3/19/2025 3:43:34 AM ICAS Announces Winners of the ICAS Awards By Jeff Greenbaum At the International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation annual meeting, which is being held this week in Mumbai, ICAS announced the...
3/13/2025 12:50:36 PM U.S. Supreme Court Allows State Cases Against Fossil Fuel Companies to Continue By Jeff Greenbaum In May 2024, a group of nineteen states went to the U.S. Supreme Court and sought permission to file a lawsuit in the Court against the...
3/10/2025 6:19:07 PM FTC Announces "Top Scams of 2024" By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just released data showing the top “scams” reported to the FTC in 2024. As the FTC explained, “Those...
3/9/2025 10:53:03 PM What are the President's Consumer Protection Priorities? By Jeff Greenbaum On March 6th, President Trump issued a proclamation declaring the week of March 2nd to be National Consumer Protection Week. While this...
3/8/2025 2:25:18 PM NYAG Releases Top Ten Categories of Consumer Complaints for 2024 By Jeff Greenbaum In connection with National Consumer Protection Week, New York Attorney General Letitia James released a list of the top 10 types of...
3/4/2025 4:00:56 PM Court Allows "Made in USA" Lawsuit Against Reynolds to Continue By Jeff Greenbaum Reynolds Consumer Products promotes its aluminum foil as “Made in USA.” In a lawsuit brought in the Southern District of New York, a...
2/27/2025 11:26:24 PM San Diego Notebook -- Thoughts From FTC Commissioner Holyoak on the Green Guides By Jeff Greenbaum FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak was one of the keynote speakers at this week's Consumer Brands Association annual CPG Legal Forum. She...
2/24/2025 1:07:02 PM FCC Issues Warning Over "Payola" Practices By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission issued an Enforcement Advisory warning radio broadcasters not to engage in...
2/20/2025 3:28:42 PM Court Dismisses Consumer Lawsuit Over Lululemon's "Be Planet" Campaign By Jeff Greenbaum In 2020, “athleisure” fashion brand Lululemon launched its “Be Planet” marketing campaign. As part of the campaign, Lululemon made a...
2/19/2025 3:16:22 PM Can You Add Advertising to an Ad-Free Service? By Jeff Greenbaum When consumers subscribe to Amazon Prime, they get free shipping, access to Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Music, and other benefits. Up...
2/15/2025 2:43:04 PM Court Dismisses New York Attorney General's Lawsuit Over "Net Zero" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum About a year ago, the New York Attorney General sued JBS Food Company and JBS USA Food Company Holdings (together, “JBS”) in New York...
2/9/2025 1:32:22 PM CFPB (Apparently) Shuts Down Operations By Jeff Greenbaum According to media reports, Russell Vought, the Director of the Office and Management and Budget, who is also serving as the Acting...
2/7/2025 1:49:44 PM Yrefy Enters Into $750K Settlement With Massachusetts Over Use of Celebrity Endorsers By Jeff Greenbaum The Securities Division of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts just entered into a settlement with Yrefy, a...
2/4/2025 12:49:23 AM FTC Closes Two "Made in USA" Inquiries By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission recently closed two investigations into marketers' “Made in USA” claims. Here's a quick recap. The FTC...
2/2/2025 3:07:53 PM Big Ass Fans Settles With California DAs Over "Clean Air" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum A group of District Attorneys in California reached a settlement with Big Ass Fans, resolving allegations that the company misled...
1/27/2025 6:22:21 PM Hoping to Advertise on Mars? By Jeff Greenbaum With President Trump pledging to send astronauts to Mars, cutting-edge advertisers may be wondering whether we can plant more than just...