30 Apr, 2019 NYS Department of Financial Services Launches New Consumer Protection Division By Jeff Greenbaum The New York State Department of Financial Services announced that it has created a new Consumer Protection and Financial Enforcement...
28 Apr, 2019 Facebook Sues Again Over the Sale of Fake Likes and Followers By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, Facebook sued a New Zealand-based company, Social Media Series Ltd., and its owners, alleging that they operated a service...
28 Apr, 2019 Subway Series: Whose Life Is It Anyway? By Terri Seligman I was beginning to despair of seeing another good subway ad worth blogging about but then I spotted one, for a popular online bedding...
28 Apr, 2019 The 2019 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract (Part 1): The Alternate Compensation Structure By Brian Murphy The Memorandum of Agreement ("MOA") for the 2019 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract (the "Commercials Contract") has been released. Clocking...
26 Apr, 2019 Innocent Use of a Stock Photo to Illustrate a Website is Still not a Fair Use By Rick Kurnit The federal appellate court in Virginia today reversed a decision that had allowed a website to use a stock photo to illustrate its...
26 Apr, 2019 ERSP Changes Course, Limiting Focus to Business and Wealth Education Advertising and Lead Generation Advertising By Jeff Greenbaum The Electronic Retailing Self-Regulation Program, which is administered by the Council of Better Business Bureaus, recently updated its...
24 Apr, 2019 Can "Natural" Products Have Trace Amounts of Non-Natural Ingredients? By Jeff Greenbaum Ainsworth Pet Nutrition markets a line of "natural" pet foods under the brand name Rachel Ray Nutrish. The plaintiff sued Ainsworth for...
23 Apr, 2019 Just How Smart Are You? By Terri Seligman What do Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Anderson Cooper and Stephen Hawking have in common? They’re all really smart men whose names were used to...
23 Apr, 2019 Advertising in the BRICS Countries? By Jeff Greenbaum If you advertise in the BRICS countries, check out the new video series from the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance. The BRICS...
23 Apr, 2019 Another FTC "Made in USA" Inquiry, With Guidance About Distributors and Selling Multiple Products By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission recently closed an investigation into whether Antigravity Batteries overstated the extent to which its...
22 Apr, 2019 Celebrating Earth Day? Remember the Green Guides! By Jeff Greenbaum If you're celebrating Earth Day in your marketing, or if you're making plans to promote the environmental benefits of your products, it's...
19 Apr, 2019 HBO Objects to the President's "Game of Thrones"-Themed Tweet By Jeff Greenbaum In connection with the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report, President Trump Tweeted a "Game of Thrones"-themed image,...
18 Apr, 2019 FTC Commissioners Chopra and Slaughter Push for Tougher Remedies in "Made in USA" Cases and Chairman Simons Says a Workshop is Coming By Jeff Greenbaum Last September, the FTC settled with two marketers over allegations that they made false "Made in USA" claims. The FTC alleged that...
16 Apr, 2019 Using a Competitor's Trademarks in Your Hashtags? By Jeff Greenbaum When promoting your product in social media, can you use your competitor's trademarks in your hashtags? That was one of the key issues...
16 Apr, 2019 Is "Favorite" A Claim or Puffery? By Terri Seligman Riviana Foods, maker of Ronzoni brand pasta, challenged claims by Goya Foods, maker of Excelsior brand pasta, at NAD. Goya ran ads on...
14 Apr, 2019 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contracts Approved by Union's National Board By Brian Murphy Yesterday, SAG-AFTRA's National Board unanimously approved the tentative deals for the 2019 Commercials Contracts and Audio Commercials...