12 Aug, 2024 You're Invited: "Environmental Claims and the Law: Navigating a Rapidly Shifting Landscape" By Jeff Greenbaum As part of Climate Week NYC, Frankfurt Kurnit will be hosting a program, “Environmental Marketing Claims and the Law: Navigating a...
26 Apr, 2024 Save the Date: GALA in Cannes By Jeff Greenbaum The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance will be hosting a “Breakfast Meet-Up on Sustainability & Advertising” in Cannes on June 18, 2024....
31 Mar, 2024 Can You Claim You're "Sustainable" if You've Got a Certification to Back it Up? By Jeff Greenbaum ConAgra makes frozen fish products – such as Mrs. Paul's Crispy Battered Fillets and Van De Kamp's Fish Sticks – which it advertises as...
27 Feb, 2024 Making Green Claims? Keep in Mind New State Laws By Len Gordon Shahin Rothermel By Leonard L. Gordon, Shahin O. Rothermel, Tyler Welti & Kaelyne Yumul Wietelman As we anxiously await the Federal Trade Commission’s...
11 Feb, 2024 Does a "Recyclable" Product Actually Have to be Accepted by Recycling Facilities? By Jeff Greenbaum Can you promote that a product is recyclable, when it's made of recyclable plastic, if that product isn't widely accepted by recycling...
15 Aug, 2023 SoCalGas Settles With California Attorney General Over "Renewable" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that he entered into a settlement with Southern California Gas Company, resolving...
03 Aug, 2023 Can You Promote a Product as "Compostable" When There Are Significant Limitations on How it Can be Composted? By Jeff Greenbaum Dog products company Earth Rated sells "Earth Rated Poop Bags" that were promoted as "certified compostable." The idea here is that you...
06 Jun, 2023 You're Invited: "New Developments in Environmental Marketing Regulation -- Americas" By Jeff Greenbaum On Wednesday, June 28th at 9:00 a.m. EDT, the International Advertising Association will be hosting a webinar, "New Developments in...
02 Jun, 2023 Talking Trash: Takeaways from FTC Workshop on Recyclable Claims By Ronald Urbach Alexa Meera Singh The FTC is in the process of reviewing – and potentially revising – its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (Green...
31 May, 2023 You're Invited: "Hot Topics in Global Environmental Marketing" Webinar By Jeff Greenbaum On July 13th, the Practicing Law Institute will be hosting a webinar, "Hot Topics in Global Environmental Marketing." The webinar, which...
26 May, 2023 Notebook from D.C. -- Some Thoughts About the FTC's Green Guides Workshop By Jeff Greenbaum Last last year, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it was seeking public comment on proposed revisions to its Guides for the Use...
19 May, 2023 H&M's "More Sustainable" Claim is Not Misleading, Court Says By Jeff Greenbaum H&M sells a line of "conscious choice" clothing, which are clothes that are "created with a little extra consideration for the planet." ...
03 May, 2023 FTC Releases Agenda for Green Guides Workshop By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just released the agenda for its "Talking Trash at the FTC: Recyclable Claims and the Green Guides"...
20 Apr, 2023 You're Invited: "New Developments in Environmental Marketing Regulation -- Europe" By Jeff Greenbaum The International Advertising Association is sponsoring a webinar, "New Developments in Environmental Marketing Regulation -- Europe,"...
14 Dec, 2022 FTC Seeks Public Comment on Potential Revisions to the Green Guides and on a Possible Rulemaking By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier today, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to its Guides for the Use...
09 Sep, 2022 Is Farm-Raised Fish "Sustainably Sourced"? By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission's Green Guides provide guidance on how to make environmental marketing claims that are truthful and not...