Dec 29, 2022 What Advertising Law Issues Should You Keep an Eye on in 2023? By Jeff Greenbaum As we near the end of 2022, here are some thoughts from members of the Frankfurt Kurnit advertising group about a few key advertising law...
Dec 28, 2022 SAG-AFTRA and JPC Extend COVID-19 Safety Protocols By Dorian Thomas Last week, SAG-AFTRA and The Joint Policy Committee announced that they have agreed to extend the Commercial Production Safety and...
Dec 28, 2022 If You Advertise That Your Product Has No Sugar, Does This Communicate That It's a Low Calorie Food? By Jeff Greenbaum Pepperidge Farm (owned by Campbell Soup) makes the well-known Goldfish snack crackers. On the front of the packaging, there's a...
Dec 28, 2022 Works Published in 1927 Enter the Public Domain in the U.S. By Brian Murphy In 1927, Calvin Coolidge was president, the first commercial flight of Pan American Airways took off (leaving Key West bound for Havana),...
Dec 27, 2022 Product Review Site and The Impact of Affiliate Links Scrutinized by NAD Again By Terri Seligman Like the FTC, NAD has long been interested in the product review ecosystem and, in particular, in review sites that purport to be...
Dec 26, 2022 Holiday Gifts from SAG-AFTRA and JPC: Low Budget Digital Waiver Extended and New National Cable Waiver Announced By Brian Murphy As 2022 winds to a close, SAG-AFTRA and the Joint Policy Committee (JPC) have been busy little elves and have bestowed upon us two gifts...
Dec 26, 2022 DC Circuit Denies Injunction to Technologists Alleging DMCA Violates Their 1st Amendment Rights By Brian Murphy This case is about a security researcher and an inventor who are concerned that the pursuit of their professional goals will subject them...
Dec 22, 2022 FTC Issues New Guidance for Health Claims By Terri Seligman Making health claims? And who isn’t? If you are, you should be sure to read the FTC’s new Health Products Compliance Guidance. Or at...
Dec 21, 2022 FTC Wants to Hear From You About Its Proposed Rule on "Junk Fees" By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just announced that it is extending the public comment period for its proposed rule on "junk fees" until...
Dec 14, 2022 FTC Seeks Public Comment on Potential Revisions to the Green Guides and on a Possible Rulemaking By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier today, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to its Guides for the Use...
Dec 14, 2022 RIP: The Traditional SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract By Dorian Thomas The end of an era has come. The “traditional” SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract will expire on December 31, 2022, and on January 1, 2023,...
Dec 13, 2022 NY Law Now Requires Do-Not-Call Notice at Outset of Telemarketing Calls By Kate Patton Terri Seligman To further crack down on unwanted telemarketing calls, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation which requires telemarketers...
Dec 13, 2022 Is it "Made in the USA"? It Depends on Which Law Applies . . . By Jeff Greenbaum Two recent closing letters from the Federal Trade Commission highlight the fact that marketers sometimes have to apply different legal...
Dec 12, 2022 Buzzfeed's Publication of Influencer's Motorcycle Accident Pics is a Fair Use By Brian Murphy Tiffany Mitchell (@tifforeli), an influencer who currently has just under 200,000 followers on Instagram, likes to ride a beemer....
Dec 12, 2022 What Does it Mean to be a "Verified" Seller Online? By Jeff Greenbaum There's been a lot of talk lately about what it means to be "verified" online. A recent case decided by a federal court in Colorado just...
Dec 08, 2022 Savage X Fenty to Pay $1.2M to Put California Consumer Protection Lawsuit to Bed By Kate Patton Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a consumer protection lawsuit with California regulators which alleged...