31 Jul, 2020 Are Oreo Cookies "Made With Real Cocoa" if the Cocoa Has Been Processed? By Jeff Greenbaum Mondelez advertises that its Oreo cookies are "always made with real cocoa." And they are. However, Oreos aren't made from unprocessed...
30 Jul, 2020 When Teasers Are Just Too Sexy By Terri Seligman The Department of Justice, on behalf of the FTC, has sued a marketer of background reports, alleging that the company deceived consumers...
29 Jul, 2020 Do "Kit Kat White" Candy Bars Contain White Chocolate? By Jeff Greenbaum Do "Kit Kat White" candy bars contain white chocolate? That was the issue in a recent false advertising lawsuit brought against The...
28 Jul, 2020 CFA Releases Annual Survey of Top Consumer Complaints By Jeff Greenbaum The Consumer Federation of America just released its annual survey of the top complaints that consumers reported to state and local...
28 Jul, 2020 LA City Attorney Settles With Marketer Over Selling Radish Paste as a COVID-19 Cure By Jeff Greenbaum Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer announced that his office settled its lawsuit against Insan Healing and its CEO, resolving...
27 Jul, 2020 Reagan Foundation Tells President Trump and the RNC to Stop Using Reagan for Fundraising Purposes By Jeff Greenbaum The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute told the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign to stop using...
27 Jul, 2020 Commercials in Your Console -- Marketers Experiment With Ad Placement in Console Video Games By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz I was sitting on my couch this weekend buried in my phone. Tapping furiously, I swapped multicolored candies back and forth. Ultimately I...
24 Jul, 2020 FTC Sends Warning Letter Over Deceptive Mailers By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission sent a warning letter to two companies that sell hearing aids, charging the companies with falsely...
23 Jul, 2020 Not On The Subway Series: Turning a Blind Eye By Terri Seligman As we’ve often blogged about over the last several months, marketers of all kinds are facing enforcement actions because of the actions...
23 Jul, 2020 FTC Asks Congress for Additional Enforcement Authority By Jeff Greenbaum In testimony before the U.S. Senate's Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection, the Federal Trade Commission asked...
22 Jul, 2020 Do Ghirardelli "Classic White Chips" Contain White Chocolate? (Round 2) By Jeff Greenbaum Back in April, I blogged about a lawsuit against Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, which alleged that the company's packaging misled...
22 Jul, 2020 Can you be "ready, willing, and able to perform" if a pandemic and related government orders prevent performance? By Christopher Chase From a personal entertainment perspective, one of the most disappointing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is the cancellation of concerts...
21 Jul, 2020 Just Because You Say Someone’s Not Your Agent Doesn’t Mean They’re Not By Terri Seligman Back in 2017, in an action initiated by the US and a number of states, a district court determined that DISH Network and its agents...
21 Jul, 2020 In Report to Congress, FTC Says Malicious Use of Social Media Bots Is a "Serious Issue" By Jeff Greenbaum Responding to a request from Congress at the end of last year, the Federal Trade Commission submitted a report to the Senate's...
20 Jul, 2020 Affiliate Marketer Must Disclose Relationship with Advertiser and Ensure Product Claims Are Truthful By Terri Seligman Back in June, NAD issued a decision that escaped my blogging attention until now. While much of the Decision addresses the advertiser’s...
20 Jul, 2020 Code of Conduct for Online Livestreaming Marketing Issued in China By Justina Zhang In our previous article, China Live Streaming Promotions and Beyond- Legal Issues that Marketers Need to Know...