28 Oct, 2019 A New Challenge for FDA? By Len Gordon By Todd Halpern Two Executive Orders Continue Trump Administration Efforts to Restrain Agency Policymaking Last week, President Trump...
28 Oct, 2019 New Requirements for Subscription Merchants Accepting Visa Cards By Len Gordon By Ellen Berge, Ari Rothman, and Shahin Rothermel Subscription merchants that take payment by Visa cards will have new acceptance,...
28 Oct, 2019 Do you have your French slogan? Compliant signage required in Quebec (Canada) by November 24, 2019 By Kelly Harris The grace period for Canadian retailers with storefronts in the province of Quebec is coming to a close. By November 24, 2019, a generic...
24 Oct, 2019 Watchdog Finds Carcinogens in 23 Spice Products By Angus Forsyth Mind your spice products - ? contain Carcinogens. Dried spices can contain aflatoxins (AFs) or ochratoxin A (OTA) or both. These are both...
23 Oct, 2019 The FTC’s Negative View of Negative Options – Are Expanded Regulations Coming? By Len Gordon By Ellen Berge and Len Gordon The Federal Trade Commission’s “Negative Option Rule” is up for review, and the FTC is steering toward...
23 Oct, 2019 CONATEL Publishes First Official Domain Name Regulation in Venezuela By Teresa Le Maitre By Ricardo E. Antequera On September 24th 2019, the Administrative Regulation for the National Plan for “.ve” Domain Names was issued by...
23 Oct, 2019 FTC’s COPPA Rule Workshop: A Summary of Priorities from Advocates and Industry, and the FTC’s Poker Face By Len Gordon By Melissa Steinman, Christopher Crook, and Kathleen Sheridan The Federal Trade Commission held a workshop yesterday in Washington, D.C.,...
22 Oct, 2019 Urgent feedback needed for ASA review of competitor complaints procedures By Brinsley Dresden We recently received a letter from the ASA asking for feedback about their competitor complaints procedure. We are planning to make our...
17 Oct, 2019 We Got The Beet: Trademark Claims and Puns By Len Gordon By David Fink and Whitney Tolar Lettuce Turnip the Beet: When puns are “functional” In LTTB LLC v. Redbubble, Inc., plaintiff LTTB, an...
17 Oct, 2019 Join GALA at the Annual ANA/BAA Marketing Law Conference By Jeff Greenbaum The ANA/BAA Marketing Law Conference will be held this year on November 4-6, 2019, in San Diego. Many members of the Global Advertising...
17 Oct, 2019 Update Required for Youth Esports By Len Gordon by Christopher Crook and Kathleen Sheridan Many in the industry are familiar with the following scenario. A young gamer, grinding...
15 Oct, 2019 Advance Marketing Clearances – An Important Tool to Ensure a Successful Marketing Campaign By Mikael Segercrantz By Verna Syrjänen and Mikael Segercrantz Clearing marketing campaigns and marketing materials in advance with marketing law specialists...
14 Oct, 2019 Cookie consent is a box-ticking exercise after all! By Alex Meloy The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has provided welcome clarity on the consent requirements around the use of cookies by website...
14 Oct, 2019 Singapore - Breach The Obligations Imposed By The PDPA, And Face Penalties By Denise Mirandah In two recent decisions issued by the Personal Data Protection Commission (‘PDPC’), investigations were carried out under Section 50(1)...
10 Oct, 2019 #StrikeAPose #CopyrightInfringement By Len Gordon By Meaghan Kent, Katherine Dearing, and Danae Tinelli Supermodel Jelena Noura “Gigi” Hadid was not the first celebrity to be photographed...
10 Oct, 2019 FTC Workshop on “Made in USA” Claims By Len Gordon Being able to advertise your product as “Made in the USA” can be a key advantage to marketers and is an attribute that is important to...