Dec 30, 2023 Turkish Constitutional Court Annuls Advertisement Board’s Power to Block Access to Websites By Hande Hançar Baran Güney Turkish Constitutional Court (“Court”) annulled the paragraph 12 of Article 77 of the Consumer Protection Law, which granted the...
Dec 28, 2023 What is "Advertising" Under the DISCUS Code? By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this year, Whisky Magazine wrote an article about Woodford Reserve Master Distiller Elizabeth McCall, which included a photo of...
Dec 20, 2023 Prevent Blue Monday: Join us for the Lewis Silkin Adlaw Annual Review 2024, and have something to look forward to after the holidays! By Brinsley Dresden Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Jo Farmer Bryony Long +1 more... Show less Blue Monday is the third Monday in January, and is widely recognised as the most depressing day of the year, coming as it does after the...
Dec 19, 2023 Happy Holidays From GALA! By Jeff Greenbaum All of us at the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance wish you a very happy and healthy holiday season. We look forward to working with...
Dec 18, 2023 You're Invited: "Consumer Endorsements and Reviews -- An International Perspective" By Jeff Greenbaum On February 21, 2024, the American Bar Association's Antitrust Law Section will be sponsoring a webinar, “Consumer Endorsements and...
Dec 18, 2023 FTC Reaches Settlement with Marketer Over "Made in USA" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced it reached a settlement with Old Southern Brass resolving allegations that the company made false...
Dec 14, 2023 IAA's "Privacy Download" on the EU Digital Services Act By Jeff Greenbaum The International Advertising Association just released the latest video in its “Privacy Download” series. In this video, Tin Kolenko,...
Dec 13, 2023 Whose Ad is it Anyway? NAD Finds “Sponsored” Insufficient Disclosure of Material Connection in Social Posts By Allison Fitzpatrick Alexa Meera Singh Ashley Haripal The FTC recently updated its Endorsement Guides, in part to provide clarity and guidance on sufficient disclosure of material connections...
Dec 13, 2023 FTC Releases New "Combating Auto Retail Scams Rule" By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it just finalized the “Combating Auto Retail Scams Rule” (the “CARS Rule”) in order to combat...
Dec 11, 2023 A Copyright Quiz: Find the Infringement! By Brian Murphy For many years, the plaintiff was part-owner and lead designer for a company that made stationery and office supplies. The plaintiff...
Dec 10, 2023 Enforcement Action Highlights Concerns About Dark Patterns, Deceptive Reviews and Endorsements, and Emerging Technology Claims By Jeff Greenbaum In late November, the Federal Trade Commission and the California Attorney General's Office reached a settlement with DNA testing company...
Dec 09, 2023 DGA and AICP Reach Tentative Agreement on New Commercial Contract By Jeff Greenbaum Yesterday, the Directors Guild of America and the Association of Independent Commercial Producers reached a tentative agreement on a new...
Dec 08, 2023 California (Apparently) Pushes Date for VCMDA Compliance to 2025 By Jeff Greenbaum In October, California enacted the Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosure Act, which requires advertisers to include specific disclosures on...
Dec 06, 2023 Plaintiffs' Argument that Meta's Large Language Model is an Infringing Derivative Work Makes Judge's Head Explode 🤯 By Brian Murphy Today I report on another opinion out of the Central District of California that addresses whether generative AI tools infringe upon the...
Dec 06, 2023 Is it possible for airlines to make green claims without being shot down in flames by the ASA? By Brinsley Dresden Today’s publication of three upheld complaints by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) against three different airlines for...
Dec 04, 2023 Two Courts, Two Ad Campaigns, and Copyright's Idea-Expression Dichotomy By Brian Murphy Lawyers say this to clients all the time: you can’t copyright an idea; copyright protection extends only to an author's original...