Jan 30, 2024 Is "Earth Friendly" a Claim or Non-Actionable Puffery? By Jeff Greenbaum Rust-Oleum sells a line of Krud Kutter cleaning products, which the company promotes as “non-toxic” and “earth friendly.” A consumer...
Jan 27, 2024 FTC Obtains Largest-Ever "Made in USA" Settlement By Jeff Greenbaum On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it reached a $2,000,000 settlement with tractor maker Kubota North America...
Jan 25, 2024 2024 Top 10 Advertising + Marketing Trends: Balancing Risks & Rewards By Claudia Cohen Louis DiLorenzo Allison Fitzpatrick James Johnston Paavana Kumar Andrew Richman Samantha Rothaus Alexa Meera Singh Joy Wildes +6 more... Show less The marketing and advertising landscape in 2024 presents a complex tapestry of evolving regulations, groundbreaking technological...
Jan 24, 2024 Employee Monitoring: The French Data Protection Authority Fined Amazon France Logistique €32 Million By Caroline Bouvier On December 27, 2023, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) fined AMAZON FRANCE LOGISTIQUE €32 million for setting up an...
Jan 24, 2024 Aggravated Scrutiny for Consumer Reviews By Baran Güney Hande Hançar Consumer reviews are of great importance in online shopping as they enable consumers to form their opinion in terms of the features and...
Jan 24, 2024 Maryland Rings in the New Year with an Expanded Telemarketing Law By Ellen Berge By Ellen T. Berge & Jay Prapaisilp Telemarketers celebrating the new year should be aware of Maryland’s new telemarketing law, Stop the...
Jan 24, 2024 Fake Reviews and Drip Pricing to be blacklisted under new UK consumer laws By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Alex Meloy Fleur Chenevix-Trench When the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (DMCC) was introduced to parliament last year, there was some surprise that it...
Jan 23, 2024 French Montana and the Scope of Copyright Protection for Sound Recordings vs. Compositions By Brian Murphy You have to tip your hi-hat to Eddie Lee Richardson, a/k/a Hotwire the Producer, a/k/a the plaintiff in this case. When he was 16 years...
Jan 22, 2024 California Publishes Legislative Intent to Push Compliance Date for VCMDA By Jordyn Milewski As expected, California's Assembly Daily Journal has just published a letter of legislative intent regarding the compliance date for...
Jan 22, 2024 EVENT: Is your company ready for the UK consumer law REVOLUTION? By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor When it comes to UK consumer law, some big changes are coming. The changes are to be found less in the substance - though there are some...
Jan 19, 2024 Now That Carnivals Are Coming By Triana Uribe & Michelsen Ltda In Colombia, there is a general warning to the consumer public concerning the risk of suffocation and asphyxia due to the use of masks...
Jan 18, 2024 FTC Bans Lead Generator from Participating in Robocalls in $7 Million Settlement By Shahin Rothermel By Shahin O. Rothermel & Jay Prapaisilp The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a Proposed Stipulated Order with lead generator...
Jan 18, 2024 The Garden State Has a New Privacy Law (You Got a Problem With That?) By Gary A. Kibel Zachary Klein Jeremy Merkel On January 16, 2024 Governor Phil Murphy signed into law New Jersey Senate Bill 332 (SB332). The new law will go into effect on January...
Jan 15, 2024 Unwrapping the FTC’s Proposed Updates to the COPPA Rule By Allison Fitzpatrick Gary A. Kibel Jeremy Merkel On December 20th, the FTC announced proposed changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA), which was last updated in...
Jan 15, 2024 FTC Finalizes CARS Rule By Ronald Urbach Alexa Meera Singh The FTC’s Combating Auto Retail Scams rule (CARS Rule), intended to target bait-and-switch tactics and hidden junk fees in vehicle...
Jan 15, 2024 Norwegians blue after parroting a claim that isn't as green as the pine-lined fjords By Brinsley Dresden British people of a certain age associate two things with the Norwegians. The first is the Monty Python Norwegian Blue sketch. The...