12/31/2021 6:35:50 PM Taylor Swift Can't Catch a Break, Break, Break, Break ... By Brian Murphy Taylor Swift just can't ... give it the slip ... skip out on it ... pay no mind to it ... Oh, Jiminy Cricket. I'm just going to say it....
12/30/2021 5:01:53 PM California Recycling Commission Calls On State AG to Investigate Retailers Over Recycling Claims By Jeff Greenbaum California's Statewide Commission on Recycling Markets and Curbside Recycling called on the California Attorney General and California's...
12/30/2021 4:25:47 PM Be Best? Or Beguiled? By Terri Seligman Still looking for that perfect holiday gift? How about an NFT featuring Melania Trump’s “cobalt blue eyes” by artist Marc-Antoine...
12/28/2021 7:11:50 PM NYAG Tells COVID-19 Testing Labs to Stop Misrepresenting Turnaround Times By Jeff Greenbaum Over the last few days, New York Attorney General Letitia James issued warnings to several COVID-19 testing labs, ordering them to stop...
12/24/2021 5:48:45 PM Works from 1926 (and Pre-1923 Sound Recordings) Enter the Public Domain in the U.S. By Brian Murphy On January 1, 2022, all literary works, compositions, and films first published in 1926, and all pre-1923 sound recordings, will enter...
12/24/2021 1:30:59 PM For the First Time, FDA Authorizes Marketing of Cigarettes as a Modified Risk Tobacco Product By Jeff Greenbaum The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has authorized the marketing 22nd Century Group's "VLN King" and "VLN Menthol...
12/23/2021 3:10:03 PM CFPB Launches Inquiry Into "Buy Now, Pay Later" Credit By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it issued a series of orders to five companies that offer "buy now,...
12/22/2021 11:11:58 PM Instagram Strikes Again: Users Can Now Disable Embedding By Craig Whitney The embedding saga continues. The right to embed another's photo or video that was posted on social media has been one of the most hotly...
12/20/2021 9:09:08 PM FTC Looks at "Made in USA" Claims for Guitars, Hangers, and Doors By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission recently closed three investigations into whether marketers made false claims about whether their products...
12/20/2021 1:17:08 PM Vegan Dog Treats and Copyright By Brian Murphy Chef Chloe Coscarelli - the first vegan chef to be crowned a winner on the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars - has been waging a years-long,...
12/17/2021 1:07:56 PM FTC Launches Rulemaking to Fight Impersonation Fraud By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it is launching a rulemaking aimed at combating government and business impersonation fraud,...
12/16/2021 9:31:30 PM Looking Back, Looking Forward By Terri Seligman I love our blog. My colleagues are so smart and entertaining and really keep abreast of developments in the advertising law arena. And...
12/16/2021 2:13:49 PM Arial Photographer's Copyright Complaint Survives Motion to Dismiss. By Brian Murphy "Oppenheimer is a professional photographer and, it seems, a professional litigant." And so begins another opinion about another...
12/15/2021 3:10:16 PM ASA upholds rulings against 7 crypto trading ads, but one takes some topping By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor It seems the ASA is on a mission to stamp out misleading and irresponsible advertising relating to crypto currency trading. This week,...
12/15/2021 1:53:57 AM It's That (SAG-AFTRA) Time of Year ... By Brian Murphy It’s that time again. The current SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract and the SAG-AFTRA Audio Commercials Contract (the "Commercial...
12/14/2021 12:10:37 PM FTC Says It's Planning to Look at Green Marketing, Pricing, and "Free" Claims in 2022, but no Word on Timing for Endorsement and COPPA Reviews By Jeff Greenbaum The White House has just released the Biden Administration's "Fall 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions," which...