08 April, 2025 Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Nondelegation Case Implicating the Powers of Administrative Agencies By Craig Gilley Len Gordon By Craig A. Gilley, Leonard L. Gordon & Megan Barbero On March 26, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Federal Communications...
08 April, 2025 The National Advertising Division By Len Gordon Join us as we spotlight select chapters of Venable’s popular Advertising Law Tool Kit, which helps marketing teams navigate their...
08 April, 2025 Eco-Friendly or Eco-Fiction? By Baran Güney The Advertisement Board (“Board”) reviewed numerous advertisements containing claims related to the environment in accordance with the...
08 April, 2025 Grainwashing: When Whole Grain Isn’t Whole at All By Aniko Keller Viktor Halupka In January 2024, the Hungarian Competition Authority (HCA) launched a competition investigation against Lidl Hungary following suspicions...
08 April, 2025 India Scraps 6% Equalisation Levy ("Google Tax") on Online Ads By Sharad Vadehra Aakriti Vadehra Introduction The Indian government has officially withdrawn the 6% Equalisation Levy (EL)—commonly known as the "Google Tax"—which was...
07 April, 2025 Received an adverse ASA decision? The CMA might be coming for you next! By Brinsley Dresden Advertisers sometimes think that they needn't worry too much about investigations by the Advertising Standards Authority, because the ASA...
07 April, 2025 FTC Highlights its Work Enforcing the (Relatively New) Impersonation Rule By Jeff Greenbaum About a year ago, the Federal Trade Commission's Rule on Impersonation of Government and Businesses went into effect. Essentially, the...
05 April, 2025 Is this the largest advertising related fine in British legal history? By Brinsley Dresden CMA Investigation Uncovers Collusion in the Automotive Industry The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recently...
31 March, 2025 Proudly Canadian: Navigating regulatory compliance for “Made in Canada” and “Product of Canada” claims By Jaclyne Reive Catherine Dennis Brooks In the wake of U.S. tariffs and tariff threats, Canadians are opting to “buy Canadian.” If you are thinking of showing off your products’...
30 March, 2025 Mumbai Notebook - What are the Top Priorities for Advertising SROs? By Jeff Greenbaum At the International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation annual meeting in Mumbai last week, ICAS Director Sibylle Stanciu-Loeckx...
28 March, 2025 Let us help you navigate the future of green claims in the EU By Brinsley Dresden On Tuesday 25th March, I was joined for an online chat by my friend Daniël Haije, a Partner at the Amsterdam law firm of Hoogenraad &...
26 March, 2025 Bar Council of India Cracks Down on Legal Advertising and Influencer Culture By Sharad Vadehra Aakriti Vadehra On March 17, 2025, the Bar Council of India (BCI) issued a strong rebuke to what it called a disturbing rise in unethical legal...
25 March, 2025 FTC Files Brief Defending “Click to Cancel” Negative Option Rule By Len Gordon Ellen Berge Shahin Rothermel Jay Prapaisilp +1 more... Show less Ending speculation and uncertainty about whether new leadership at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) would repeal or continue to defend...
25 March, 2025 Trump Fires Democratic FTC Commissioners, Setting Up a Direct Challenge to Humphrey’s Executor By Len Gordon By Leonard L. Gordon & Megan Barbero On March 18, President Trump fired the two Democratic commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission...
20 March, 2025 Trump Dismisses Democratic FTC Commissioners By Ronald Urbach Alexa Meera Singh On Tuesday March 18, President Donald Trump fired the two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Rebecca Kelly...
19 March, 2025 National Advertising Division Targets Celebrity, Influencer, and Third-Party Marketing in Recent Decisions By Shahin Rothermel Jay Prapaisilp The National Advertising Division (NAD) recently issued a series of decisions addressing influencer and third-party marketing. The NAD is...