03 Apr, 2024 Are Candy Canes for Kids? By Jeff Greenbaum Do candy canes have special attractiveness to kids? That was the issue in a recent decision issued by the Distilled Spirits Council of...
08 Mar, 2024 New York Proposes Bill Targeting Unhealthy Food Advertising to Children, with Broader Implications By Shahin Rothermel Claudia Lewis New York quietly proposed a bill intended to protect children from advertising of unhealthy foods and the “disastrous health outcomes...
05 Oct, 2023 CARU Releases "Metaverse Guardrails" Outlining Best Practices for Advertising to Children in the Metaverse By Jordyn Milewski This week, the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) released its “Metaverse Guardrails” which it says are “intended to be a set of...
23 Feb, 2023 Top 10 Issues for 2023 By Allison Fitzpatrick James Johnston Paavana Kumar Brooke Singer Louis DiLorenzo Alexa Meera Singh +3 more... Show less The top advertising and marketing issues this year are largely focused on one theme: Protection. Marketers will need to be aware of...
06 Feb, 2023 DISCUS Says Fireball Whisky's "Adult Trick-or-Treat" Promotion Violates its Guidelines That Prohibit Advertising Appealing to Children By Jeff Greenbaum For Halloween, the Sazerac Company launched a Halloween-themed promotion which entailed selling "adult trick-or-treat" bags filled with...
05 Dec, 2022 ICYMI -- GALA's 2022 Webinars Are Now on YouTube By Jeff Greenbaum Every year, the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance presents webinars on a wide variety of important advertising law topics affecting...
21 Sep, 2022 Betway fined £400,000 for marketing on children’s website pages By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor The Gambling Commission has announced that online gambling business Betway Limited will pay a £408,915 penalty for marketing on the...
24 Aug, 2022 CARU Issues Compliance Warning Regarding Children's Advertising in the Metaverse By Jeff Greenbaum BBB National Programs' Children's Advertising Review Unit issued a Compliance Warning, advising marketers that CARU's advertising...
14 Jun, 2022 FTC to “Crack Down” on Ed Tech’s Use of Children’s Data By Allison Fitzpatrick Gary A. Kibel Brittney Cox The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously approved a Policy Statement that focuses on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act’s...
27 May, 2022 Part IV -- FTC's Proposed Revisions to the Endorsement Guides (Experts, Organizations, and Kids) By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the Federal Trade Commission released its long-awaited, proposed revisions to its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements...
16 May, 2022 DCMS Select Committee calls for more powers for ASA and CMA to deal with influencer culture By Brinsley Dresden Last week the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee finally published its long-awaited report into influencer...
08 Mar, 2022 Social Media’s Potential Harms Continue To Be In the Spotlight By Allison Fitzpatrick Alexa Meera Singh President Biden, during his first State of the Union address, called on Congress to “strengthen privacy protections, ban targeted...
07 Jan, 2022 You're Invited: Fireside Chat with UNICEF on Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Advertising By Jeff Greenbaum On Wednesday, January 19th, the International Advertising Association is hosting a virtual fireside chat with Shreyasi Jha, Senior Gender...
21 Oct, 2021 UNICEF Releases Playbook to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in Advertising By Jeff Greenbaum UNICEF just released, "Promoting diversity and inclusion in advertising: a UNICEF playbook," which provides guidance about how to avoid...
03 Aug, 2021 FTC Dings Coloring Book App for Drawing Outside COPPA Privacy Lines By Allison Fitzpatrick Gary A. Kibel The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced a settlement with Kuuhuub Inc., the operator of an online coloring book app, along...
26 Feb, 2021 The Italian Advertising Self-Regulatory Body Has Issued a New Regulation on Food and Beverage Promotion to Protect Children and Healthy Eating By Fabiana Bisceglia Donata Cordone On February 9, 2021, the Italian Advertising Self-Regulatory Body (“IAP”) published a new regulation (the “Regulation”) aimed at...