18 Nov, 2024 Foul! SEC Faults Investment Adviser for Inadequate Disclosures on Professional Athlete Endorsements By Len Gordon Jay Prapaisilp The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) isn’t the only regulator in town when it comes to endorsements and testimonials. The Securities and...
03 Sep, 2024 Façade, Fraud: FTC Final Rule Banning Fake Reviews By Len Gordon By Leonard L. Gordon, Shannon Sansom & Ellis McKennie On August 14, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a final rule aimed at...
10 Aug, 2024 CarShield Pays $10M to Settle FTC Charges That It Used Misleading Ads and Endorsements By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it reached a settlement with CarShield, a marketer of vehicle service contracts, along with...
28 Jul, 2024 Cameo Enters Into Multistate Settlement Over Endorsement Practices By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a 30-state settlement with Cameo, the celebrity video app, resolving...
18 Jul, 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...
09 Apr, 2024 Social Media, Influencers, and Endorsements: An Excerpt from the Advertising Law Tool Kit By Melissa Steinman Join us as we spotlight select chapters of Venable’s popular Advertising Law Tool Kit, which helps marketing teams navigate their...
08 Apr, 2024 Listen to Episode 8 of Venable’s Ad Law Tool Kit Show—”Social Media, Influencers, and Endorsements” By Shahin Rothermel Episode 8 of the Ad Law Tool Kit Show, “Social Media, Influencers, and Endorsements,” is now available. Listen here, or search for it in...
16 Feb, 2024 You're Invited: "Consumer Endorsements and Reviews -- An International Perspective" By Jeff Greenbaum On February 21st, the American Bar Association is hosting a webinar, “Consumer Endorsements and Reviews – an International Perspective.” ...
18 Dec, 2023 You're Invited: "Consumer Endorsements and Reviews -- An International Perspective" By Jeff Greenbaum On February 21, 2024, the American Bar Association's Antitrust Law Section will be sponsoring a webinar, “Consumer Endorsements and...
10 Dec, 2023 Enforcement Action Highlights Concerns About Dark Patterns, Deceptive Reviews and Endorsements, and Emerging Technology Claims By Jeff Greenbaum In late November, the Federal Trade Commission and the California Attorney General's Office reached a settlement with DNA testing company...
12 Oct, 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...
22 Sep, 2023 Blurred Lines: FTC Report Finds Blurred Advertising Can Harm Kids By Allison Fitzpatrick Paavana Kumar Alexa Meera Singh Can you always tell when influencers are paid to feature a product in their content? Or if a brand is behind an unboxing video? Or if an...
05 Jul, 2023 14 Years in the Making: FTC Unveils Updated FTC Endorsement Guides By Paavana Kumar Allison Fitzpatrick Alexa Meera Singh Today, the FTC announced its newly revised and long-awaited Endorsement Guides, which aim to update and clarify previous guidance...
02 Jul, 2023 FTC Proposes New Rule on Fake Reviews and Other Misleading Endorsement Practices By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a new rule intended to combat the use of fake reviews and other misleading endorsement...
30 Jun, 2023 FTC Releases Updated Endorsement Guides and Proposes New Rule on Fake Reviews By Jeff Greenbaum Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission released its updated Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in advertising. ...
08 May, 2023 FTC Orders The Bountiful Company to Pay $600,000 in Fines in First Case Challenging “Review Hijacking” By Paavana Kumar Alexa Meera Singh Ashley Haripal Given the increasing reliance consumers have on product reviews when making purchase decisions, the FTC is honing in on companies’...