10 Aug, 2021 Please Substantiate Responsibly: NAD Looks at “Up To” Claim for Hangover Supplement By Terri Seligman As part of NAD's initiative with the Council for Responsible Nutrition, CRN challenged More Labs' advertising for its Morning Recovery...
03 Aug, 2021 What Happens When NAD Refers a Matter to the FTC? By Terri Seligman As we blogged about earlier this summer, NAD referred advertising for The Coldest Water, LLC to the FTC after the advertiser failed to...
22 Jan, 2019 NAD Examines PayPal Advertising and Looks to CFPB for Guidance By Terri Seligman As part of its routine monitoring program, where it examines claims on its own initiation without a competitor challenge, NAD initiated...
02 Dec, 2018 Here Comes the Sun! By Terri Seligman The National Advertising Division (NAD) has issued two decisions recently concerning advertising for dietary supplements that purport to...
27 Nov, 2018 NAD Dissatisfied With E.D. Supplement Ads By Terri Seligman NAD requested substantiation from Health Club Diet for a number of claims in its advertising for Androzene, a dietary supplement for...
20 Nov, 2018 Sports Drink Ads Sent to FTC By Terri Seligman There’s a long tradition of upstart brands taking on established brands in their advertising: it’s a way of getting attention and of...
08 Nov, 2018 Health in a bottle By Terri Seligman Sometimes you see an ad and you think “No! That can’t possibly be real!” (Readers of this blog may recall my post about Gem Water and...
02 Nov, 2018 ERSP: No, Not Just Something Kermit Would Say By Terri Seligman When I saw an interesting recent press release from The Electronic Retailing Self Regulatory Program ("ERSP") concerning its review of...
26 Oct, 2018 NAD to FTC...What Next? By Terri Seligman The FTC has long provided full-throated support of self-regulation in the advertising arena and, specifically, of the work of the...
21 Oct, 2018 Law School Exam Part 3: Real People Real Stuff (Testimonials) By Terri Seligman The NYC subways: the gift that keeps on giving, at least for an ad law fiend like me, if not for commuters. I saw a banner this week...
12 Oct, 2018 Terms and Conditions Apply By Terri Seligman Back on the subway this morning, I was checking out the ads and remarking* that many include offers where “terms apply.” Sometimes...
07 Oct, 2018 Law School Exam Part 2: Is it Puffery? By Terri Seligman I have a hate-love thing with the NYC subway. This morning, my colleague Tyler tweeted that he heard the following announcement on his...
20 Sep, 2018 Use of Affiliate Links Does Not Necessarily Transform Editorial Content into Advertising Says NAD By Terri Seligman In a significant new Decision, NAD has declined jurisdiction over content in Buzzfeed’s “Shopping Guide” because of its determination...
17 Jul, 2018 New NAD Case Provides Roadmap for Health Claims By Terri Seligman As part of its routine monitoring program and in conjunction with NAD’s initiative with the Council for Responsible Nutrition, NAD opened...
10 May, 2018 "Less Sore. More Smiles." Not Puffery Says NAD By Terri Seligman As some of my colleagues commented when I told them that I was going to blog about NAD’s recent decision involving Carmex Cold Sore...
31 Jan, 2018 Woof! NAD Reviews Environmental and Food Safety Claims By Terri Seligman Claims made by Olivet were challenged before NAD by Van Ness Plastic Molding Company, Inc., a competing manufacturer of plastic pet food...