5/12/2025 1:42:41 PM FTC Extends Deadline for Compliance With Updates to the Negative Option Rule By Jeff Greenbaum On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission voted to extend the deadline for compliance with the updated Negative Option Rule for 60 days. ...
5/8/2025 12:16:07 PM RSPCA vindicated, but only after ASA goes down a rabbit hole. By Brinsley Dresden Nearly 10 months after initiating an investigation into advertising by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals...
5/7/2025 3:23:01 PM Transparency in Pricing: The Case of 'From €X' By Ricardo Henriques Leonor de Sá e Frade Catarina Rodrigues Rocha On March 5th, 2025, the Ethics’ Jury [the first instance decision-making body of the Portuguese Advertising Self-Regulator (ARP –...
5/7/2025 2:57:37 PM Trouble in Hong Kong’s All New Event Paradise? By Anthony Leung In his 2024 policy address, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee made building Hong Kong into an events hub one of his priorities....
5/6/2025 2:31:36 PM Does Food Styling Communicate Specific Product Claims? By Jeff Greenbaum A group of consumers sued Burger King, alleging that photos of the burgers in the company's advertising misled them about what they were...
5/5/2025 10:58:08 PM Eight Questions Advertisers Should Be Asking About Tariffs By Shahin Rothermel By Shahin O. Rothermel, Ashley Craig, Jay Prapaisilp & Si (Steven) Lin The Trump administration transformed global trade policies by...
5/5/2025 10:54:36 PM FCC Approves Narrow Delay of New TCPA Revocation Rule By Craig Gilley Shahin Rothermel Ellis McKennie III On April 7, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a limited waiver delaying by an additional year the effective date of...
5/5/2025 8:18:45 PM FTC Reaches Settlement Over Generative AI Detection Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just announced that it reached a settlement with Workado, LLC, resolving allegations that the company misled...
5/5/2025 2:44:39 AM Apple violated U.S. court order, ending Apple’s 27% “commission” on external purchases By Emma Smizer As the saying goes, justice delayed is justice denied. Or perhaps more accurately, a bad apple spoils the bunch. On April 30, 2025,...
5/2/2025 11:43:38 AM Is the ASA on Ozempic? By Brinsley Dresden Geraint Lloyd-Taylor The ASA has issued its Annual Report on its work in 2024. And it's very slim. Not that it was bloated before (we don't want to be rude...
4/28/2025 2:06:00 PM The Cost of Misleading Advertising in India By Sharad Vadehra Kanu Priya Aakriti Vadehra The Cost of Misleading Advertising in India Introduction Misleading advertising remains a significant concern for consumer protection...
4/26/2025 3:57:46 PM You're Invited (in Cannes): "AI, Advertising, and the Future of Creativity" By Jeff Greenbaum The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance is hosting a very special event in Cannes on Tuesday, June 17th – “AI, Advertising, and the...
4/22/2025 6:01:17 PM Data Protection Principle 4(1) of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance By Angus Forsyth This principle 4(1) requires data users to take all practicable steps to protect security of collected personal data against unauthorised...
4/22/2025 2:24:48 PM Is a Disclosure Needed When a Brand is Paid to "Recommend" Another Brand? By Jeff Greenbaum When an advertiser engages an influencer to promote its products, advertisers are very familiar with the rule that the influencer must...
4/21/2025 9:26:37 PM Key Takeaways from Venable’s 11th Annual Advertising Law Symposium By Len Gordon Venable’s Advertising and Marketing Group hosted its 11th Advertising Law Symposium at our offices in Washington, DC on March 20. The...
4/21/2025 9:17:26 PM Draft Regulation on the Use of Cannabidiol (CBD) in Food Products By Sandra Ávila-González Draft Regulation on the Use of Cannabidiol (CBD) in Food Products The Colombian government, through the Ministry of Health and Social...