30 Sep, 2021 Chopra Confirmed as CFPB Director By Jeff Greenbaum Today, Rohit Chopra was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Chopra has served as a...
30 Sep, 2021 Google and Facebook Update Terms to Address Standard Contractual Clauses By Daniel Goldberg If your company uses Google advertising services, you likely received an email earlier this week (an example of which is appended to the...
30 Sep, 2021 Up To No Good? Substantiating "Up To" Claims? By Jeff Greenbaum The label for a large cannister of Beaumont 100% Colombian Ground Coffee includes the claim that the product makes "up to" 210 six ounce...
29 Sep, 2021 FTC Settles Mail Order Rule Case with Marketer of Magazine Subscriptions By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission and the Florida Attorney General's Office entered into a settlement with Inmate Magazine Service, resolving...
28 Sep, 2021 Does it Matter Who is "First"? By Jeff Greenbaum In June of 1982, American Family Care ("AFC") opened its first urgent care clinic in Hoover, Alabama. A few months later, in September,...
27 Sep, 2021 Senator Asks FCC to do More on Robocalls and Unsolicited Texts By Jeff Greenbaum Last Friday, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal wrote to FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, asking the FCC to take action to...
27 Sep, 2021 The Difficulty of Substantiating Social Responsibility Claims By Terri Seligman In preparation for my upcoming talk about social responsibility advertising at NAD’s 2021 National Conference, I’ve been watching...
27 Sep, 2021 Train operator derailed by the ASA for failing to award competition prize By Alex Meloy Train operators often get a bad press for cancelling their train services - not their competitions. So Abellio East Midlands Ltd, which...
24 Sep, 2021 FTC Chair Outlines Her Visions and Priorities for the Agency By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this week, FTC Chair Lina M. Khan sent a memo to the FTC staff and Commissioners, outlining her visions and priorities for the...
23 Sep, 2021 FTC Testifies That Protecting Older Adults is a Top Priority By Jeff Greenbaum In testimony before the U.S. Senate's Special Committee on Aging, the Federal Trade Commission said that protecting older adults --...
23 Sep, 2021 **Breaking news** ASA makes announcement on green claims By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Hot on the heels of the CMA's new Green Claims Code, the ASA today made an announcement about its own work in reviewing green claims in...
23 Sep, 2021 California Privacy Protection Agency Seeks Input on Proposed Rulemaking for CPRA By Daniel Goldberg Yesterday, the California Privacy Protection Agency ("CPPA") released a formal invitation for stakeholders to submit preliminary comments...
21 Sep, 2021 You're Invited: "It's Not Easy Being Green" By Jeff Greenbaum Cardozo Law's Fashion Law Society and Fashion, Arts, Media & Entertainment Law Center are co-sponsoring an online panel, "It's Not Easy...
20 Sep, 2021 CFPB Sues Lender (Again!) Over Borrowing Claims By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued LendUp Loans, alleging that the company violated a 2016 consent order...
20 Sep, 2021 iOS 15 Arrives with New Privacy Controls By Daniel Goldberg Today, after months in beta, Apple is releasing iOS 15 to the public. Building upon the Privacy Nutrition Labels and App Tracking...
20 Sep, 2021 CMA gives businesses until the New Year to ensure their environmental claims are compliant By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Brinsley Dresden The CMA today published its long-awaited “Green Claims Code”. Andrea Coscelli, Chief Executive of the CMA, said that “More people than...