30 Jun, 2021 Massachusetts Exxon Climate Change Lawsuit Continues By Jordyn Milewski Last week, a Massachusetts state court ruled against Exxon Mobil Corp. in a climate change lawsuit brought against the company by the...
29 Jun, 2021 AG Coalition Urges Congress to Restore FTC's Authority to Obtain Monetary Relief By Jeff Greenbaum A coalition of twenty-eight attorneys general sent a letter to Congressional leaders, expressing support for the passage of the Consumer...
28 Jun, 2021 Televangelist Jim Bakker Reaches $156,000 Settlement With Missouri AG Over COVID-19 Treatment Claims By Jeff Greenbaum In March of last year, as the pandemic was spreading across the world, televangelist Jim Bakker was marketing the "Silver Solution" as a...
25 Jun, 2021 FTC to Vote on New "Made in USA" Rule Next Week in Open Commission Meeting By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it will vote on whether to finalize its new "Made in USA" rule at an open meeting of the...
24 Jun, 2021 Blockchain & Consumer Protection Bill Passes House with Strong Bi-Partisan Support By Hannah Taylor The "Consumer Safety Technology Act” (H.R. 3723), sponsored by Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA), recently passed the House. The final vote...
23 Jun, 2021 "All" Doesn't Mean "All," At Least According to New York's Highest Court By Jeff Greenbaum The publisher Matthew Bender & Company sells a legal resource manual called New York Landlord-Tenant Law. The book, which is also called...
21 Jun, 2021 A Legal Primer on Social Tokens By Hannah Taylor Finally wrapped your head around the Taco Bell NFT drop? Not so fast. Time to learn about “social tokens,” a rapidly-growing class of...
21 Jun, 2021 Fox News Refuses to Air Commercial Criticizing GOP Over the Attack on the Capitol By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this month, Fox News refused to air a television commercial from the political action committee MeidasTouch, which criticizes the...
20 Jun, 2021 Can a Brand Use Ice Cube's "Signature Catchphrase" in a Newsletter Without Permission? By Brian Murphy O’Shea Jackson, better known as Ice Cube, is a man of many talents: rapper, actor, director, entrepreneur, and social activist, to name...
16 Jun, 2021 Coca-Cola Faces "Sustainable" Lawsuit By Jordyn Milewski This month, the Earth Island Institute -- a nonprofit environmental group -- brought suit against Coca-Cola in D.C. Superior Court,...
16 Jun, 2021 FTC Announces Review of Business Opportunity Rule By Jeff Greenbaum Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission announced that, as part of its systematic review of all current FTC rules and guides, it is...
16 Jun, 2021 Lina Khan Becomes FTC Chair By Jeff Greenbaum Today, Lina Khan was sworn in as the new Chair of the Federal Trade Commission. President Joseph R. Biden named Kahn, a Democrat, to the...
16 Jun, 2021 A New Standard in Standard Contractual Clauses By Elliott Siebers On June 4, 2021, the European Commission adopted modernized standard contractual clauses (“SCCs”) for use in international data transfers...
15 Jun, 2021 FTC Settles With Expert Endorser Over False COVID-19 Treatment Claims By Jeff Greenbaum Last August, the Federal Trade Commission sued Golden Sunrise Neutraceutical and some of its officers, alleging that they falsely...
13 Jun, 2021 Posting Pap's Pic on Instagram Not a Fair Use By Brian Murphy Plaintiff Jawad Elatab is described in his complaint as "a professional photographer in the business of licensing his photographs to...
11 Jun, 2021 FTC Celebrates Pride; Highlights Risks to LGBTQ+ Community By Dorian Thomas The Federal Trade Commission plans to celebrate Pride Month by highlighting consumer protection issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community....