9/29/2025 10:50:08 PM NAD Reviews Strikethrough Pricing as Class Action Risks Mount By Hannah Taylor It is rare for the National Advertising Division (NAD) to review strikethrough pricing, but its recent decision in Renpho US (Renpho Elis...
9/28/2025 6:37:37 PM Philadelphia Sues S.C. Johnson and Bimbo Bakeries Over "Recyclable" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The City of Philadelphia sued S.C. Johnson & Son, the manufacturer of Ziploc bags, and Bimbo Bakeries, the largest bakery company in the...
9/26/2025 1:28:22 PM You're Invited: IAE's "Global Ethics Day" By Jeff Greenbaum On October 15th, the Institute for Advertising Ethics will be hosting a half-day event, “Ethics Re-Envisioned: Building Trust at Every...
9/23/2025 4:29:22 PM The May Massacre: Firings, AI, and Constitutional Crisis at the Copyright Office By Brian Murphy These are extraordinary times. And this is an extraordinary case. In 2020, Shira Perlmutter was appointed Register of Copyrights by Dr....
9/22/2025 8:09:28 PM Supreme Court Says Slaughter Stays Off the FTC (At Least for Now) By Jeff Greenbaum In March, President Trump fired the two Democratic Commissioners on the Federal Trade Commission, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro...
9/19/2025 3:20:16 PM FTC and States Sue Live Nation/Ticketmaster Over Deceptive Ticketing Practices By Holly Melton On September 17, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission, joined by seven state attorneys general, sued Live Nation Entertainment and its...
9/16/2025 1:37:35 PM Rust-Oleum to Settle "Earth Friendly" Lawsuit for $1.5M By Jeff Greenbaum Rust-Oleum sells a line of Krud Kutter cleaning products, which the company promotes as “non-toxic” and “earth friendly.” A consumer...
9/15/2025 11:28:02 AM Ninth Circuit Ponders: Striking Similarity or (Penny) Dreadful Coincidence? By Brian Murphy "Murder & Roses: Victorian London Crime and Scandals” is an online forum (possibly found here) where fans can spin tales of crime and...
9/12/2025 8:28:46 PM FTC Launches Inquiry Into AI Chatbots Acting as Companions: What It Means for Advertisers and Platforms By Holly Melton FTC Launches Inquiry Into AI Chatbots Acting as Companions: What It Means for Advertisers and Platforms On September 11, 2025, the...
9/11/2025 4:42:18 PM FDA Plans to End (Most) Broadcast Drug Advertising and Other Deceptive Drug Ads By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this week, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration announced that it is stepping up its enforcement related to misleading...
9/9/2025 8:00:12 PM Even When NAD Doesn't Decide, It Decides By Terri Seligman Two recent NAD Decisions provide some insights into NAD’s view of its own jurisdiction and its tools for addressing recalcitrant...
9/9/2025 12:15:08 PM ICAS Global Think Tank Releases "Think Pieces" on AI By Jeff Greenbaum The International Council for Ad Self-Regulation's Global Think Tank just released its first think pieces – two papers on artificial...
9/8/2025 7:51:13 PM Temu Stumbles into the Enforcement Spotlight: First Enforcement of the INFORM Consumers Act By Holly Melton What just happened? On September 5, 2025, the FTC dropped the hammer: Whaleco, Inc., better known as Temu, agreed to pay a $2 million...
9/8/2025 3:56:58 PM Psychic Readings and Legal Proceedings: Miss Cleo and Copyright Law By Brian Murphy In the 1990s, commercials for pay-by-the-minute 1-900 phone services were ubiquitous, especially in the wee hours of the morning. In the...
9/8/2025 3:55:50 PM Slaughter's Reinstatement to the FTC Put on Hold by Chief Justice Roberts By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the D.C. Circuit reinstated Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to the Federal Trade Commission after she had been fired by President...
9/8/2025 2:25:37 PM Speakers Announced for IAA's "Navigating Evolving Rules on Digital Marketing" Event in Milan By Jeff Greenbaum In connection with the International Advertising Association's Creativity4Better conference, which is being held in Milan this year, the...