9/28/2025 6:37:37 PM Philadelphia Sues S.C. Johnson and Bimbo Bakeries Over "Recyclable" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The City of Philadelphia sued S.C. Johnson & Son, the manufacturer of Ziploc bags, and Bimbo Bakeries, the largest bakery company in the...
9/26/2025 3:16:11 PM ECA Digital in Brazil: A New Legal Framework for Child Protection in the Digital Age By Roberta Medina Valdir Rocha On September 17, 2025, Brazil enacted Law No. 15,211/2025, formally establishing the Digital Statute for Children and Adolescents (“ECA...
9/26/2025 1:28:22 PM You're Invited: IAE's "Global Ethics Day" By Jeff Greenbaum On October 15th, the Institute for Advertising Ethics will be hosting a half-day event, “Ethics Re-Envisioned: Building Trust at Every...
9/25/2025 1:00:31 PM FTC Lessons Learned: Chegg’s $7.5 Million ROSCA Settlement By Paavana Kumar The FTC is reinvigorating its focus on fraudulent practices in e-commerce — and subscription services are in the spotlight. On September...
9/25/2025 12:58:19 PM Inside NAD 2025: Trends, Takeaways and What’s Next By Ronald Urbach Alexa Meera Singh The National Advertising Division (NAD) is the self-regulatory adjudicative body for the advertising industry. We attended and...
9/23/2025 4:29:22 PM The May Massacre: Firings, AI, and Constitutional Crisis at the Copyright Office By Brian Murphy These are extraordinary times. And this is an extraordinary case. In 2020, Shira Perlmutter was appointed Register of Copyrights by Dr....
9/22/2025 1:49:08 PM Like after-dinner mints, CAP finally serves up its draft CAP guidance on less healthy foods. By Brinsley Dresden Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Rebecca Moore Following the UK government's recent publication of the Advertising (Less Healthy Food and Drink) (Brand Advertising Exemption)...
9/16/2025 1:37:35 PM Rust-Oleum to Settle "Earth Friendly" Lawsuit for $1.5M 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...
9/15/2025 3:13:44 PM Will This Elephant Fly Away? By Maarten Haak Impossible Foods cannot block the registration of the device of a flying elephant and the words IMPOSSIBLE BAKERS as an EU mark, so the...
9/12/2025 6:20:06 PM Austrian Government Prepares Bill Against “Shrinkflation” By Dr. Stefan Kofler In the food retail sector, there is a growing trend to reduce package sizes while the price remains the same or is even increased. For...
9/11/2025 4:42:18 PM FDA Plans to End (Most) Broadcast Drug Advertising and Other Deceptive Drug Ads By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this week, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration announced that it is stepping up its enforcement related to misleading...
9/9/2025 12:19:42 PM International Council for Ad Self-Regulation Global Think Tank Releases AI "Think Pieces" By Jeff Greenbaum The International Council for Ad Self-Regulation's Global Think Tank just released its first think pieces – two papers on artificial...
9/8/2025 2:25:37 PM Speakers Announced for IAA's "Navigating Evolving Rules on Digital Marketing" Event in Milan By Jeff Greenbaum In connection with the International Advertising Association's Creativity4Better conference, which is being held in Milan this year, the...
9/2/2025 1:36:05 PM Green Advertising in Brazil: Between Ethical Boundaries and Greenwashing Risks By Bruna Rego Lins Advertising has long been a powerful tool to shape consumer behavior, but in recent years a new challenge has emerged: how to responsibly...
9/2/2025 1:27:12 PM Bollywood’s Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone Booked for Endorsing Hyundai Car By Sharad Vadehra Kanu Priya Aakriti Vadehra A magistrate’s court in Rajasthan, India recently directed the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against Hyundai Motor...
9/2/2025 1:22:54 PM Kenya’s 2025 Alcohol Policy: A Game-Changer for Advertising and Marketing? By Taria Khaoma David Opijah On 30 July 2025, the Kenyan government unveiled a bold new strategy aimed at tackling alcohol and substance abuse. The National Policy on...