Two recent cases involving charitable organizations underscore that what charities say, and how they say it, can raise the same issues –...

Here's a quick recap of the Federal Trade Commission's closing letters from February, and they're both about "made in USA" issues. 

Last week, as a result of Michael Bloomberg's meme-based advertising campaign, Facebook said that it will permit politicians to run...

Ok, so now I'm confused.  Just recently, we discussed the dismissal of a putative class action where advertising dog food as...

Earlier this month, I blogged about the FTC’s enforcement action against LendEDU for operating pay-to-play review sites that purported to...

Yesterday, Facebook announced that it is putting additional restrictions in place about advertising related to the coronavirus...

In the early 1980s, Jimmy Smith, an American jazz musician of some renown, recorded the album Off the Top, consisting of six...

Growing up, I looked up to many basketball greats, including Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Shaquille O'Neal, to name a few. By the...

The Federal Trade Commission recently entered into a settlement with two advertising agencies resolving allegations that they deceptively...

Time Warner Cable recently settled a lawsuit brought by the District Attorneys of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Diego counties in...

There are no shortage of consumer class action false advertising cases over the use of word "natural."  It doesn't matter whether...

An important challenge that marketers and advertising agencies face when producing advertising is ensuring that they've properly cleared...

The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance is hosting its 4th annual global advertising law seminar next month in London in partnership with...

When you retweet - using functionality built into Twitter's platform that is fundamental to how Twitter works - can you be held...

Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that it is proposing changes to its consumer protection rules.  In a...

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), which has yet to peak, has already had a significant impact in China on a macroeconomic...

Yesterday, Google announced that it has pulled 600 apps from the Google Play Store for violating Google's disruptive ads policy. 

This post is about the latest skirmish in a high-profile lawsuit between the partial owners of the copyright in one of the most famous...

Okay, I admit it, a blog post about home warranty advertising isn’t very sexy.  But bear with me: this new decision from NAD is...

LEGO-brand building blocks are a delight for children of all ages, and when I was growing up, my household was no exception. To this day,...

As readers of this blog know, regulation and enforcement of auto-renew programs is a regular topic.  That’s because the FTC has been...

Defendants operate the Museum of Ice Cream, a pop-up, immersive experience with ice cream-themed rooms through which guests can roam and...

Califa Farms manufactures and distributes tangerine juice under the brand name, "Cuties Juice."  The Cuties Juice label says that...

Valentine's Day is upon us once again, which has prompted me to take a stroll down memory lane and reminiscence about watching/binging...

Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it is seeking public comment on whether to make changes to the FTC's "Guides...

Apparently happy about the outcome of its recent case against Sunrun at NAD, the challenger, Campaign for Accountability (CfA), issued...

Providing fodder for my inquisitive ad law brain is a new campaign blanketing NYC subway cars.  I don’t like to call out specific...

The Bronx Zoo has for some years run a Valentine’s Day fundraising promotion where, for a smallish donation, you can name a Madagascar...

Major League Baseball said that it is dropping its joint promotion for Roger Waters' upcoming "This Is Not a Drill" tour, after being...

The litigants in this case are at opposite ends of the political spectrum. Their disagreements - including (and especially) about the...

On January 1, 2020, Illinois joined the states that have legalized the use and sale of recreational marijuana.  Among the many...

ABC refused to air a Frida Mom commercial during the Oscars broadcast.  Frida Mom sells products that help women with postpartum...

The Coalition for Better Ads announced that it has released new standards for advertising in short-form video in desktop, mobile, and...

The marketers of ReJuvenation pills settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they falsely claimed that the pills had anti-aging...

The FTC has announced a settlement with LendEDU, a website that compares student loans and other financial products.  The FTC...

When, in the deliciously subversive film Heathers, Veronica (played by Winona Ryder) snaps at Heather Chandler (a.k.a. "Heather #1"), "

A decision out of the Ninth Circuit that demands that we roll up our sleeves and attempt an exegesis on a Creative Commons public...

Here's a quick recap of the Federal Trade Commission's advertising-related closing letters from January. 

On January 3rd, the FTC closed

“Up to” claims cause agita for advertising lawyers.  The standards for substantiating such claims are a bit of a moving target: it...

The Guardian, a British daily newspaper, recently announced that it will no longer accept advertising for fossil fuels.  The...