Jun 30, 2019 NAD Wades into FDA Waters to Evaluate No Sugar Added Claim for Oatmilk By Terri Seligman If you live in New York, you see Oatly's cheeky ads for its oatmilk products everywhere: on buses, on the subway, on billboards, and...
Jun 28, 2019 Watching Me, Watching You—IoT Camera Hacks Surge By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Trend Micro, a cybersecurity solutions provider, recently reported that it blocked ~5 million hacking attempts of IP-connected cameras in...
Jun 28, 2019 FTC Closes Investigation Into Canada Goose's Geese Treatment Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just announced that it has closed its investigation into whether Canada Goose may have made false or...
Jun 28, 2019 Watching Me, Watching You—IoT Camera Hacks Surge By James Mariani Trend Microrecently reported that it blocked ~5 million hacking attempts of IP-connected cameras in just the last 5 months. This means...
Jun 27, 2019 False Advertising Litigation Alert: Using a Competing Product to Advertise Your Own May Not Be False Advertising By Craig Whitney Conventional wisdom would likely conclude that using an image of a competing product to advertise your own runs afoul of false...
Jun 26, 2019 Facebook Rolls Out Political Advertising Tools Globally By Jeff Greenbaum Yesterday, Facebook announced that it is rolling out, globally, transparency tools for advertisers who want to place political and...
Jun 25, 2019 Is "Manuka" Honey Only Made From the Manuka Flower? By Jeff Greenbaum Manuka honey is a sought-after honey that is produced from the nectar in the flowers of the manuka tree. When bees make manuka honey,...
Jun 24, 2019 Supreme Court: FUCT & Other "Scandalous" Words May be Registered By Rachel Santori Today, the Supreme Court ruled that FUCT and other profane, “scandalous” or “immoral” words may be registered as trademarks. Since 2011,...
Jun 24, 2019 Just Ahead of CCPA, Ad Agency Fails to Secure Leads Data By James Mariani An Internet advertising agency that specializes in lead generation for law firms failed to properly secure databases that included the...
Jun 22, 2019 Just Ahead of CCPA, Ad Agency Fails to Secure Leads Data By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz An Internet advertising agency that specializes in lead generation for law firms failed to properly secure databases that included the...
Jun 21, 2019 (Some) Smart Sock Claims Get The Boot By Terri Seligman If you're in the wearable technology business, this case is a must-read. In fact, if you're advertising any health or wellness products,...
Jun 19, 2019 FTC Continues to Aggressively Police International Privacy Agreement Misrepresentations By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is continuing its trend of aggressively policing companies that falsely claim to be Privacy Shield...
Jun 19, 2019 Even Yoginis Must Comply with the Endorsement Guides By Terri Seligman In a new decision about influencer advertising, the Electronic Retailing Self-Regulation Program (ERSP) has recommended that Alo Yoga...
Jun 17, 2019 Don't Try to "Mute the Mansplainers" in Advertising on Boston's Transit System By Jeff Greenbaum The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority recently rejected advertising for co-working space The Wing because it said that the...
Jun 17, 2019 Supporting A #1 Claim By Terri Seligman In a recent action between Reckitt Benckiser, maker of Resolve Carpet Cleaner products, and Bissell Homecare, NAD reviewed Reckitt’s...
Jun 14, 2019 Court Allows State UDAP Claims Over Re-Shelved Cosmetic Products To Proceed By Terri Seligman This case involves a putative class of customers who shopped at defendant Ulta Salon’s retail cosmetic stores across the country. ...