A Manhattan jury awarded Skillz Platforms $420 million in damages after finding competitor Papaya Games liable for false advertising, with potential additional awards of over $1.3 billion in profits and cost savings.

On Friday, October 8, three Democratic lawmakers wrote to the Federal Trade Commission, urging the FTC to ensure that big tech companies are complying with privacy policies designed to protect children and teens online.

Several members of Congress wrote to the Federal Trade Commission last week urging the agency to "take immediate action to protect consumers from price gouging during this declared public health emergency."

Electronic Arts is the subject of a class-action complaint concerning EA's "Player Packs" (think loot boxes, where the "loot" is a particular sports player) in

According to media reports, the company never intended to sell the sweatshirts.

Last week, the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission voted to ban most marijuana advertising in the state.

The models brought claims under the Lanham Act for false endorsement.

The incorrigible Alex Jones, of Infowars infamy, is at it again: this time marketing colloidal silver supplements and other products with the claim that they boost immunity and prevent COVID 19.

I recently noted that a federal district court in New York held that models who were not sufficiently famous to be generally recognized failed to state a claim under the Lanham Act for the unauthorized use of their image in advertising for gentlemen's clubs.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (the "MTA") – the entity that runs New York City's public transportation system – has just updated its advertising policy.

The National Association of Attorneys General sent letters to several online retailers -- including Craigslist, eBay, and Facebook -- asking them to take steps to prevent the illegal sales of alcohol online.

This week, the National Advertising Division announced new filing fees that will take effect on January 1, 2020.

The National Advertising Division has recommended that Dr. Harold Katz, LLC, discontinue certain advertising claims -- challenged by GlaxoSmithKline ...

Twitter announced this week at CES that it has added a new feature to combat abuse and harassment on its platform

Plaintiffs John Sandoval and Jonathan Kanfer brought a class action complaint against PharmaCare US, alleging false advertising and unfair competition related to Defendant's over the counter aphrodisiac drug "IntenseX."

New York City recently sued Ballyhoo Media for displaying "Times Square-style billboards" on a barge that travels along the Manhattan and Brooklyn waterfronts.

In advance of the November election, Pinterest just announced additional measures to curb election-related advertising.

Last week, the North Carolina judge presiding over swimming pool equipment manufacturer Hayward Industries' false advertising win against Blueworks Corp and its Chinese counterpart Ningbo C.F. agreed to lift a stay...

Just last week the U.S. Food and Drug administration authorized marketing for the first "prescription-only game-based device" -- in other words, the United States' first prescription video game.

The court basically suggested that if that were true the advertising would just reference that it was the same as one worn on the moon.