The National Advertising Division (“NAD”) resolved a beef between makers of competing meat stick products, Link Snacks Inc. and We Are The Chompions, LLC (“Chomps”). Link Snacks challenged Chomps’ non-specific carbon neutral...more
The National Advertising Division—an industry-leading self-regulatory agency that resolves advertising disputes—recently issued its 2024 annual report (available here). The Kilpatrick Advertising and Marketing Team, which...more
The National Advertising Division (“NAD”) issued a new decision with helpful guidance for advertisers making performance claims about skincare products. NAD’s review of advertiser SolaWave’s substantiation for a wide range of...more
The National Advertising Division (“NAD”) has referred two advertising claims made by Charter Communications to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after Charter declined to participate in self-regulatory challenges to those...more
The ANA Masters of Advertising Law Conference is among the highlights of the year in the world of advertising law. It is the rare legal conference that covers such a broad array of legal issues under one large “advertising...more
The Federal Trade Commission’s crackdown on misleading and deceptive endorsement practices continues, this time with a set of proposed updates to the Endorsement Guides (the “Guides”). The FTC’s May 19th proposals come hot on...more
A federal court recently held that a customer could sue ALDI, a national food retailer, for false advertising based on an on-pack claim for a salmon product that read: “Simple. Sustainable. Seafood.” The use of “Sustainable”...more
The Federal Trade Commission is getting even more serious about fake reviews and misleading endorsements. While in recent years the FTC has brought a few enforcement proceedings that resulted in settlements, on October 13,...more