12/11/2025 9:58:32 PM Enactment of the Personal Data Protection Law By Lorena Mersan The Executive Branch of Paraguay has enacted Law No. 7593/2025, establishing a comprehensive legal framework for the protection of...
12/10/2025 5:34:58 PM Ninth Circuit Affirms the FTC’s Authority to Seek Damages After AMG Capital By Len Gordon Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision issuing a permanent injunction and over $7 million in sanctions against...
12/10/2025 4:53:02 PM FTC Bans Seek Capital in $48 Million Settlement By Len Gordon Micah Wallen Just days after the federal government shutdown came to an end, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wasted no time returning to...
12/10/2025 10:32:08 AM ASA clears Absolut’s Keith Haring campaign: no breach of youth appeal rules By Brinsley Dresden Geraint Lloyd-Taylor The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that a series of Absolut Vodka ads featuring Keith Haring’s artwork did not breach the...
12/8/2025 1:19:15 PM Court Allows Connecticut Attorney General's "Greenwashing" Case Against ExxonMobil to Continue By Jeff Greenbaum Several years ago, the Connecticut Attorney General sued ExxonMobil, alleging that the company had engaged in a decades-long “systematic...
12/3/2025 8:29:06 AM After the ASA upholds complaints against Nike, Lacoste and Superdry, is the regulator’s AI detection system going to put AI enabled distribution systems out of fashion? By Brinsley Dresden On Wednesday 3 December, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) published three fascinating decisions about ads in the fashion sector....
12/1/2025 1:27:32 PM GALA Elects New Global Officers -- Dresden to Become New Global Chairman By Jeff Greenbaum The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance is very pleased to announce that it has elected its new global officers, effective January 1,...
11/25/2025 9:01:33 PM Surprise Boxes: Mystery or Risk for Consumers? By Hande Hançar Baran Güney In recent years, the concept of “mystery boxes” or “surprise boxes” has become increasingly popular, taking a central place in the...
11/24/2025 8:01:39 PM New York AG Secures $1.1 Million Settlement with JBS Over Greenwashing and Net Zero Claims By Len Gordon By Leonard L. Gordon & Eden Caliendo This week, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a $1.1 million settlement with JBS USA...
11/21/2025 8:43:45 PM FTC’s Melissa Holyoak Outlines Consumer Protection Focus at ANA Advertising Law Conference By Len Gordon Jay Prapaisilp In her remarks at this year’s ANA Masters of Advertising Law Conference, Commissioner Melissa Holyoak of the Federal Trade Commission...
11/21/2025 8:40:34 PM New Zealand Government Moves to Toughen Penalties for Misleading Advertising By Julika Wahlmann-Smith New Zealand’s Finance and Commerce and Consumer Affairs Ministers have announced the Government’s plans to introduce legislation in early...
11/20/2025 3:01:47 PM Thailand’s PDPC Signals Tougher Enforcement with Multi-Million Baht Fines By Denise Mirandah Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) has made it clear that the era of warnings and gentle reminders is over. On 1 August...
11/17/2025 3:56:35 PM Sanction for Misleading Advertising by the Argentine Securities and Exchange Commission By Franco Raffinetti On October 22, 2025, Resolution RRFCO-2025-312-APN-DIR#CNV (hereinafter, the “Resolution”) was published by the Argentine Securities and...
11/17/2025 3:52:15 PM Amendments to the Advertising Regime in Argentina By Franco Raffinetti On November 3, 2025, Resolution No. 446/2025 (hereinafter, the “Resolution”) was published in the Official Gazette of the Argentine...
11/17/2025 1:37:55 PM NC and Utah AGs Launch AI Task Force By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Utah Attorney General Derek Brown announced that they had formed a bipartisan...
11/15/2025 11:30:55 PM If You're Buying Fireball, Are you Buying Whisky or a Malt Beverage? By Jeff Greenbaum Sazerac sells Fireball Cinnamon Whisky and Parrot Bay Rum. Sazerac also sells Fireball and Parrot Bay branded malt beverages in similar...