Dec 29, 2020 Holy Moly! A Whole Mess of Trouble Over a Photo of a Sinkhole By Brian Murphy Shortly after construction began on a new high school in Sullivan County, Tennessee, a controversy erupted over whether the proposed site...
Dec 29, 2020 Some Tips for 2021 From the Frankfurt Kurnit Advertising Group By Jeff Greenbaum As we finish up 2020, here are some tips from members of the Frankfurt Kurnit advertising group about some of the important issues that...
Dec 25, 2020 Still Not On The Subway Series: Two Identical Products; Two Different Prices By Terri Seligman Regular readers of this blog know about my "Subway Series" (and my pandemic-inspired "Not On The Subway Series"), but newcomers may be...
Dec 24, 2020 FTC Reaches Largest-Ever "Made in USA" Settlement By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it entered into a settlement with glue maker Chemence, Inc., resolving allegations that the...
Dec 22, 2020 Congress Passes 3 New IP Laws In Midnight Deal By Craig Whitney Around midnight last evening, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which notably included another COVID-19 relief...
Dec 22, 2020 Commissioner Chopra Calls on FTC to Take Further Action Against "Greenwashing" By Jeff Greenbaum In a Statement issued in conjunction with the Federal Trade Commission's update of its Energy Labeling Rule, FTC Commissioner Rohit...
Dec 21, 2020 AICP and Unions Agree on COVID Protocols, Including Required Testing By Wendy Schechter The Association of Independent Commercial Producers has entered into an agreement with the Directors Guild of America (DGA), the...
Dec 21, 2020 When You Can't Provide Services as Advertised Due to COVID-19, is it False Advertising? By Jeff Greenbaum Like much of the rest of the world, in March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute moved all of its...
Dec 20, 2020 FDA Proposes to Say "Au Revoir" to Standard for French Dressing By Jeff Greenbaum Although officials at the U.S. Food & Drug Administration are working "around the clock" during the COVID-19 pandemic to help protect...
Dec 18, 2020 FTC Settles With CBD Marketers Over False Health Claims (With Statements by Wilson and Chopra Raising Questions About the FTC's Approach) By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it reached settlements with six marketers of products containing cannabidiol, resolving...
Dec 14, 2020 Does "100% Grated Parmesan Cheese" Contain Any Other Ingredients? By Jeff Greenbaum When I think of some of the iconic products from my childhood, there was the VCR, Pop Rocks candy, and that green tube of Parmesan...
Dec 11, 2020 FTC Letter Highlights Some Do’s and Don’ts Of Handling Customer Reviews By Terri Seligman The FTC recently published a Staff Closing Letter it sent to counsel for Yotpo, Ltd., which provides e-commerce companies with services...
Dec 09, 2020 NAD Announces Updated Filing Fees for 2021 By Jordyn Milewski It seems like everyone is eager for 2020 to be over already. But, NAD challengers may have a reason to hang onto the year-that-never-ends...
Dec 09, 2020 Loot Boxes, Dynamic Difficulty Underpin Class-Action Complaint Against Electronic Arts By Dorian Thomas Electronic Arts is the subject of a class-action complaint concerning EA's "Player Packs" (think loot boxes, where the "loot" is a...
Dec 09, 2020 Mixed Ruling in Online Retailer Liability Case Raises Important Issues By Terri Seligman Well, this is a food case with a lot of interesting stuff in it: weird food, retailer liability issues, Section 230. Lots to chew on...
Dec 09, 2020 IAA Launches Video Series on Privacy Law Developments By Jeff Greenbaum The International Advertising Association announced that it is launching a new video webinar series, "IAA Privacy Download with...