27 Feb, 2022 Survivalist Suppliers Duke It Out At NAD By Terri Seligman NAD recently considered a matter involving competitors in the prepper business. The Advertiser, 4Patriots, which uses the tagline “We...
26 Feb, 2022 Facebook, Twitter, and Google Impose Advertising Restrictions in Response to Ukraine Invasion (Updated) By Jeff Greenbaum In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Facebook, Twitter, and Google have made changes to their advertising policies. Facebook...
23 Feb, 2022 Are NBA Top Shot Moments Securities? Legal Arguments Take Shape in Class Action Against Dapper Labs That Could Rock the World of NFTs By Jeremy Goldman TLDR: In a putative class action lawsuit against Dapper Labs alleging that NBA Top Shot Moments are unregistered securities, the parties...
23 Feb, 2022 FTC Closing Letter Reminds Marketers About the Importance of Maintaining Current Substantiation for U.S.-Origin Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission recently closed an investigation into "Made in USA" claims made by the furniture and housewares retailer...
22 Feb, 2022 Texas A&M Immune From Copyright Lawsuit Over Unauthorized Publication of Article About the "12th Man" By Brian Murphy 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Texas A&M University's "12th man" tradition. For those who are not familiar with the...
22 Feb, 2022 Is It Misleading to Include Butter Substitutes in "Golden Butter" Crackers? By Jeff Greenbaum Pepperidge Farm sells "Golden Butter" crackers, which are made from flour, butter, vegetable oil, and other ingredients. Is the "Golden...
19 Feb, 2022 New York Attorney General Orders Baby Food Company to Stop Making False "Lead Free" and Other Claims By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, New York Attorney General Letitia James ordered baby food company HolleUSA to stop making false claims in its advertising that...
18 Feb, 2022 Promises of Mansions and Yachts? FTC Launches Rulemaking on Earnings Claims By Jeff Greenbaum Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it is launching a rulemaking to address false money-making claims made by...
15 Feb, 2022 If You Advertise "Smoked Almonds," Does That Mean That They Were Actually Roasted Over an Open Fire? By Jeff Greenbaum Family Dollar Stores sold a product called "smoked almonds." The front of the packaging includes a photo of the almonds and big red...
15 Feb, 2022 Jeff Koons Accused of Copyright Infringement For Unauthorized Use of a Snake Sculpture in Three Iconic Works By Brian Murphy Plaintiff Michael Hayden is an American who, in the late 1980s, was living la dolce vita in Italy, working as an artist and set designer....
14 Feb, 2022 New Consumer Affairs Commissioner Appointed in New York City By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams appointed Vilda Vera Mayuga as the City's new Commissioner of the Department of Consumer and...
13 Feb, 2022 The FTC Issues Latest Report on Romance Scams Just in Time for Valentine’s Day By Rayna Lopyan In the lead up to this Valentine’s Day, it seems like everyone is determined to kill any semblance of romance in the air. The Tinder...
12 Feb, 2022 NYS Tax Appeals Tribunal Confirms Sales Tax Treatment of Advertising-Related Information Services By Jeffrey Marks A recent New York Tax Appeals Tribunal decision provides a good reminder of the subtle distinction between those information services...
11 Feb, 2022 The Challenges of Portraying Chinese Women in Advertisements By Justina Zhang Many brands are inclined to use Chinese elements in their China-targeted advertisements in order to attract local consumers, which is...
09 Feb, 2022 NAD Tells Review Site That Disclosing Bias is Not the Same As Actually Being Unbiased By Terri Seligman NAD, like the FTC, has had ample opportunity and cause to dive into the review eco-system and it frequently has done so. (For example,...
08 Feb, 2022 Is "Therapeutic-Grade" a Claim or Puffery? (It Depends on Whom You Ask . . .) By Jeff Greenbaum Young Living Essential Oils markets its products as "100% pure, Therapeutic-Grade" essential oils. Essential oils are plant extracts...