7/27/2018 4:35:46 PM Facebook Settles with the Washington Attorney General Over Ad Targeting Practices By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this week, the Washington Attorney General announced that it had reached a settlement with Facebook over charges that Facebook...
7/27/2018 12:00:00 AM Influencer Seminar Next Week (Both Live & Webinar) By Jeff Greenbaum The Team Companies presents the seminar, "Leading the Pack: Using Influencers & Social Media," next week. The seminar will cover FTC,...
7/26/2018 11:28:09 AM FTC Updates Jewelry Guides By Dorian Thomas The FTC recently released its updated Jewelry Guides. The Guides explain to businesses how to avoid making deceptive claims about...
7/26/2018 12:00:00 AM Where Regulators Go, So Shall Plaintiffs Follow By Terri Seligman As readers of this blog know, state legislatures have been busy enacting or updating their laws governing auto-renewal statutes, which...
7/25/2018 7:42:52 PM False Advertising in a Movie Trailer? By Jeff Greenbaum When you’re promoting a film in a trailer, when are you liable for misleading people about the true content of the film? In Leaf v. Refn,...
7/24/2018 8:07:04 PM Advertising Outdoors? Check the Rules! By Terri Seligman So, dear reader, you thought it was enough to know federal and state laws governing advertising? Think again. Municipalities and other...
7/24/2018 12:00:00 AM Court Dismisses False Sale Advertising Claim Against LensCrafters By Jeff Greenbaum In Seegert v. Luxottica, the plaintiff alleged that eyeglass retailer LensCrafters violated California law by advertising a product as...
7/23/2018 6:51:57 PM Is the Ben & Jerry’s Cow Truly Happy? By Wendy Schechter Earlier this month, the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) filed a lawsuit against Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company Unilever...
7/23/2018 6:31:02 PM GDPR Woes Take Flight: British Airways Asks Customers to Tweet Their Personal Information in Misguided Attempt to “Comply” with GDPR By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Last week, British Airways (BA) became one of the first public relations victims of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Per...
7/23/2018 12:00:00 AM GDPR Woes Take Flight: British Airways Asks Customers to Tweet Their Personal Information in Misguided Attempt to “Comply” with GDPR By James Mariani Last week, British Airways (BA) became one of the first public relations victims of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Per...
7/20/2018 7:15:08 PM When is False Advertising a Crime? By Jeff Greenbaum When is false advertising a crime? That was the issue recently considered by the First Circuit in United States v. Arif. Mustafa Hassan...
7/19/2018 6:19:59 PM Operation Donate With Honor By Terri Seligman My dad had a good name for people like this: goniff. For the non Yiddish speakers among you, dear readers, goniff means a thief. Lowest...
7/19/2018 12:00:00 AM When Does “All” Mean All? By Jeff Greenbaum Over the last few years, MGM and Twentieth-Century Fox Home Entertainment released several box sets of James Bond films, including, in...
7/18/2018 3:41:49 PM FTC Testifies About Consumer Protection Priorities and Renews Call for Data Security Legislation and Expanded Jurisdiction at House Subcommittee Hearing By Jeff Greenbaum Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joe Simons testified today about the FTC's consumer protection and other priorities before the House...
7/17/2018 4:19:15 PM New NAD Case Provides Roadmap for Health Claims By Terri Seligman As part of its routine monitoring program and in conjunction with NAD’s initiative with the Council for Responsible Nutrition, NAD opened...
7/17/2018 3:38:00 PM FTC Conducts First Compliance Sweep Since Used Car Rule Takes Effect By Matt Vittone The FTC’s Used Car Rule requires car dealers to display a window sticker called a “Buyers Guide” on used cars for sale. The Buyers Guide...