06 Nov, 2024 New York Court Dismisses NYAG's Green Marketing Lawsuit Against Pepsi, Saying it "Strains the Bounds of Credulity" By Jeff Greenbaum In late 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James sued PepsiCo, alleging, among other things, that Pepsi failed to warn consumers...
04 Nov, 2024 Listen to Venable’s Ad Law Tool Kit Show Podcast – “Litigation Trends in Privacy Laws” By Shahin Rothermel Episode 5 of Venable’s Ad Law Tool Kit Show, Season 2,is now available. Listen to “Litigation Trends in Privacy Laws” here, or search for...
04 Nov, 2024 Hungarian Energy Drinks Association Faces Scrutiny: Misleading Health Claims Spark Competition Authority Probe By Aniko Keller Dorottya Moldovan The Hungarian Competition Authority (HCA) has found that since October 2023, the Hungarian Energy Drinks Association (EDA) has been using...
04 Nov, 2024 The 1st Portuguese Digital Influencer Advertising Guide: Mommies and Social Media By Ricardo Henriques Leonor de Sá e Frade On October 25th, 2024, the Portuguese General Directorship for Consumer Affairs (DGC) and the Portuguese General-Directorship for Health...
03 Nov, 2024 What About "Made Outside of the USA" Claims? By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission pays a great deal of attention to marketers' “Made in the USA” claims and whether they comply with the FTC's...
29 Oct, 2024 Green Claims: An Excerpt from the Advertising Law Tool Kit By Len Gordon Shahin Rothermel Join us as we spotlight select chapters of Venable’s popular Advertising Law Tool Kit, which helps marketing teams navigate the legal...
29 Oct, 2024 Business Groups Rush to File Federal Court Challenges to the FTC’s Negative Option “Click-to-Cancel” Rule By Len Gordon Ellen Berge Shahin Rothermel Jay Prapaisilp +1 more... Show less As we previewed last week, industry and trade groups wasted no time in filing challenges against the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC)...
28 Oct, 2024 Triple Trouble for Wizz Air: Hungarian Competition Authority Fines Airline Amid Two New Investigations By Aniko Keller Dorottya Moldovan In 2022, the Hungarian Competition Authority (HCA) carried out a fast-track comparative analysis which showed that most airlines use...
28 Oct, 2024 Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Committee issues Notification on the Deletion, Destruction, or De-Identification/Anonymization of Personal Data By Denise Mirandah On 13th August 2024, Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) issued a Notification on the Deletion, Destruction, or...
28 Oct, 2024 It's that time again: sign up now for Brinsley's fireside chat with Guy Parker of the ASA on Wednesday, 27th November By Brinsley Dresden In what has now become something of annual tradition, please join Brinsley Dresden and Guy Parker, Chief Executive of the Advertising...
26 Oct, 2024 Irish Data Protection Commission fines LinkedIn Ireland €310 million By Caroline Bouvier On October 24, 2024, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) published a Press Release to announce its final decision following an...
24 Oct, 2024 “Site Under Construction” - Websites Under Development Are Not Exempted From the Misleading Advertising Regulations By Violetta Kunze Vladislav Antonov Georgi Sulev The Bulgarian Commission for Protection of Competition („CPC”) established in a recent decision (CPC Decision 944/19.09.2024 – SRT...
24 Oct, 2024 What are the five main things to learn from our Campaigns in Crisis webinar? By Brinsley Dresden Oliver Fairhurst There can be few things worse than launching your Christmas campaign, then opening up your computer to be greeted by a social media post...
22 Oct, 2024 You're Invited: "2024 ANA Masters of Advertising Law Conference" By Jeff Greenbaum In November, the Association of National Advertisers will be hosting its annual Masters of Advertising Law Conference. It is being held...
22 Oct, 2024 Listen to Venable’s Ad Law Tool Kit Show Podcast – “Green Claims” By Shahin Rothermel Episode 4 of Venable’s Ad Law Tool Kit Show, Season 2,is now available. Listen to “Green Claims” here, or search for it in your favorite...
21 Oct, 2024 Advertisement Board: Use of Competitors' Trademarks as Keywords Leads to Unfair Competition By Hande Hançar Baran Güney Google Adwords / Google Ads, a type of commercial advertising that has emerged as a result of technological developments, allows...