Sep 26, 2024 California Passes New Legislation Prohibiting Unauthorized AI Replicas By Samantha Rothaus Jordan Thompson California’s 2024 legislative session has resulted in some major new protections against the harmful use of artificial intelligence...
Jul 18, 2024 NY Federal Court Says “Neigh” to Plaintiff’s Copyright Claim Against Megan Thee Stallion By Marc Rachman Danielle Zolot The well-known rapper, musician and songwriter Megan Thee Stallion recently saddled up and successfully defeated a copyright infringement...
Jul 18, 2024 New York Adopts Legislation to Protect Kids’ Privacy By Allison Fitzpatrick Gary A. Kibel Emily Catron The New York State Legislature has passed two significant laws designed to protect children’s and teen’s privacy: the Stop Addictive...
Jul 18, 2024 Going for Olympic Gold: Marketers Hope to Reach the Podium in Paris, even if not on the “Official” Team By James Johnston Andrew Richman Just about everyone dreams of participating in the Olympics – walking among the parade of nations, being draped with a bronze, silver, or...
Jul 18, 2024 This Content is Not Intended for Mature Audiences: CARU Investigates Disclosures on the Vlad and Niki YouTube Channel By Allison Fitzpatrick Alexa Meera Singh Ashley Haripal Through the Children’s Advertising Review Unit’s (CARU) routine monitoring activities, CARU opened an investigation into the “Vlad and...
Jul 18, 2024 Taking Out the Trash: New Junk Fee Laws Impact Pricing Practices By Paavana Kumar Ashley Haripal We are about to see an enormous uptick in federal and state regulation of “junk fees” – and the class action bar is undoubtedly preparing...
May 06, 2024 California to Require Registration for Cause Marketing Campaigns By Louis DiLorenzo Paavana Kumar New state regulations will dramatically overhaul the way retailers and advertisers must approach cause marketing activities in California...
May 06, 2024 SAG-AFTRA’s New Low Budget Digital Waiver By Samantha Rothaus Howard Weingrad Jordan Thompson Talent costs will be impacted under the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA)’s new Low...
Jan 25, 2024 2024 Top 10 Advertising + Marketing Trends: Balancing Risks & Rewards By Claudia Cohen Louis DiLorenzo Allison Fitzpatrick James Johnston Paavana Kumar Andrew Richman Samantha Rothaus Alexa Meera Singh Joy Wildes +6 more... Show less The marketing and advertising landscape in 2024 presents a complex tapestry of evolving regulations, groundbreaking technological...
Jan 15, 2024 FTC Finalizes CARS Rule By Ronald Urbach Alexa Meera Singh The FTC’s Combating Auto Retail Scams rule (CARS Rule), intended to target bait-and-switch tactics and hidden junk fees in vehicle...
Dec 13, 2023 Whose Ad is it Anyway? NAD Finds “Sponsored” Insufficient Disclosure of Material Connection in Social Posts By Allison Fitzpatrick Alexa Meera Singh Ashley Haripal The FTC recently updated its Endorsement Guides, in part to provide clarity and guidance on sufficient disclosure of material connections...
Nov 28, 2023 U.S. Data Broker Legislation Expands to Include Texas and Oregon By Gary A. Kibel Zachary Klein Four states now have laws that create rules and registration requirements for data brokers. While initially limited to Vermont’s 2018...
Nov 27, 2023 The Copyright Crackdown Continues: Sony Music Sues Cosmetics Brand Over Social Media Videos By Sara Edelman Gia Wakil Halloween is supposed to be spooky, but this year, Ofra Cosmetics got quite the fright. On October 31, Sony Music Entertainment sued Ofra...
Oct 12, 2023 CARU’s New Metaverse Guidelines: Safeguarding Children in the Digital Frontier By Allison Fitzpatrick The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU), a division of BBB National Programs, recently announced guidelines for child-directed...
Oct 05, 2023 Insights from the 2023 NAD Conference: ESG, Dark Patterns, AI & More By Ronald Urbach Alexa Meera Singh The recent National Advertising Division (NAD) annual conference focused on the latest developments in advertising law, including issues...
Oct 02, 2023 California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Blocked on Constitutional Grounds By Allison Fitzpatrick Gary A. Kibel Jeremy Merkel California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) was temporarily blocked by a federal court judge who found that the law likely violates...