Jan 31, 2019 New York Attorney General Enters Into Groundbreaking Settlement With Seller of Fake Followers and "Likes" By Jeff Greenbaum The New York Attorney General just announced a groundbreaking settlement over the sale of fake social media engagement. The NYAG...
Jan 31, 2019 And Another: DC Enacts Strict Auto Renew Law By Terri Seligman Joining a growing list of states (not to mention the feds), DC has enacted a law governing auto renewal programs: the Automatic Renewal...
Jan 29, 2019 Is "World's Largest Used Car Dealer" Puffery? By Jeff Greenbaum The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs ("DCA") was recently awarded more than $3 million in its lawsuit against Major World,...
Jan 28, 2019 The FTC's Open for Business By Jeff Greenbaum With the budget impasse (temporarily) resolved, the Federal Trade Commission is open again. While we certainly didn't expect any major...
Jan 28, 2019 US Trademark Office Approves Application to Register the Shape of a Burger By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (”USPTO”) recently approved registration of the irregular shape of a hamburger patty as a...
Jan 28, 2019 Culture Wars: Likelihood of Success But No Irreparable Injury By Terri Seligman In a decision just issued in the SDNY, the Court has denied Dannon’s motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining Chobani’s from...
Jan 23, 2019 AG Alleges Thrift Store Chain Deceives Consumers and Donors; Chain Claims Ads Protected by First Amendment By Terri Seligman Back in 2017, Washington's Attorney General sued TVI, Inc., the for-profit company that owns Value Village, the country's largest...
Jan 23, 2019 Surprising No One, CBS Rejects Medical Marijuana Super Bowl Ad By Wendy Schechter According to Bloomberg News, Acreage Holdings submitted an ad to CBS touting the benefits of medical marijuana to those suffering with...
Jan 22, 2019 Facebook Launches Additional Political Advertising Rules Before Elections in Nigeria and Ukraine By Jeff Greenbaum Facebook just announced that it will not accept foreign political advertising before the upcoming elections in Nigeria and Ukraine. ...
Jan 22, 2019 It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s an … advertisement in space? By Jordyn Milewski Earlier this month, Russian startup StartRocket debuted a new concept video featuring its plan for space-based advertising. The concept...
Jan 22, 2019 NAD Examines PayPal Advertising and Looks to CFPB for Guidance By Terri Seligman As part of its routine monitoring program, where it examines claims on its own initiation without a competitor challenge, NAD initiated...
Jan 20, 2019 Where Ethics and Advertising Collide: Colorado Court Dismisses False Advertising Suit Between Two Law Firms By Tyler Maulsby Late last year, a Colorado federal court dismissed a law firm’s false advertising claims against a rival law firm on the grounds that the...
Jan 19, 2019 Got Meat? By Jeff Greenbaum Late last year, we blogged about the fact that Missouri passed a law prohibiting marketers from promoting non-meat products as meat. ...
Jan 19, 2019 Risky Business Just Got Riskier - DOJ Changes Stance on Internet Gambling By Tyler Maulsby Earlier this week the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) made waves in the online gambling industry with an Opinion released this week...
Jan 18, 2019 YouTube Suspends Advertising on Tommy Robinson's Channel By Jeff Greenbaum According to media reports, YouTube has suspended all advertising on Tommy Robinson's YouTube channel. Robinson is a far-right activist...
Jan 17, 2019 Brigham Young University Apologizes for "Taco Tuesday" Promotion By Jeff Greenbaum Brigham Young University's Center for Economic Self-Reliance issued a public apology after running advertising for a "Taco Tuesday" event...