12/23/2025 11:48:19 PM The FTC Continues to Crack Down on Deceptive Subscriptions (Rulemaking or Not) By Jason Howell Kate Patton The FTC Continues to Crack Down on Deceptive Subscriptions (Rulemaking or Not) In October, our colleague Holly Melton read the tea leaves...
12/23/2025 1:54:44 PM New York State Expands Its Consumer Protection Law By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the "Fostering Affordability and Integrity Through Reasonable (FAIR)...
12/22/2025 8:30:29 PM FTC Sends Warning Letters To Companies: Don’t Mess With The Consumer Review Rule By Terri Seligman The FTC announced today that it sent letters to ten (unspecified) companies, warning them that it had “reason to believe” that each...
12/21/2025 6:40:05 PM SEC Issues Risk Alert On Use of Endorsements and Third-Party Ratings By Jeff Greenbaum The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Examinations recently published a Risk Alert to promote compliance with the...
12/19/2025 8:11:02 PM Oregon AG Settles With HelloFresh Over "Free" Offers By Jeff Greenbaum Last month, the Oregon Attorney General entered into a settlement with grocery delivery service HelloFresh, resolving allegations that...
12/16/2025 5:55:17 PM From Farm to Holiday Plate - USDA’s “Product of USA” Rule Raises the Stakes By Holly Melton For years, “Product of USA” has been a familiar origin claim on meat, poultry, and egg products, governed by USDA policy that focused...
12/16/2025 2:08:40 PM When is "Members-Only Pricing" Deceptive? By Jeff Greenbaum Members of Safeway's rewards program – Safeway for U – get members-only prices on various products offered for sale in the store. 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...
12/1/2025 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,...
11/17/2025 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...
11/8/2025 9:50:32 PM New York Attorney General Obtains $1.1 Million Settlement Over "Net Zero by 2040" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum In mid-2024, the New York Attorney General sued JBS USA Food Company and its affiliate for false advertising, alleging that the companies...
10/30/2025 2:10:55 PM If Your Product is "Climate Neutral Certified," Can it Still Cause Environmental Harm? By Jeff Greenbaum Mondelez promoted its ZBAR snack bars as being “climate neutral certified.” The bars were certified as “climate neutral” by the Change...
10/26/2025 1:43:50 PM California AG Settles With Plastic Bag Manufacturers Over "Recyclable" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum In late 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta launched an investigation into whether the “recyclable” claims made by a number of...
10/22/2025 10:12:53 AM FTC Obtains TRO Against Tax Debt Relief Company, Alleging That the Company was Impersonating the Government By Jeff Greenbaum Even though the Federal Trade Commission is closed due to the government shutdown, the agency, along with the Nevada Attorney General,...