31 Oct, 2021 Clear, Consensual, Easy By Terri Seligman Sounds kind of sexy, right? Well, sorry to disappoint but this is what the FTC is mandating (excuse me, “providing guidance” about)...
30 Oct, 2021 FTC Sues Nasal Spray Marketer Over COVID-19 Treatment Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission sued Xlear, Inc., a marketer of nasal sprays, for making false and unsubstantiated claims that its products...
29 Oct, 2021 You're Invited: GALA's Annual "Americas Advertising Law Year in Review" By Jeff Greenbaum The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance is sponsoring its annual "Americas Advertising Law Year in Review" webinar, which will be held on...
28 Oct, 2021 FTC Updates GLBA Safeguards Rule, Seeks Additional Comments By Elliott Siebers Yesterday, the FTC announced an update to its Safeguards Rule (“Rule”). The update includes significant changes regarding the safeguards...
27 Oct, 2021 FTC Issues Third Round of Notices of Penalty Offenses, This Time Targeting Money-Making Opportunities By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission sent Notices of Penalty Offenses to more than 1,100 businesses that advertise money-making opportunities,...
26 Oct, 2021 Connecticut AG Tells Cannabis Dispensaries to Take Down Billboards By Jeff Greenbaum Connecticut Attorney General William Tong sent letters to several Massachusetts cannabis dispensaries, telling them to take down...
24 Oct, 2021 Fanatics’ Recent NY Sales Tax Settlement -- A Cautionary Tale By Jeffrey Marks You may have seen the recent announcement of the settlement of a New York tax whistleblower suit brought by the New York Attorney General...
23 Oct, 2021 It's Not News: Consumer Fraud Disproportionately Hurts Communities of Color By Terri Seligman Following its 2016 report “Combating Fraud in African American & Latino Communities: The FTC’s Comprehensive Strategic Plan,” which...
21 Oct, 2021 NAD Opines on TP Claims (Toilet Paper? Tree Planting? Both!) By Jordyn Milewski Last month's decision by the National Advertising Division in Georgia Pacific Consumer Products LP (Quilted Northern Ultra Soft & Strong...
21 Oct, 2021 UNICEF Releases Playbook to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in Advertising By Jeff Greenbaum UNICEF just released, "Promoting diversity and inclusion in advertising: a UNICEF playbook," which provides guidance about how to avoid...
20 Oct, 2021 NAD 2021: Important Takeaways from NAD's 50th Anniversary Conference By Jordyn Milewski Chibundu Okwuosa Last month, NAD held its annual conference (this year celebrating 50 years of NAD)! The conference featured speakers from across the...
19 Oct, 2021 How Do You Evaluate Claims on Packaging? By Jeff Greenbaum GSK Consumer Health Holdings markets a ChapStick lip balm that it calls "2 in 1 lipcare." This claim is a reference to the fact that the...
18 Oct, 2021 ACC: Rock-Solid Evidence Required for CO2 Neutralization Claims By Daniël Haije The Dutch Advertising Code Committee (ACC) issued an important ruling on 26 August 2021. In the ruling, the ACC sets very high standards...
16 Oct, 2021 FTC Telecom Settlement Requires Two Years of Corrective Advertising By Jeff Greenbaum About a year ago, the Federal Trade Commission obtained a temporary restraining order against telecommunications companies Disruption...
15 Oct, 2021 Social Media Platform Permanently Bans Influencer Addison Rae By Jordyn Milewski On Thursday, Addison Rae announced on Twitter that she had been permanently banned from social media platform TikTok. Rae, who has...
15 Oct, 2021 Cyber Insurance Costs to Drastically Increase in 2022-23 By Elliott Siebers Recently, credit rating agency S&P Global issued a report predicting that the costs of cyber insurance coverage will increase...