5/12/2025 1:42:41 PM FTC Extends Deadline for Compliance With Updates to the Negative Option Rule By Jeff Greenbaum On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission voted to extend the deadline for compliance with the updated Negative Option Rule for 60 days. ...
5/6/2025 2:31:36 PM Does Food Styling Communicate Specific Product Claims? By Jeff Greenbaum A group of consumers sued Burger King, alleging that photos of the burgers in the company's advertising misled them about what they were...
5/5/2025 8:18:45 PM FTC Reaches Settlement Over Generative AI Detection Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just announced that it reached a settlement with Workado, LLC, resolving allegations that the company misled...
4/26/2025 3:57:46 PM You're Invited (in Cannes): "AI, Advertising, and the Future of Creativity" By Jeff Greenbaum The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance is hosting a very special event in Cannes on Tuesday, June 17th – “AI, Advertising, and the...
4/22/2025 2:24:48 PM Is a Disclosure Needed When a Brand is Paid to "Recommend" Another Brand? By Jeff Greenbaum When an advertiser engages an influencer to promote its products, advertisers are very familiar with the rule that the influencer must...
4/20/2025 4:07:43 PM Is "Wholesome" Puffery? By Jeff Greenbaum Nature's Bakery sells various flavors of fig bars. The company promotes the products with statements such as “what we bake in is as...
4/14/2025 1:46:30 PM You're Invited: Fireside Chat About ASCI's New Study, "Manifest - Masculinities Beyond the Mask" By Jeff Greenbaum On April 22nd, the International Advertising Association will be hosting a virtual fireside chat with Manisha Kapoor, the CEO and...
4/12/2025 3:41:26 PM With Tariffs Looming, Are You Planning on Making "Made in USA" Claims? By Jeff Greenbaum With tariffs – and fears about rising prices – on everyone's mind right now, companies that make their products in the United States are...
4/12/2025 1:51:37 PM FCC Grants One-Year Waiver for TCPA Consent Revocation Rule By Andrew Folks On April 7, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission issued an order delaying the effective date of a key provision in its Telephone...
4/11/2025 11:57:44 AM Court Dismisses Suit Over "Clinically Proven 72-Hour Odor Protection" Claim By Jeff Greenbaum Zenlen, Inc. sells a variety of Native brand personal care products, such as shampoo, body wash, and deodorant. A consumer sued the...
4/7/2025 10:55:01 AM FTC Highlights its Work Enforcing the (Relatively New) Impersonation Rule By Jeff Greenbaum About a year ago, the Federal Trade Commission's Rule on Impersonation of Government and Businesses went into effect. Essentially, the...
4/5/2025 12:12:09 PM Is this the largest advertising related fine in British legal history? By Brinsley Dresden CMA Investigation Uncovers Collusion in the Automotive Industry The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recently...
3/31/2025 9:16:04 PM Proudly Canadian: Navigating regulatory compliance for “Made in Canada” and “Product of Canada” claims By Jaclyne Reive Catherine Dennis Brooks In the wake of U.S. tariffs and tariff threats, Canadians are opting to “buy Canadian.” If you are thinking of showing off your products’...
3/30/2025 3:43:58 AM Mumbai Notebook - What are the Top Priorities for Advertising SROs? By Jeff Greenbaum At the International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation annual meeting in Mumbai last week, ICAS Director Sibylle Stanciu-Loeckx...
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...