31 Mar, 2023 China’s PI Certification for Cross-border Data Transfer: What You Need to Know By Justina Zhang Compliance with requirements on cross-border data transfers has become increasingly important for businesses operating in China. The...
31 Mar, 2023 Are Your Pearls "the most luminous of all"? By Jeff Greenbaum Mikimoto -- the well known jeweler that pioneered the production of cultured pearls -- sells pearls that it says are "the most luminous...
30 Mar, 2023 Google Launches Ads Transparency Center and Releases its 2022 "Ads Safety Report" By Jeff Greenbaum Google announced two big advertising-related developments yesterday -- the launch of its new Ads Transparency Center and the release of...
30 Mar, 2023 Hong Kong – First Anniversary of One Year in the Effective Safeguarding of Public Health through the Banning of Alternative Smoking Products (“ASP”) By Angus Forsyth The Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance (Cap. 371) of the Law of Hong Kong was amended with effect from the 30 April 2022 to establish the...
29 Mar, 2023 From Record Clubs to Retail Subscriptions: FTC Proposes Significant Expansion of Negative Option Rule By Paavana Kumar Alexa Meera Singh Ashley Haripal Negative option offers – such as prenotification plans, continuity programs, automatic renewals and free-to-pay conversions – allow a...
29 Mar, 2023 The SEC Takes on Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul and Six Other Celebrities Over Paid Crypto Posts By Allison Fitzpatrick Louis DiLorenzo Ashley Haripal The SEC charged eight celebrities, including Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul and Austin Mahone, with failing to disclose their commercial...
29 Mar, 2023 When Hosting Consumer Reviews, Are You Responsible for False Claims if You Investigate Them and Learn They're False? By Jeff Greenbaum Like other Better Business Bureau affiliates around the country, the BBB of Greater Maryland publishes online profiles of business and...
28 Mar, 2023 Does a Brand Name Communicate Where the Product was Made? By Jeff Greenbaum Cosmetics company L'Oreal sells products, such as shampoo, hairspray, and mascara, under the "L'Oreal Paris" brand name. Does the brand...
27 Mar, 2023 The Training Wheels are Off: The Copyright Implications of Training Generative AI By Marc Rachman Sarah Benowich Eva Jiménez With the introduction of several readily available applications, artificial intelligence (AI) has leaped into the mainstream and brought...
27 Mar, 2023 China New Internet Advertising Regulation-What Do You Need to Know By Justina Zhang On February 25, 2023, the State Administration for Market Regulation released the Measures for the Administration of Internet Advertising...
27 Mar, 2023 Utah’s First-of-its-Kind Social Media Laws Impose Sweeping Protections for Kids and Teens By Allison Fitzpatrick Gary A. Kibel Emily Catron Earlier this month, Utah’s Legislature quietly passed two significant social media bills aimed at protecting in-state children and teens...
27 Mar, 2023 Europe - Will An EU trademark Be Registered If It Contains 'F*cking'? By Maarten Haak Should a mark including the particle 'fucking' be registered as a trademark? Or is such sign contrary to accepted principles of morality?...
26 Mar, 2023 New guidance on using and abusing #AD... has this label now lost all meaning? By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor In case you missed it, on 23 March 2023, the ASA published an updated version of its guidance entitled "Making clear that an ad is an...
23 Mar, 2023 FTC Warns Marketers on AI Claims in Advertising By Allison Fitzpatrick Jeremy Merkel Ashley Haripal As anticipated in our earlier alert, artificial intelligence (AI) is proving to be a hot term for marketers in 2023. As AI’s popularity...
23 Mar, 2023 Banks Are Not So Friendly By Triana Uribe & Michelsen Ltda BAVARIA, the major beer producer in Colombia, issued a campaign called “The Friendship Bank”. This, rose several concerns, around the...
23 Mar, 2023 NCAA Seeks to Control NIL Madness this March, Signals Changes in Enforcement By James Johnston Andrew Richman While sports fans, bettors and office pool organizers turn their attention to the basketball court this March for another month of...