5/31/2025 2:43:31 PM D.C. Court Allows D.C. Attorney General's Greenwashing Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Companies to Continue By Jeff Greenbaum Several years ago, D.C.'s Attorney General sued Exxon Mobil, BP, Chevron, and Shell, alleging that the oil companies violated the...
5/27/2025 10:42:02 PM Another Influencer Class Action, This Time Against ALO Yoga By Hannah Taylor As class actions increasingly target the influencer marketing space, another major brand finds itself in legal hot water. In a recent...
5/22/2025 3:06:20 PM Thinking About George Wendt - Actor and Advertising Law Icon By Jeff Greenbaum I was very sorry to hear about the death, earlier this week, of George Wendt, the actor most famous for his portrayal of the character...
5/20/2025 7:24:30 PM Taking Aim at AI-Generated Deepfakes, the President Signs "Take It Down Act" Into Law By Jeff Greenbaum On Monday, President Trump signed into law the "Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites...
5/15/2025 6:45:39 PM Junk Fees Under Fire: FTC Signals New Era of Price Transparency Enforcement By Holly Melton As previously reported, the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees—commonly referred to as the "Junk Fees...
5/12/2025 6:21:52 PM Today's the Day: The FTC's Junk Fees Rule Goes Into Effect By Hannah Taylor Kate Patton The FTC’s Rule on Unfair and Deceptive Fees takes effect today, May 12, 2025, and it’s about to shake up how businesses disclose prices...
5/12/2025 1:42:41 PM FTC Extends Deadline for Compliance With Updates to the Negative Option Rule By Jeff Greenbaum On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission voted to extend the deadline for compliance with the updated Negative Option Rule for 60 days. ...
5/9/2025 5:10:01 PM Circuit Courts Provide Contrasting Perspectives on the Enforceability of Sign-In Wrap Agreements By Regina Gerhardt In the past three months, two federal appellate courts have issued multiple decisions concerning the enforceability of arbitration...
5/8/2025 9:13:25 PM “Tester” Plaintiff Lacks Standing To Assert CIPA Claim By Caren Decter A California federal court recently held that a “tester” plaintiff lacks standing to file lawsuits for invasion of privacy under...
5/6/2025 11:53:11 PM Second Circuit Narrows VPPA’s Scope in Solomon v. Flipps Media, Inc. By Michael Salik Caren Decter In recent years, there has been a wave of lawsuits alleging violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), targeting content...
5/6/2025 4:37:32 PM Warner Music Group Sues Crumbl Cookies Over Use of Music in Social Media Posts By Hannah Taylor Warner Music Group (WMG) recently filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in Utah against Crumbl Cookies, accusing the dessert brand of...
5/6/2025 2:31:36 PM Does Food Styling Communicate Specific Product Claims? By Jeff Greenbaum A group of consumers sued Burger King, alleging that photos of the burgers in the company's advertising misled them about what they were...
5/5/2025 8:18:45 PM FTC Reaches Settlement Over Generative AI Detection Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just announced that it reached a settlement with Workado, LLC, resolving allegations that the company misled...
5/5/2025 2:44:39 AM Apple violated U.S. court order, ending Apple’s 27% “commission” on external purchases By Emma Smizer As the saying goes, justice delayed is justice denied. Or perhaps more accurately, a bad apple spoils the bunch. On April 30, 2025,...