Join us for our Advertising Litigation Quarterly Highlights webinar series. Our Editorial Team will conduct a deep dive on key decisions of interest covered in our recent Advertising Litigation Reports....more
Join us for our Advertising Litigation Quarterly Highlights webinar series. Our Editorial Team will conduct a deep dive on key decisions of interest covered in our recent Advertising Litigation Reports....more
Judge Trims Proposed Class Action Over Wendy’s Data Breach -
Torres v. Wendy’s Int’l, LLC, No. 16-cv-0210 (PGB) (DCI) (M.D. Fla. Mar. 21, 2017).
A U.S. district court judge in Florida trimmed a proposed class action...more
5/1/2017
/ Advertising ,
Article III ,
Background Checks ,
Class Action ,
Credit Cards ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Email ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Grocery Stores ,
Hackers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Identity Theft ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Job Applicants ,
Malware ,
Neiman Marcus ,
Phishing Scams ,
Point of Sale Terminals ,
Retail Market ,
Standing ,
Wendy's
Negative Option Marketing Enforcement Actions in Federal Court -
A negative option is a provision in an offer or agreement to sell or provide any goods or services “under which the customer’s silence or failure to take...more
4/28/2017
/ Biodegradable ,
Cable Television Providers ,
DirecTV ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Internet Retailers ,
Made in the USA ,
Marketing ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Satellites ,
Subscribers ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Websites
The Colgate-Palmolive Company (Tom’s of Maine “Naturally Dry” Antiperspirant), NARB Panel Report No. 215 (Jan. 25, 2017) -
A National Advertising Review Board (NARB) panel determined that the National Advertising...more
4/27/2017
/ Advertising ,
Class Action ,
Colgate ,
False Advertising ,
Jurisdiction ,
Motor Vehicles ,
NAD ,
NARB ,
Natural Products ,
Oil & Gas ,
Shell Corporations ,
Third-Party Risk ,
Unilever
House Passes Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017 H.R.985 — 115th Congress -
In March 2017, the House passed the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017 by a vote of 220-201....more
4/26/2017
/ Advertising ,
Ascertainable Class ,
Beverage Manufacturers ,
CFCA ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
ConAgra ,
Consumer Fraud ,
False Advertising ,
FRCP 23 ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Proposed Legislation
Summary Judgment Affirmed for Defendant in Lanham Act Challenge to Statements Concerning Popularity of Advertiser’s Product, Scarcity of Challenger’s Product:
Verisign, Inc. v. XYZ.COM LLC, 848 F.3d 292 (4th Cir. 2017)...more
4/25/2017
/ Adult Entertainment ,
Article III ,
Domain Names ,
False Advertising ,
False Association ,
Foreign Manufacturers ,
Lanham Act ,
Medical Devices ,
Name and Likeness ,
Reputational Injury ,
Standing
Lanham Act False Advertising -
Lanham Act Liability for Native Advertising Violations -
Casper Sleep, Inc. v. Mitcham, --- F. Supp. 3d ---, No. 16 Civ. 3224 (JSR), 2016 WL 4574388 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 1, 2016)...more
2/2/2017
/ Advertising ,
All Natural ,
Article III ,
Campbell Ewald v Gomez ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Fraud ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Advertising ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Jurisdiction ,
Lanham Act ,
Misleading Impressions ,
Mootness ,
NAD ,
NARB ,
Native Advertising ,
Nutrition Facts Labels ,
Offer of Judgment ,
Online Reviews ,
Product Labels ,
Puffery ,
Rule 68 ,
SCOTUS ,
Slack-Fill Suits ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Standing