11/29/2022 11:07:44 PM Consumers Want Bayer to Cough Up Damages Over "Honey Lemon Zest" Claim By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz It’s officially cold and flu season, and it looks like consumers are taking note of what ingredients are contained in their...
11/29/2022 5:27:35 PM Do You Have a "Reasonable Basis" For Your Advertising Claims? By Jeff Greenbaum About two years ago, the Federal Trade Commission sued F&G International Group Holdings, an affiliate of the company, and their owner...
11/28/2022 7:42:22 PM China Issues Its First Guidelines on Celebrity Endorsements By Justina Zhang The legal environment and potential liabilities for celebrity endorsements in China are getting tougher. Five months after Chinese...
11/23/2022 8:41:35 PM Truth in Advertising Matters By Terri Seligman We advertising lawyers take our work very seriously. No matter the claim, we know that it must be truthful and appropriately...
11/20/2022 7:47:43 PM Proposed FTC Settlement Provides Learnings For All By Terri Seligman A recently announced settlement by the FTC highlights some common and problematic marketing issues: relying on anecdotal information and...
11/20/2022 1:07:21 PM Consumers Want Tom’s to Freshen Up its "Natural" Toothpaste Claims By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz This week, Tom’s of Maine Inc. was hit with a proposed class action in Illinois state court alleging that its “natural” toothpaste claims...
11/20/2022 1:03:37 PM Court Dismisses "Sustainable" Lawsuit, Saying Coke's Aspirational Claims Are Not Actionable By Jordyn Milewski Last year, we blogged about a case brought against Coca-Cola by nonprofit environmental group Earth Island Institute, alleging that...
11/18/2022 8:30:32 PM Advocates Petition FTC to Protect Kids from Harmful Online Ad Tactics By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz On Thursday, children’s privacy and health advocacy groups petitioned the FTC to craft rules prohibiting online platforms from using...
11/17/2022 12:33:13 AM Copyright, Clearances and Concert Recordings: ABKCO Music, Inc. v. Sagan By Brian Murphy Bill Graham was one of the great concert promoters of the twentieth century. During a career that spanned from the late 1960s until his...
11/15/2022 9:27:02 PM Google Settles Location-Tracking Probe for Record-Breaking $391.5 Million By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Google has agreed to pay a historic settlement of $391.5 million to end a privacy investigation brought by 40 state attorneys general...
11/13/2022 12:10:51 PM Yet Another Take on Interpreting "Up To" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum We've written quite a bit on this blog about the difficulty of substantiating "up to" claims, in light of the fact that courts,...
11/10/2022 1:03:29 PM Ohio Attorney General Sues Two Retail Chains Over In-Store Pricing Practices By Jeff Greenbaum Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost recently sued two retail chains over their pricing practices. Specifically, the AG sued them for...
11/9/2022 8:52:06 PM Demonstrations and Humor in Comparative Advertising: NAD Weighs In By Terri Seligman A recent decision from NAD, though not breaking new ground or dealing with sexy new product categories, provides some solid guidance on...
11/5/2022 5:55:03 PM President Biden Says His Administration is Taking on "Junk Fees" By Jeff Greenbaum In a speech last week, President Joe Biden said that his Administration is taking on so-called "junk fees." Accompanied by CFPB Director...
11/5/2022 2:55:15 PM PA Attorney General Sues Lead Gen Companies for Telemarketing and Consumer Protection Law Violations By Kate Patton Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that his office filed a lawsuit against New York-based Fluent, Inc. and its...
11/4/2022 5:53:10 PM Cardi B Prevails in Lawsuit Against the Man with the Tiger (and Snake) Tattoo By Brian Murphy Certain cases will forever be part of the legal seminars and trainings I do for clients. This is one of them. We have blogged previously...