeff Greenbaum The BBC reported that Google will no longer allow ads for high cost services that say they will help consumers use the Electronic System...
Oct 21, 2018 Law School Exam Part 3: Real People Real Stuff (Testimonials) By Terri Seligman The NYC subways: the gift that keeps on giving, at least for an ad law fiend like me, if not for commuters. I saw a banner this week...
Oct 20, 2018 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract Negotiations Are Around the Corner By Brian Murphy It’s that time again. The current SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract and the SAG-AFTRA Audio Commercials Contract will expire on March 31,...
Oct 18, 2018 FTC Reports on Efforts to Protect Older Consumers By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission issued a report today that summarizes its efforts to protect older consumers from fraud and other issues in...
Oct 17, 2018 Senators Call For Tougher "Made in USA" Enforcement By Jeff Greenbaum In a letter to FTC Chairman Joe Simons, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown, Tammy Baldwin, and Christopher Murphy urged the FTC to use its full...
Oct 17, 2018 Where's the beef? By Terri Seligman MusclePharm produces a line of nutritional supplements, including the “Arnold Schwarzenegger Series Iron Mass” supplement. The supplement...
Oct 17, 2018 Data Breach Fines on the Rise with Record HHS Settlement By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced a new record settlement for a data breach involving...