8/31/2024 7:31:26 PM USDA Releases New Guidance on Animal-Raising and Environmental Claims By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it just released updated guidance on making animal-raising and environmental...
8/29/2024 3:44:02 PM Is greenhushing stifling green innovation? By Brinsley Dresden Like most middle-aged men, I'm a small boy at heart. I like cars and ships and trains and even aircraft, provided I don't have to fly in...
8/27/2024 4:45:14 PM Singapore Cracks Down on Digital Scams with New Online Safety Measures By Denise Mirandah Beginning June 26 2024, Carousell and Facebook in Singapore must verify "risky" sellers and advertisers against government records...
8/27/2024 4:37:58 PM Thailand: PDPC Fines Major It Products Retailer THB 7 Million Following Data Breach By Denise Mirandah On 21st August 2024, the Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) of Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) announced...
8/26/2024 5:19:30 PM FTC Fines Car Companies $10 Million Calling Out Influencers and Endorsers By Len Gordon Jay Prapaisilp This summer the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has turned up the heat on two companies that provide extended car repair coverage,...
8/26/2024 5:09:40 PM Selling Products in Quebec? The Charter of the French Language now has updated regulations By Alexandre Ajami In Miller Thomson's January 30, 2024 article, we reported on the publication of a draft regulation (the “Draft Regulation”) to amend the...
8/26/2024 4:56:06 PM Argentina- Decree 743.2024 Modifications to Digital Signature Regulation By Damaso Pardo On August 19th of the current year, Decree No. 743/2024 (hereinafter the “Decree”) was published in the Official Gazette of the Argentine...
8/26/2024 3:16:42 PM FTC Pursues Auto Dealer For Misleading Pricing and Other Illegal Practices By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it reached a $2.6 million settlement with Arizona-based Coulter Motor Company, resolving...
8/23/2024 9:22:52 AM Consultation on calculation of turnover suggest big fines, especially for conglomerates, under DMCC Act. By Brinsley Dresden Helen Hart The principle that the punishment must fit the crime has long since moved on from the notion that all miscreants must suffer the same...
8/20/2024 8:44:12 PM Advertising Food, Beverages or to Children? New ASA Codes Will Apply… By Julika Wahlmann-Smith Brooke Taylor There is growing awareness amongst regulators regarding the susceptibility of children and other impressionable audiences to certain...
8/20/2024 8:40:11 PM Competition Bureau Launches Public Consultation and Publishes Digest on Greenwashing Provisions By Jaclyne Reive Eric Dufour Devin Persaud On June 20, 2024, the Government of Canada passed Bill C-59 amending certain provisions in the Competition Act (the “Act”). In...
8/19/2024 10:53:18 PM FTC Steps on Career Step and Alleged Inflated Promises of Employment Opportunities By Len Gordon William Lawrence In July, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought a complaint against Career Step LLC for targeting servicemembers with...
8/19/2024 10:46:47 PM What’s the FTC “Up To?” Arise Virtual Solutions and the Gig Economy By Len Gordon William Lawrence Last month, in a joint effort with the Department of Labor (DOL), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settled an action against Arise...
8/19/2024 10:43:19 PM Not About the Ingredients but About the Goods By Sandra Ávila-González Sometimes it is important to go back to the basics. Let us recap. All the terms of the advertisement are binding for the advertiser when...
8/18/2024 10:41:40 PM When Can You Make a "Made With" Claim? By Jeff Greenbaum Schwan's Consumer Brands sells “Mrs. Smith's Dutch Apple Pie" that has an “original flaky crust made with real butter.” What does “made...
8/16/2024 2:10:40 PM Predictably, an Oral License to Use Beat Track in Song Results in Copyright Infringement Case By Brian Murphy Plaintiff Brian White is a professional musician who writes and records beat tracks that he sometimes licenses to other artists. (We Got...