02 Dec, 2024 It's (Been?) Time: Your VCMDA Compliance Reminder! By Jordyn Milewski As 2024 winds down, advertisers are sure to be thinking about their “to-do” lists for 2025. On that list (if you have not checked it off...
16 Sep, 2024 Home Depot Settles "Scanner Violation" Lawsuit with California District Attorneys By Jeff Greenbaum The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced that Home Depot agreed to pay nearly $2 million to settle charges that the...
10 May, 2024 With Monumental Price Transparency Law to Take Effect July 1, California AG Issues Compliance Guidance By Hannah Taylor As we blogged about late last year, beginning July 1, 2024, California's “Honest Pricing Law” or “Hidden Fees Statute,” SB 478 makes it...
03 Feb, 2024 Lawsuit Filed Against California Over Climate Disclosure Laws By Jordyn Milewski This week, a group of plaintiffs consisting of the US Chamber of Commerce, the California Chamber of Commerce, the American Farm Bureau...
04 Jan, 2024 With New California Rules About Making "Recyclable" Claims on the Horizon, CalRecycle Releases Preliminary Study By Jordyn Milewski In October of 2021, California passed a new law (known as “SB 343”) placing restrictions on the making of “recyclable” claims. ...
02 Jan, 2024 New CA Law Targets Gender Stereotyping in Toy Retailing By Terri Seligman A new year means new laws, rules and regulations. Advertising and consumer protection laws are no exception. We already posted about...
10 Dec, 2023 Enforcement Action Highlights Concerns About Dark Patterns, Deceptive Reviews and Endorsements, and Emerging Technology Claims By Jeff Greenbaum In late November, the Federal Trade Commission and the California Attorney General's Office reached a settlement with DNA testing company...
08 Dec, 2023 California (Apparently) Pushes Date for VCMDA Compliance to 2025 By Jeff Greenbaum In October, California enacted the Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosure Act, which requires advertisers to include specific disclosures on...
20 Oct, 2023 New California Law Requires Disclosures When Making Certain Environmental Claims By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this month, California enacted the Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act, which requires advertisers to include specific...
12 Oct, 2023 California Enacts Law Banning "Junk Fees" By Jeff Greenbaum The State of California just enacted a new law banning "junk fees." The law goes into effect on July 1, 2024. (Yesterday, the Federal...
19 Sep, 2023 California AG Sues Fossil Fuel Companies, Alleging They Misled Consumers About Climate Change By Jeff Greenbaum California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that he filed a lawsuit against five of the world's largest oil and gas companies, as...
15 Aug, 2023 SoCalGas Settles With California Attorney General Over "Renewable" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that he entered into a settlement with Southern California Gas Company, resolving...
31 Mar, 2023 CPRA Regs Are Now In Effect By Maria Nava The California Privacy Protection Agency has announced the end to the California Privacy Rights Act rulemaking process. The regulations...
27 Feb, 2023 California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act Impact: Five Things Advertisers Need to Know By Emma Smizer Rick Borden In a recent blog post, we covered a new California law, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (the “AADC”), that will have...
28 Jan, 2023 California Attorney General Issues New Round of Warning Letters for Alleged CCPA Violations By Daniel Goldberg Today (once again in connection with Data Privacy Day), California Attorney General Rob Bonta released a statement that his office has...
07 Jan, 2023 IAA Releases Next Edition of its "Privacy Download" Series By Jeff Greenbaum The International Advertising Association, in cooperation with the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance, just released the latest edition...