2/23/2026 10:40:35 PM Use of Kurt Cobain Photo in Blog Post is Copyright Infringement, but Nevermind the Damages By Brian Murphy Defendant Line Financial Health Network operates a financial app called Beem. On February 20, 2023 – about two months before tax returns...
2/23/2026 10:38:11 PM AGs Warn Companies About Signing on to Environmental Groups' Standards By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this month, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, along with the Attorneys General of nine other states, sent a letter to...
2/21/2026 2:35:55 PM What Does "Dishwasher Safe" Mean? By Jeff Greenbaum Walgreens sells Complete Home Heavy Duty plastic cutlery. The front and the back of the packaging are labeled “DISHWASHER SAFE” and...
2/13/2026 10:28:26 PM FTC Warns Apple That "Liberal Bias" In Apple News May Violate FTC Act By Terri Seligman No sooner did I leave the stage at our Ad Law Summit than an alert lit up my phone with the news of an FTC warning letter. This one...
2/11/2026 4:53:14 PM Texas AG Settles With Cal-Maine Foods Over Price Gouging Claims By Jeff Greenbaum Last month, Cal-Maine Foods reached a settlement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, resolving allegations that the company engaged...
2/8/2026 10:32:57 PM Is the Cocoa in Oreos "Sustainably" Sourced? By Jeff Greenbaum Mondelez International, the maker of Oreos, advertises that its cookies include “100% Sustainably Sourced Cocoa.” Mondelez also...
1/30/2026 11:00:12 PM Surprise! (Not) - FTC Announces Two Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking By Holly Melton The Federal Trade Commission closed out January with a bang. Today, the agency announced that it submitted two Advanced Notices of...
1/29/2026 6:52:07 PM Key Takeaways from the FTC’s Age Verification Workshop By Holly Melton On January 28, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission hosted a virtual public workshop examining age-verification technologies and their role...
1/25/2026 11:45:30 PM Institute for Advertising Ethics Issues Updated Principles By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the Institute for Advertising Ethics released its updated IAE Principles, which have been revised to address “the ethical...
1/18/2026 7:59:59 AM Texas AG Launches Investigation Over "Organic" Produce Claims By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that he launched an investigation into whether grocery chains that spray organic...
1/15/2026 7:14:28 AM Apples to Apples. Literally. By Terri Seligman In a recent case, Ahold Delhaize USA, operator of a number of grocery store chains, including Food Lion, Hannaford, Stop & Shop, and...
1/14/2026 8:28:00 PM FTC Finalizes GM/OnStar Order Over Geolocation Data Practices By Holly Melton The FTC’s January 2026 final order against GM and its OnStar subsidiary marks the culmination of a long-running investigation into how...
1/14/2026 1:24:02 AM Enabling Deception Has Consequences — Even Years Later By Holly Melton The Federal Trade Commission recently filed a contempt motion against Cliq, Inc. (formerly CardFlex, Inc.) and its principals. The motion...
1/12/2026 7:24:58 PM FTC Year in Review: 2025 Priorities and the Road Ahead By Holly Melton In 2025, the FTC devoted significant resources to consumer protection. Both its public statements and enforcement activity made the...
1/12/2026 12:56:25 PM FCC Delays TCPA Consent Revocation Rule, Again By Andrew Folks On January 6, 2026, the FCC extended its waiver of 2024 rules requiring businesses to honor consent revocation requests uniformly across...
1/10/2026 10:51:47 PM Menards Enters Into Multi-State Settlement Over Rebate and Pricing Practices By Jeff Greenbaum Right before the holidays, the big-box retailer Menards entered into an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance with the Attorneys General of...