Feb 28, 2018 Federal Court Says NYC Ban on Ads in Rideshare Services Is Unconstitutional By Jeff Greenbaum A federal district court in New York has held that New York City rules that prohibit advertising in rideshare services, such as Uber and...
Feb 28, 2018 Case Continues Over Whether Kellogg Misled Consumers About "Salt & Vinegar" Pringles By Jeff Greenbaum In Allred v. Kellogg Company, the plaintiffs alleged that Kellogg misled consumers about whether Pringles "Salt & Vinegar Flavored Potato...
Feb 27, 2018 Court Squawks at Sanderson Farms' Motion to Dismiss By Dorian Thomas Organic Consumers Association, Friends of the Earth, and Center for Food Safety sued Sanderson Farms, Inc. alleging that Sanderson's...
Feb 27, 2018 Barr's Apologizes for Offensive Commercial By Jeff Greenbaum Scottish soda maker Barr's has issued an apology after getting called out for launching an offensive commercial -- that appears to invoke...
Feb 27, 2018 Changes to YouTube Revenue Sharing Impact Smaller Content Creators By Hannah Taylor As we reported in January, YouTube announced changes to its content creator revenue sharing program, and the process that determines...
Feb 27, 2018 BBB Issues Report on Dating Scams By Jeff Greenbaum The Better Business Bureau recently issued a report, "Online Romance Scams," which provides detailed information about how scammers use...
Feb 27, 2018 FedEx Maintaining Ties with NRA, Despite Pressure By Terri Seligman As reported by AdAge today, even in the face of a social media campaign calling for a boycott, FedEx has not cut its ties with the NRA...
Feb 27, 2018 9th Circuit Says FTC Has Jurisdiction Over AT&T Mobility's "Unlimited" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum In an en banc decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held today that the Federal Trade Commission has...
Feb 25, 2018 DC Metro Rejects Amnesty International Ad Campaign By Jeff Greenbaum The DC Metro recently rejected an Amnesty International advertising campaign on the grounds that the transit system does not accept issue...
Feb 24, 2018 New Zealand Advertising Standards Authority Says "No" to Santa By Dorian Thomas Healthy Auckland Together challenged an ad featuring a vintage style Santa Claus riding in a car holding two bottles of Coca-Cola (one...
Feb 23, 2018 FTC Sends Advertisers Back to NAD By Jeff Greenbaum In 2016, the National Advertising Division referred two cases to the Federal Trade Commission. The first case involved claims by Max...
Feb 23, 2018 "Worry-Free" Not Puffery, says NAD By Terri Seligman In a recent Decision addressing DirecTV advertising, challenged by Charter Communications, NAD recommended that DirecTV discontinue the...
Feb 23, 2018 "Free the Bid" Encourages Hiring of Female Directors By Jeff Greenbaum According to recent media reports, an increasing number of companies and advertising agencies are signing on to the "Free the Bid" pledge...
Feb 23, 2018 Worst Promotion Ever? By Terri Seligman As reported by CNN, a raffle is currently underway in Kentucky to raise funds for a kids' softball team where the winner gets a...
Feb 22, 2018 FTC Takes Action to Protect Older Americans By Jeff Greenbaum In conjunction with an enforcement sweep led by the U.S. Department of Justice, which is aimed at stopping illegal schemes that exploit...
Feb 22, 2018 Is "8" Enough? By Dorian Thomas In Penrose v. Buffalo Trace Distillery, the plaintiffs sued, alleging that Buffalo Trace misled consumers into believing that its Old...