31 Oct, 2022 FTC Settles With Mattress Pad Maker Over "Made in USA" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it has a finalized its settlement with Electrowarmth Products and the company's owner over...
29 Oct, 2022 OECD Report Highlights Concerns over "Dark Patterns" By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development issued a report, Dark Commercial Patterns, raising serious concerns...
28 Oct, 2022 Court Finds Holes in Plaintiff's Case Alleging Copyright Infringement of Lace Designs By Brian Murphy Plaintiff Klauber Brothers has been making lace for more than 150 years. Defendant Badgley Mischka produces (among other things) bridal...
28 Oct, 2022 ICYMI -- GALA Releases Videos from "Global Advertising in an Age of Crisis and Change" Conference By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this month, the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance hosted its annual global advertising law conference in London. The...
28 Oct, 2022 Does "Milk-Based" Mean That Milk is the Product's Primary Ingredient? By Jeff Greenbaum The labels of Enfamil infant formula say that the product is "mlik-based." Does that mean that milk is just one of the ingredients in...
27 Oct, 2022 Smashburger Settles Consumer Beef Over its “Double the Beef” Burger Advertising By Ariel Radow Smashburger has agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit over its “Triple Double Burgers” which were promoted as...
27 Oct, 2022 Jury Awards More Than $3M in Damages in Lawsuit Alleging False "Made in USA" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum BenShot and Lucky Shot USA both sell drinking glasses with bullets embedded in the side of the glass. BenShot sued Lucky Shot USA in...
27 Oct, 2022 NCAA Updated Guidance: "Institutional Involvement in a Student-Athlete’s Name, Image and Likeness Activities" By Christopher Chase On October 26th, the NCAA Board of Directors for Division 1 institutions issued new guidance to their member institutions regarding name,...
26 Oct, 2022 When You Advertise "Black Raspberry" Sparkling Water, Does That Mean the Drink Contains Raspberries? By Jeff Greenbaum Costco sells Kirkland brand sparkling water that is black raspberry flavored. On the center of the label, the product is described as...
25 Oct, 2022 Takeaways from FTC’s “Protecting Kids from Stealth Advertising in Digital Media” Event By Ariel Radow Last week, the Federal Trade Commission hosted a virtual event on “Protecting Kids from Stealth Advertising in Digital Media,” providing...
25 Oct, 2022 DISCUS Calls Out Skrewball Whiskey for Multiple Violations of its Advertising Code By Jeff Greenbaum Skrewball Spirits promotes its Skrewball brand of peanut butter whiskey through various social media channels. Recently, the Distilled...
24 Oct, 2022 Maryland Court Strikes Down State’s Digital Advertising Services Tax By Jeffrey Marks You may recall that in February 2021, Maryland became the first U.S. state to enact a tax on digital advertising services, including...
24 Oct, 2022 Proposed FTC Rulemaking and Recent Enforcement Combat "Junk Fees" By Kate Patton The Federal Trade Commission announced that it is exploring a rule to crack down on "junk fees," which the FTC defines as “unnecessary,...
24 Oct, 2022 UK Advertising Self-Regulator Releases Research on the Meaning of Emerging Green Claims By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority released the results of research that it conducted on consumers' understanding of...
23 Oct, 2022 LGBTQ+ Content Creators' False Advertising Claims Against YouTube Fail By Brian Murphy YouTube describes Restricted Mode as an “optional setting” that enables users of the platform (“such as libraries, schools, and public...
22 Oct, 2022 Retailer Settles With NYC Over Charges That it Violated the City's Cashless Ban Law By Jeff Greenbaum The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection announced that it reached a settlement with Van Leeuwen Ice Cream,...