29 Nov, 2022 Consumers Want Bayer to Cough Up Damages Over "Honey Lemon Zest" Claim By Ariel Radow It’s officially cold and flu season, and it looks like consumers are taking note of what ingredients are contained in their...
29 Nov, 2022 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...
28 Nov, 2022 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...
23 Nov, 2022 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...
20 Nov, 2022 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...
20 Nov, 2022 Consumers Want Tom’s to Freshen Up its "Natural" Toothpaste Claims By Ariel Radow This week, Tom’s of Maine Inc. was hit with a proposed class action in Illinois state court alleging that its “natural” toothpaste claims...
20 Nov, 2022 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...
18 Nov, 2022 Advocates Petition FTC to Protect Kids from Harmful Online Ad Tactics By Ariel Radow On Thursday, children’s privacy and health advocacy groups petitioned the FTC to craft rules prohibiting online platforms from using...
17 Nov, 2022 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...
15 Nov, 2022 Google Settles Location-Tracking Probe for Record-Breaking $391.5 Million By Bram Schumer Google has agreed to pay a historic settlement of $391.5 million to end a privacy investigation brought by 40 state attorneys general...
13 Nov, 2022 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,...
10 Nov, 2022 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...
09 Nov, 2022 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...
05 Nov, 2022 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...
05 Nov, 2022 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...
04 Nov, 2022 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...