31 Jul, 2023 Court Dismisses "100% Recyclable" Suit Against Coca-Cola . . . Again By Jordyn Milewski Last week, the Northern District of California once again dismissed a putative class action lawsuit against Coca-Cola over bottles...
29 Jul, 2023 Court Allows Action Against Fruit Cup-Maker’s “Natural” Claims to Proceed By Ariel Radow Earlier this week, a California district judge allowed claims to proceed against Del Monte Foods, Inc. for the use of the phrase...
27 Jul, 2023 A Sober Lesson for Supplement Marketer Using Deceptive Claims and Fake Endorsements By Kate Patton Challenging what read like egregious examples from its recently updated Endorsement Guides, the Federal Trade Commission took action...
27 Jul, 2023 Different Road, Same Destination By Terri Seligman In a recent routine monitoring case, NAD examined The Wall Street Journal’s subscription cancellation procedures. At issue was the WSJ’s...
22 Jul, 2023 Nasty reviewers can be banned...but maybe not always? By Terri Seligman Plaintiff apparently writes cranky book reviews. I’m not sure what books motivated him to make the observations that...
20 Jul, 2023 FTC Seeking Comment on COPPA Parental Consent Mechanism By Jordyn Milewski The Federal Trade Commission announced this week that it is currently seeking public comments on a potential new method for obtaining...
17 Jul, 2023 6 Things Agencies and Brands Need to Know About the SAG-AFTRA Strike By Brian Murphy By now, you have heard that SAG-AFTRA members went on strike last week, joining the already-in-progress WGA strike that began on May 1st....
16 Jul, 2023 You're Invited: IAA's Fireside Chat With Politico By Jeff Greenbaum On July 26th, the International Advertising Association is hosting a fireside chat with Politico's Molly Fluet, where we'll talk about...
13 Jul, 2023 Considerations and Steps for Self-Certifying under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework By Daniel Goldberg Maria Nava Channing Hans On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). Under the...
07 Jul, 2023 Threads is Here! By Hannah Taylor Meta's new social media app, Threads, has launched! While over 70 million users have already signed up, and brands have joined the...
06 Jul, 2023 FTC and FDA Send Cease & Desist Letters to Edible Companies Over Kid-Appealing Products By Jordyn Milewski Yesterday, the FTC announced that, together with the FDA, the agency sent cease and desist letters to companies (Delta Munchies LLC,...
06 Jul, 2023 Trade Association Challenges Arkansas Law Restricting Children on Social Media By Jordyn Milewski Last week, NetChoice LLC -- a trade organization representing some of technology's biggest players (including Meta, Twitter, and more) --...
06 Jul, 2023 Tracy Anderson vs. Megan Roup - Round 2 By Brian Murphy This is an update on the lawsuit between fitness guru Tracy Anderson and her former employee (and current competitor) Megan Roup, which I...
03 Jul, 2023 President Biden Nominates Two Republicans for FTC Commissioner By Jeff Greenbaum Today, President Joe Biden announced that he intended to nominate Andrew N. Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak to the Federal Trade Commission....
02 Jul, 2023 FTC Proposes New Rule on Fake Reviews and Other Misleading Endorsement Practices By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a new rule intended to combat the use of fake reviews and other misleading endorsement...