1/16/2025 2:13:02 PM Court Dismisses NYC's Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Companies for False Advertising By Jeff Greenbaum In 2021, the City of New York sued Exxon, Shell, BP, and the American Petroleum Institute, alleging that they violated New York City's...
5/10/2024 11:13:17 PM When Great Promotion Ideas Go Wrong: The Aftermath By Terri Seligman Last August, my colleague Kelly O’Donnell blogged about a promotion that went terribly awry. Twitch streamer Kai Cenat had announced to...
10/12/2023 10:16:21 PM You're Invited: NYC Bar's 22nd Annual "Hot Topics in Advertising & Marketing Law" By Jeff Greenbaum On Wednesday, October 18, 2023, the New York City Bar will be hosting a webinar, "Hot Topics in Advertising & Marketing Law." The...
3/8/2023 4:26:48 PM How Many Consumer Complaints Does it Take to Interest a Regulator? By Jeff Greenbaum Dorm2Dorm is a moving and storage company that targets college students. The company offers a service where it will pick up a student's...
10/22/2022 12:17:55 PM Retailer Settles With NYC Over Charges That it Violated the City's Cashless Ban Law By Jeff Greenbaum The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection announced that it reached a settlement with Van Leeuwen Ice Cream,...
10/5/2022 1:58:19 PM NYC Reaches $112K Settlement With For-Profit College Over False Advertising Charges By Jeff Greenbaum The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection announced that it entered into a settlement with ASA College, one of New...
7/19/2022 10:38:33 PM NYC Reaches $800K Settlement With Group of Used Car Dealers By Jeff Greenbaum Late last week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Commissioner Vilda Vera...
5/29/2022 4:57:17 PM New York Attorney General Issues Warning Letters for Overcharging for Baby Formula By Jeff Greenbaum New York Attorney General Letitia James sent warning letters to more than thirty retailers telling them to stop overcharging customers...
5/24/2022 11:26:46 AM Warning Retailers About Price Gouging, NYC Mayor Declares State of Emergency Related to Infant Formula By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency related to the shortage of supply of infant formula. By...
5/22/2022 3:42:06 PM NYC Proposes Amendments to City's Laws and Rules to Provide Some Relief to Retailers By Jeff Greenbaum In January, New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued a "Small Business Forward" Executive Order, calling on the New York City Department of...
5/5/2022 3:40:26 PM NYC Reaches $375K Settlement With Car Dealer Over False Advertising and Other Charges By Jeff Greenbaum The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection announced that it reached a settlement with JF Motors, which operates the...
2/14/2022 1:58:59 PM New Consumer Affairs Commissioner Appointed in New York City By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams appointed Vilda Vera Mayuga as the City's new Commissioner of the Department of Consumer and...
1/26/2022 1:38:38 AM NYC Requires Licensing of Third-Party Food Delivery Apps By Jeff Greenbaum This week, new laws went into effect in New York City that require third party food delivery apps to be licensed by the City's Department...
1/10/2022 7:09:47 PM NYC Mayor Issues Executive Order Calling for Regulation Reform and Reduced Penalties By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued his "Small Business Forward" Executive Order, calling on the City's Department of...
12/2/2021 1:31:06 PM Court Dismisses Challenge to NYC's Price Gouging Rule By Jeff Greenbaum The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York recently dismissed a challenge to New York City's price gouging...
11/16/2021 2:37:43 PM Selling Sexual Pleasure on the Subway? By Jeff Greenbaum In early 2019, the MTA -- which run New York's public transportation system -- refused to run advertising from Dame Products, a company...