Feb 28, 2023 NAD Revisits Requirements for Aspirational Environmental Benefit Claims in Recent Case By Jordyn Milewski In a recent case evaluating aspirational environmental benefit claims, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (“IATP”) challenged...
Feb 27, 2023 Advertising Your AI-Enabled Products? (A Blog Post Written With Help From ChatGPT) By Jeff Greenbaum As advertisers market products that are powered by artificial intelligence, what are some key legal issues that they should consider? ...
Feb 27, 2023 California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act Impact: Five Things Advertisers Need to Know By Emma Smizer Rick Borden In a recent blog post, we covered a new California law, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (the “AADC”), that will have...
Feb 26, 2023 FTC Launches Office of Technology to Support its "Commitment to Protecting Consumers in the Digital Marketplace" By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission recently announced that it is launching a new Office of Technology in order to "strengthen the FTC’s ability...
Feb 25, 2023 NAD Weighs In On Poultry Product Certification and Animal Welfare Claims By Kate Patton A recent Decision from the National Advertising Division offers important insight into its evaluation of claims related to certification,...
Feb 25, 2023 Green Energy - When Is 100% Actually 100%? By Conor Griffin The Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) has warned energy companies against using claims that energy plans are 100%...
Feb 23, 2023 Can You Copyright Ad Slogans and Short Phrases? By Brian Murphy In 2008, defendants Make Ideas, LLC and its founder Keith Mullin created the “Breathe Right Ball," a ball designed with holes to allow...
Feb 22, 2023 CPRA Regs: 8 New Obligations You Need to Know By Daniel Goldberg Over the prior year, we’ve received numerous questions about what obligations the CPRA Regs will add to the underlying statute. On...
Feb 21, 2023 IAA Launches Webinar Series on Legal Developments in Environmental Marketing By Jeff Greenbaum The International Advertising Association announced that it is launching a new webinar series covering legal developments impacting...
Feb 20, 2023 Eco-friendly Advertisements in Turkey! By Hande Hançar Baran Güney When you watch the commercials, do you often feel like advertising companies are working hard to convince you that their products or...
Feb 17, 2023 FTC Announces First Action Involving "Review Hijacking" By Terri Seligman Ever wonder why a brand new product you were considering purchasing has so many reviews on Amazon? Like, if it’s so new, how did it...
Feb 17, 2023 FTC's GoodRx Action Also Highlights the Importance of Ensuring You're in Compliance With Voluntary Commitments By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission's GoodRx case has properly gotten a lot of attention because of its "first of a kind" enforcement action...
Feb 17, 2023 Environmental claims: Casting a wide Net Zero By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor It is a sign of how quickly the regulation of environmental (green) claims is evolving in the UK. World leaders have been talking about...
Feb 16, 2023 Michigan Court Allows FTC Claims Against Credit Repair Company and Principals to Proceed By Kate Patton A federal district court in Maryland denied a motion to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s complaint against Financial Education...
Feb 16, 2023 Court Dismisses Class Action Over Fanta’s “100% Natural” Labeling By Ariel Radow Don’t you wanna, wanna another false advertising suit involving a “100% natural” claim? Last week, a New York federal court dismissed a...
Feb 16, 2023 In a Policy Shift, Twitter Will Now Accept Cannabis Advertising By Jeff Greenbaum Yesterday, Twitter announced that it will now accept cannabis advertising on its platform. According to media reports, Twitter is first...