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(Podcast) The Briefing: When a TikTok Costs You $150,000 - Copyright Pitfalls in Influencer Marketing
The Briefing: When a TikTok Costs You $150,000 - Copyright Pitfalls in Influencer Marketing
(Podcast) The Briefing: Influencer Fail – ALO Yoga & Influencers Named in $150M Class Action Lawsuit for FTC Violations
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LEGAL ALERT | NAD Finds Kevin Hart’s Social Media Disclosures Insufficient in Monitoring Decisions
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Episode 120: Tim Cecere, President of St. Francis College in Brooklyn – Marketing and Advertising
FTC Regulatory and Enforcement Shifts Under New Leadership
Key Takeaways from Frontlines of Ad Campaigns Gone Wrong and Critical Claim Substantiation Missteps
(Podcast) The Briefing – Creator Contract Liability When Your Platform Disappears: The TikTok Ban
The Briefing – Creator Contract Liability When Your Platform Disappears: The TikTok Ban
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Plaintiff Scraps False Ad Suit Claiming Joe Rogan's "Alpha Brain" Deceives Consumers - So long, Alpha Brain false advertising lawsuit—we hardly knew ye. And now that the parties in the lawsuit alleging that controversial...more
Native Deodorant False Ad Dismissed As Court Finds Plaintiff's Contradictions Don't Pass the Smell Test - A proposed class action alleging that Native Deodorant falsely advertises its "natural" deodorant as offering...more
A beauty influencer posted a video on TikTok that purported to show how Huda Beauty’s Easy Bake Setting Spray is stronger and lasts longer than Charlotte Tilbury Beauty’s competing spray. Huda reposted the video on its...more
Yesterday, we posted about a decision in which P&G challenged claims that Rascals made about the absorption capabilities of its diapers. Rascals also advertised: “210,000+ 5-star reviews of Rascals Products.” P&G thought...more
The National Advertising Division (“NAD”) recently took Total Wireless, a prepaid brand under Verizon, to task for a TV commercial that blurred the lines between two separate offers, leaving consumers potentially confused....more
Reckitt Benckiser Tastes Sweet Success as Mucinex Honey False Ad Dismissed - Plaintiffs alleging that Reckitt Benckiser falsely advertised certain Mucinex products as containing honey failed to sufficiently allege that the...more
Last year, T-Mobile ran a commercial in which Snoop Dogg breaks down Patrick Mahomes’ “top three plays of the day” with additional commentary from influencer Kai Cenat. Mahomes scrambles into a T-Mobile store with a “little...more
FTC's Final Junk Fees Rule Narrowed in Scope - On December 17, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its final Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees, commonly known as the "Junk Fees Rule." This final rule has a...more
Teslas are everywhere these days, including for a while longer at the courthouse defending a class action lawsuit that will proceed for now. Plaintiffs' allegations that Tesla misled consumers about the self-driving features...more
Plaintiff Says Splenda 100% Natural Ad Claims Leave a Bitter Taste - A class action lawsuit accuses the makers of Splenda Naturals Stevia, a sugar alternative, of misleading consumers with the claim that the product is...more
The National Advertising Division of BBB National Programs (NAD) recommended last month that Stihl Incorporated USA (Stihl), a manufacturer of equipment and tools, discontinue or modify its unqualified “Made in America”...more
Last week, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against the world’s largest beef producer JBS USA Food Company and JBS USA Food Company Holdings (JBS Group). The lawsuit challenges the company’s claim that...more
2nd Circuit Affirms Something's Off With Plaintiffs' Suit Against Nature's Bounty for its Fish Oil Claims - The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit refused to revive a class action lawsuit alleging that Nature's Bounty...more
The end of a year and the beginning of a new one can be a time of reflection and a time for thinking about the future and what it may hold. It is a time for making lists of resolutions, goals, and aspirations...more
FTC Warns Influencers That Disclosures Miss the Sweet Spot - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to be very clear that policing the failure to disclose material connections by influencers when posting social media...more
In This Case, What You Can't See in Fact Is Not There: FTC Takes Down the Makers of the Invisible COVID Mask - After what has seemed like a lull in both diagnosed COVID cases and the enforcement variety—both the virus and...more
Although the contexts differed, in two recent cases the NAD reviewed support for #1 claims and came to the same conclusion: the advertisers didn't meet the standard for making their "powerful" #1 claims....more
Plaintiffs’ bar goes after Ricola for promoting inactive ingredients - Please Ignore This Section if You Are Easily Annoyed - Let’s unpack, for just a moment, one of the most oft-cited television commercials of all...more
NAD Won’t Rename Supplement Maker - Innovix Pharma loses on product claims but gets to keep its calling card. Nerding Out - Aside from the intricacies of advertising, advertising law, and the disputes engendered...more
If a review site ranks your product as the top in a category, can you advertise that you’re “number 1” in that category? Not necessarily. A recent NAD decision explains why. A competitor challenged TaxSlayer’s claim that...more