30 Aug, 2019 Facebook Says No to Nudity in Beer Advertising By Jeff Greenbaum Advertising Age reported that Bofferding beer's new advertising campaign -- which features people in the "boff" -- was not accepted by...
30 Aug, 2019 In More JUUL News, the FTC is Also Investigating the Company By Jeff Greenbaum The New York Times is reporting that the Federal Trade Commission is now also investigating the marketing practices of JUUL, the...
29 Aug, 2019 Are Instagram "Likes" Disappearing? By Mma Afoaku Instagram is testing out removing what is perhaps its most famous feature, the beloved "Like" count, from posts. What was initially...
29 Aug, 2019 Colorado AG Launches JUUL Investigation By Jeff Greenbaum According to media reports, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced that his office is investigating whether e-cigarette company...
29 Aug, 2019 FTC Holds Company Responsible for Its Lead Generators' Unlawful Activities By Terri Seligman The FTC has announced that the operator of several post-secondary and vocational schools, Career Education Corporation (CEC) and its...
28 Aug, 2019 Preparing for U.S. Elections, Facebook Updates its Political Advertising Rules By Jeff Greenbaum Facebook just announced additional changes to its political advertising rules in order to "protect elections and prepare for the US 2020...
27 Aug, 2019 New York Attorney General Hits Dollar Stores For Selling Expired and Obsolete Products By Terri Seligman Following the Vermont AG's settlement with Dollar General in June, New York Attorney General Leticia James has just announced that the...
26 Aug, 2019 Bosch Pulls Social Media Post Over Charges of Sexism By Jeff Greenbaum The Drum reported that Bosch has pulled a social media post promoting windshield wipers that ran in Singapore, over charges that the ad...
26 Aug, 2019 The Man With the Tiger (and Snake) Tattoo Redux By Brian Murphy Last year, I blogged about a lawsuit – one of my all-time favorites – in which Kevin Brophy (a Californian who works at a surfing and...
25 Aug, 2019 NAD Referral to FTC Ends With Discontinuance of Claims: Correlation or Causation? By Terri Seligman Not to bury the lede, I'm guessing causation. Back in March 2018, NAD referred advertising claims made by Implus, LCC, for the company’s...
24 Aug, 2019 Planning to Use Digitally Altered Photos of Your Competitor's Product in Your Advertising? By Jeff Greenbaum You want to advertise that you've got the better product. Is there a problem with taking a photo of a damaged version of a competitor's...
23 Aug, 2019 FTC Announces "Made in USA" Workshop for the Fall By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it will hold a half-day public "Made in USA" workshop in Washington, D.C. on September 26,...
23 Aug, 2019 TINA.org Petitions the FTC for a "Made in USA" Rule By Jeff Greenbaum This week, Truth in Advertising, Inc. (also known as TINA.org) submitted a petition to the Federal Trade Commission which asks the FTC to...
22 Aug, 2019 FCC Charges Stations With Unlawful Use of Emergency Alerts in Promos and Programming By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Communications Commission recently entered into consent decrees with a television broadcaster, two cable television networks,...
20 Aug, 2019 New York State Bans Floating Digital and Flashing Billboards By Jeff Greenbaum Today, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law new legislation that prohibits boats from operating in the navigable waters of New York...
20 Aug, 2019 Twitter Says No More Ads From State-Controlled News Media By Jeff Greenbaum Yesterday, Twitter announced that it will no longer accept advertising from state-controlled news media entities. Twitter said that,...