Jun 30, 2020 FCC Extends Waiver of Sponsor ID Requirements for COVID-19 PSAs By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Communications Commission announced that it has extended its waiver of certain sponsorship identification requirements as a...
Jun 30, 2020 IPG Mediabrands Releases Media Responsibility Principles By Jeff Greenbaum IPG Mediabrands announced that it has released "10 Media Responsibility Principles" as part of an effort to balance brand safety and...
Jun 29, 2020 Court Deems Vanilla False Advertising Claims Too... Vanilla By Craig Whitney For those following our blogs, you've likely come across discussions of false advertising litigation trends involving the use of terms...
Jun 29, 2020 Appeals Court Strikes Down HHS Drug Advertising Rules By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this month, the D.C. Circuit struck down a controversial rule promulgated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
Jun 29, 2020 New NYC Price Gouging Rule Goes Into Effect and NYC Settles Price Gouging Case With Metro Drugs By Jeff Greenbaum New York City's new price gouging rule, which was proposed by the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection last month,...
Jun 28, 2020 Facebook Agrees to Prohibit Hate Speech in Ads in the Wake of #StopHateForProfit Campaign By Rayna Lopyan A week after civil rights organizations called for advertisers to boycott Facebook as part of a #StopHateforProfit campaign (described in...
Jun 26, 2020 FTC Sends Warning Letters Over Marketing of SBA Loans By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it, along with the U.S. Small Business Administration, sent letters to six companies warning...
Jun 25, 2020 Live Nation Seeks Sweeping Changes to Artist Contracts for Music Festivals: What Does this Mean for Brand Sponsors? By Rayna Lopyan Live Nation, one of the leading U.S. concert promoters, recently distributed a memo to talent agencies outlining significant changes to...
Jun 25, 2020 FTC Issues Staff Report on "Made in USA" Workshop By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission issued a staff report on the "Made in USA" Workshop that the FTC held last fall. (At the same time, the FTC...
Jun 24, 2020 TOMORROW (6/25): Cause Marketing Webinar By Terri Seligman Tomorrow, June 25th, at 1 pm, we are hosting a one-hour webinar, "We Will Donate a Dollar: Legal Compliance for Cause Marketing...
Jun 24, 2020 Upcoming "Hot Topics in Advertising" Webinar from ProLawCLE By Jeff Greenbaum On June 30th, ProLawCLE will be hosting a one-hour webinar, "Hot Topics in Advertising." The webinar -- which will be presented by me...
Jun 24, 2020 FTC Proposes New "Made in USA" Rule By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to create a new "Made in USA Labeling" rule. The...
Jun 23, 2020 Implied Claims Lurking in Consumer Reviews Attract NAD Attention By Terri Seligman Earlier this month, I blogged about NAD’s first COVID claim case. There, as I reported, NAD recommended that Your Superfoods modify its...
Jun 23, 2020 Prescription Video Games? FDA Authorizes Marketing For First "Prescription-Only Game-Based Device" By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Just last week the U.S. Food and Drug administration authorized marketing for the first “prescription-only game-based device” -- in other...
Jun 22, 2020 Tennessean Newspaper Apologizes For Running "Horrific" and "Utterly Indefensible" Advertisement By Jeff Greenbaum The Tennessean, which is the leading daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee, apologized for running what the paper's editor called a...
Jun 21, 2020 FTC Sends Seventh Round of Warning Letters Over COVID-19 Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission said that it sent a new round of warning letters to thirty marketers for making unsubstantiated claims that...