Nov 30, 2018 SEC Charges Celebrities With Posting Misleading Endorsements in Social Media By Jeff Greenbaum Yesterday, the Securities & Exchange Commission announced that it had reached settlements with music producer DJ Khaled and boxer Floyd...
Nov 29, 2018 Kombucha Case Continues By Jordyn Milewski Earlier this fall, we posted about a number of lawsuits that kombucha manufacturer Tortilla Factory brought against some of its...
Nov 29, 2018 Want to Avoid Coal in Your Stocking? Here are Some Tips for Holiday-Themed Ads By Jordyn Milewski With the holiday season fast approaching (or really, already here), an influx of holiday themed ads is upon us. As an abundance of...
Nov 29, 2018 Better Business Bureau Launches Advertising Complaint Service By Jeff Greenbaum The Better Business Bureau announced that it has just launched "BBB AdTruth," an online service that allows consumers to complain about...
Nov 28, 2018 FTC's ROSCA Enforcement Continues By Terri Seligman The FTC has just announced that, in response to its motion, a district court in California has issued an order temporarily halting an...
Nov 28, 2018 Arizona Attorney General Warns About Deceptive Solar Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Arizona Attorney General recently issued a warning about deceptive advertisements being distributed in Arizona about the installation...
Nov 28, 2018 Use of Trademarks in Expressive Works Just Got Harder By Rick Kurnit The Ninth Circuit -- once again ignoring that the costs and unpredictability of jury trials chill free expression -- has reversed a trial...
Nov 27, 2018 NAD Dissatisfied With E.D. Supplement Ads By Terri Seligman NAD requested substantiation from Health Club Diet for a number of claims in its advertising for Androzene, a dietary supplement for...
Nov 26, 2018 Working with New York and Pennsylvania Attorneys General, Retailers Make Changes to Gift Card Policies to Help Combat Fraud By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the New York Attorney General announced an ongoing initiative to help protect consumers from gift card fraud. Reacting to a...
Nov 20, 2018 Dolce & Gabbana, Under Fire for "Eating With Chopsticks" Videos, Apologizes (Updated) By Jeff Greenbaum After launching three "Eating With Chopsticks" videos that show a woman having trouble eating with chopsticks, fashion company Dolce &...
Nov 20, 2018 Sports Drink Ads Sent to FTC By Terri Seligman There’s a long tradition of upstart brands taking on established brands in their advertising: it’s a way of getting attention and of...
Nov 19, 2018 Gift Cards in Advertising Promotions and New York Sales Tax By Jeffrey Marks Does the value of a gift card offered as part of an advertising promotion reduce the taxable receipts from a sale for New York sales tax...
Nov 19, 2018 The Cannabis Racket By Tyler Maulsby A few weeks ago, a federal jury in Colorado found in favor of the owner of a cannabis cultivation business in a lawsuit brought by his...
Nov 19, 2018 Planning on Advertising in Russia? If So, Here's a Webinar for You By Jeff Greenbaum If you are planning on advertising in Russia, you may be interested in a webinar that I just did with Irina Anyukhina, who is the Global...
Nov 17, 2018 New FTC Report to Congress Highlights FTC's Enforcement Priorities By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the FTC issued its Fiscal Year 2018 Agency Financial Report. The report discusses the FTC's finances, highlights its...
Nov 16, 2018 JUUL Announces Steps to Curb Widespread Use of E-Cigarettes by Children Amid Lawsuits and FDA Action By Wendy Schechter Amid lawsuits and FDA action, JUUL Labs said it will stop selling its fruit-flavored e-cigarette pods in retail stores and will...