31 Aug, 2020 Should NAD Play a Role in Eliminating Bias in Advertising? By Jeff Greenbaum At the National Advertising Division's annual conference in early October, the NAD will be sponsoring a groundbreaking panel that looks...
31 Aug, 2020 Google Declines to Remove Ads that Contain Election-Related Misinformation By Wendy Schechter According to The Washington Post, Google was alerted to ads that contained misleading information about the difference between absentee...
31 Aug, 2020 FDA Issues Warning Over Hand Sanitizers Packaged in Food and Drink Containers By Jeff Greenbaum The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to consumers about alcohol-based hand sanitizers that are packaged in containers...
29 Aug, 2020 “Clinically Proven” Means “Clinically Meaningful” By Terri Seligman A new Decision from the National Advertising Review Board ("NARB") addresses the issue of what “clinically proven” means to consumers and...
29 Aug, 2020 Where's the Beef? Does "Product of the USA" Mean That the Cattle Was Raised in the USA? By Jeff Greenbaum If cattle is raised in a foreign country, imported into the United States live, and then slaughtered and processed in the United States,...
28 Aug, 2020 Dentsu GC Launches "General Counsel Oath" to Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion By Jeff Greenbaum Simon Zinger, Group General Counsel of the Dentsu Aegis Network, is leading an effort to launch an initiative called "The General Counsel...
27 Aug, 2020 SEC Prosecutes Company and its CEO for False Claims in Press Releases By Jeff Greenbaum Last spring, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Praxsyn Corporation and its CEO, alleging that they issued false and...
26 Aug, 2020 Planning to Show a Toddler in Your Distilled Spirits Advertising? By Jeff Greenbaum As part of a Father's Day promotion, Kings County Distillery ran a sponsored post on Facebook promoting a "Father's Day Whisky Pack." ...
25 Aug, 2020 Takeaways from The Weather Channel Settlement over Location Data Practices By Daniel Goldberg Last week, the LA City Attorney announced that it has agreed to settle its lawsuit against The Weather Channel over alleged improper...
25 Aug, 2020 Back to School: NYC Bar's 19th Annual "Hot Topics in Advertising & Marketing Law" CLE Program By Jeff Greenbaum The New York City Bar will be sponsoring its 19th annual "Hot Topics in Advertising & Marketing Law" CLE program on October 9, 2020, from...
25 Aug, 2020 A Tree Grows in Your Laundry Detergent: NAD Examines "Plant-Based" Claims By Terri Seligman In a recent case, NAD examined claims made by P&G for its plant-based laundry detergent, Tide purclean, as challenged by competitor...
25 Aug, 2020 Takeaways from The Weather Channel Settlement over Location Data Practices By Daniel Goldberg Last week, the LA City Attorney announced that it has agreed to settle its lawsuit against The Weather Channel over alleged improper...
25 Aug, 2020 On the Barefoot Contessa, Peppermint Bark, and the Volitional Conduct Requirement for Copyright Infringement By Brian Murphy I don't think it is possible to love Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, more than I do. I love her recipes: they are relatively easy to...
24 Aug, 2020 NAD Announces "Complex Track" Process By Jordyn Milewski On the heels of the debut of its fast track (or "SWIFT") process this spring, NAD last week announced the launch of yet another new...
24 Aug, 2020 After Lawsuit is Filed, Instagram Deletes Account Promoting Parties at Arizona State University By Jeff Greenbaum The Associated Press reported that Instagram deactivated an "asu_covid.parties" account that appeared to promote unsafe parties at...
21 Aug, 2020 FTC Warns (Another) Marketer About Making False COVID-19 Relief Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission sent a warning letter to a marketer of hearing aids, telling the company to stop advertising that it could...