11/15/2025 11:30:55 PM If You're Buying Fireball, Are you Buying Whisky or a Malt Beverage? By Jeff Greenbaum Sazerac sells Fireball Cinnamon Whisky and Parrot Bay Rum. Sazerac also sells Fireball and Parrot Bay branded malt beverages in similar...
8/13/2025 8:18:11 PM Does A “Closer-Than-Usual Working Relationship” Mandate a Disclosure? By Terri Seligman Did I mention that NAD has a lot to say about influencer disclosures? A new NAD SWIFT case (Report #7489) spotlights an issue that is not...
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...
6/27/2025 11:45:41 AM X Bans Hashtags in Ads: What's Next for Influencer Disclosures? By Jeff Greenbaum Yesterday, Elon Musk announced that X (formerly known as Twitter) will no longer permit hashtags to be used in advertising that appears...
6/3/2025 2:22:17 PM FINRA Obtains $1.6M Settlement Over Influencer Posts By Jeff Greenbaum In May, Webull Financial agreed to pay a $1.6 million fine to settle charges brought by the Financial lndustry Regulatory Authority that...
10/19/2024 2:47:51 PM When Does "All" Mean "All"? By Jeff Greenbaum Entenmann's sells All Butter Loaf Cake. In case you're worried, this blog post isn't about a lawsuit over whether consumers believe that...
7/28/2024 1:38:41 PM Cameo Enters Into Multistate Settlement Over Endorsement Practices By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a 30-state settlement with Cameo, the celebrity video app, resolving...
7/2/2024 3:44:35 PM Can a Violation of State Consumer Protection Law be Based on a Failure to Comply with the FTC's Endorsement Guides? By Jeff Greenbaum As part of its marketing efforts for Blue Ice Vodka, 21st Century Spirits engages influencers to promote the product in social media. In...
6/16/2024 2:59:06 PM Court Allows FTC's Lawsuit Over Amazon Prime's Sign-Up and Cancellation Procedures to Continue By Jeff Greenbaum Last year, the Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon, alleging that the company violated Section 5 of the FTC Act, as well as ROSCA (the...
5/17/2024 3:46:38 PM Connecticut AG Sues Altice Over "Junk Fees" By Jeff Greenbaum Connecticut Attorney General William Tong recently sued internet service provider Altice USA, alleging that the company charged illegal...
11/18/2023 3:22:09 PM FTC's New Warning Letters About Influencer Disclosures Include Important Guidance for Marketers By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the Federal Trade Commission sent warning letters to two trade associations and a dozen influencers that the trade...
10/11/2023 11:49:42 AM FTC Proposes Rule on "Junk Fees" By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it is proposing a rule prohibiting "junk fees," which the FTC called, "hidden and bogus fees...
7/2/2023 6:45:59 PM FTC Proposes New Rule on Fake Reviews and Other Misleading Endorsement Practices By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a new rule intended to combat the use of fake reviews and other misleading endorsement...
5/19/2023 1:02:03 PM H&M's "More Sustainable" Claim is Not Misleading, Court Says By Jeff Greenbaum H&M sells a line of "conscious choice" clothing, which are clothes that are "created with a little extra consideration for the planet." ...
5/1/2023 3:31:34 PM Think Twice Before Putting Your Disclosures Behind a "More Information" Link or an "i" By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission has been raising lots of concerns lately about the ways in which advertisers are using (or misusing) online...
3/17/2023 1:05:28 PM FTC Issues Orders to Social Media and Video Streaming Platforms to Provide Information on Their Advertising Practices By Jeff Greenbaum Asserting that fraud on social media is "surging," the Federal Trade Commission issued orders to eight social media and video streaming...