31 Oct, 2024 State AGs Urge Congress to Enact a Federal Price Gouging Law By Jeff Greenbaum This week, fifteen state Attorneys General wrote to Congressional leaders, urging them to enact a federal law that prohibits price...
22 Oct, 2024 You're Invited: "2024 ANA Masters of Advertising Law Conference" By Jeff Greenbaum In November, the Association of National Advertisers will be hosting its annual Masters of Advertising Law Conference. It is being held...
19 Oct, 2024 When Does "All" Mean "All"? By Jeff Greenbaum Entenmann's sells All Butter Loaf Cake. In case you're worried, this blog post isn't about a lawsuit over whether consumers believe that...
16 Oct, 2024 ‘Click to Cancel’ is Here, as FTC Announces Final Negative Option Rule By Kate Patton Terri Seligman The Federal Trade Commission today (finally) announced its final “click-to-cancel” rule, which imposes new requirements on negative...
16 Oct, 2024 Democrats Raise Possibility of Federal Price Gouging Ban With FTC By Jeff Greenbaum Asserting that “[p]rice gouging laws are a widely used, important tool to protect consumers from corporate wrongdoing,” a group of...
15 Oct, 2024 The High Cost of Hidden Fees: How Undisclosed Charges Can Lead to Legal Risks for Brands By Hannah Taylor Recently, a new wave of “all-in” price laws has emerged, mandating transparent pricing practices to ensure consumers are fully aware of...
13 Oct, 2024 What Is An Advertiser’s Responsibility For the Rankings and Ratings It Receives? By Terri Seligman This recent(ish) NAD Decision in a Fast Track SWIFT case raises some interesting issues indeed. Upon challenge by the advertiser’s...
10 Oct, 2024 FTC Gets Record Penalty in CAN-SPAM Enforcement Action By Terri Seligman Remember my 2023 blog post about a CAN-SPAM enforcement action? (No?!?) I noted the rarity of such actions and remarked that the FTC’s...
10 Oct, 2024 Advertising "Certified" Products and Services? By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this year, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection adopted a rule that regulates the use of the term...
10 Oct, 2024 FTC Examines Data and Advertising Practices of Streaming Services, Makes Key Recommendations to Address Concerns By Kate Patton A Federal Trade Commission staff report released last month and discussed during the last open meeting of the Commission examines certain...
04 Oct, 2024 SDNY Deals A Blow To ADA Website Accessibility Litigation By Caren Decter The Southern District of New York is quickly becoming a less favorable venue for serial plaintiffs bringing website accessibility...
04 Oct, 2024 You're Invited: "All Ohio Annual Institute on Intellectual Property" By Jeff Greenbaum On October 8th and 9th, the Cincinnati Bar Association will be hosting the 34th All Ohio Annual Institute on Intellectual Property. The...
04 Oct, 2024 California AG Sues Exxon Mobile For Plastic Pollution and Misrepresenting Benefits of Recycling By Terri Seligman Describing its action as the “first-of-its-kind lawsuit seek[ing] to hold one of the largest petrochemical companies in the world...
02 Oct, 2024 Can You Promote a Category of Products as "Clean" if They Contain Harmful Ingredients? By Jeff Greenbaum In its stores and online, Target categorizes some of the products that its sells as “Target Clean.” According to Target, if a product is...
01 Oct, 2024 FTC Announces AI Sweep By Hannah Taylor The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently initiated a law enforcement sweep, Operation AI Comply, against multiple companies that the...