7/30/2025 10:04:58 PM FTC Shuts Down AI-Driven Business Opportunity Scheme, Continues Sweep of Deceptive Income Claims By Holly Melton The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has secured a permanent ban against FBA Stores, LLC (doing business as FBA Machine...
7/30/2025 10:02:32 PM New Tax Bill Raises Form 1099-MISC Threshold: What It Means for Consumer Promotions, Sweepstakes and Prize Winners By Jonah Brill Brands and agencies running sweepstakes, contests and other consumer promotions received welcome news in the recently enacted One Big...
7/29/2025 12:17:23 PM You're Invited (Milan): "Social Media, Influencers, Dark Patterns, and AI -- Navigating Evolving Rules on Digital Marketing" By Jeff Greenbaum In connection with the International Advertising Association's Creativity4Better conference, which is being held in Milan this year, the...
7/28/2025 3:39:19 PM Is Boxed Water "Better"? By Jeff Greenbaum The International Bottled Water Association brought a challenge to the National Advertising Division, alleging that Boxed Water is Better...
7/19/2025 12:18:06 PM European Commission Says Green Directive Proposal is Back on the Table By Jeff Greenbaum Last month, in a surprise move, the European Commission announced that it intended to withdraw its proposed Green Claims Directive. It...
7/16/2025 12:23:12 PM You're Invited: "It's Not Easy Being Green: Navigating the Evolving Rules on Making Environmental Marketing Claims" By Jeff Greenbaum As part of Climate Week NYC, Frankfurt Kurnit will be hosting a seminar, “It's Not Easy Being Green: Navigating the Evolving Rules on...
7/15/2025 12:07:26 PM FTC Charges Telemedicine Company With Deceptive Marketing of Weight Loss Products By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it reached a settlement with telemedicine company NextMed, resolving allegations that the...
7/14/2025 8:38:14 PM Court Says California’s “Made in USA” Law Is Not Preempted by the FTC Rule By Holly Melton California federal court recently rejected a plaintiff’s argument that California’s “Made in USA” labeling statute is preempted by the...
7/9/2025 10:55:35 PM 8th Circuit Vacates FTC’s Negative Option Rule—But Compliance Traps Remain By Jason Howell Kate Patton As previously reported, the Federal Trade Commission’s updated rule addressing recurring subscription programs (a/k/a the Negative Option...
7/9/2025 3:45:46 PM FTC Drops the Fireworks: “Made in USA” Enforcement Heats Up for July By Holly Melton In our recent post, "FTC Declares July 'Made in USA' Month: Are Your Claims Compliant?", we warned that the FTC wasn’t just waving...
7/8/2025 5:28:09 PM Third Time’s the Charm: Northern District of California Dismisses “Pure Cotton” PFAS Advertising Suit — With Prejudice By Holly Melton On July 1, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California entered a final judgment in favor of Procter & Gamble...
7/1/2025 6:52:19 PM FTC Declares July “Made in USA Month” — Are Your Claims Compliant? By Holly Melton The Federal Trade Commission has declared July “Made in USA Month,” and with that, issued a clear reminder to advertisers: patriotic...