ArticleAre Ambush Marketers Taking The Moral High Ground By Boycotting The World Cup?Are you poacher? Or a game keeper? Personally, I'm a poacher. United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleAre Consumers Supposed To Read The Side Of The Package?Back to Nature Foods Company sells organic Stoneground Wheat Crackers. Right below the product's name, the packaging says, "organic whole wheat flour."United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleCalifornia (Apparently) Pushes Date For VCMDA Compliance To 2025In October, California enacted the Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosure Act, which requires advertisers to include specific disclosures on their websites when making certain types of carbon emissions claims.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleCalifornia (Apparently) Pushes Date For VCMDA Compliance To 2025In October, California enacted the Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosure Act, which requires advertisers to include specific disclosures on their websites when making certain types of carbon emissions claims.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleCalifornia Restricts Use Of "Buy" And "Purchase" In Connection With Digital TransactionsEarlier this week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill (AB2426) that restricts the use of the words "buy," "purchase," and similar terms...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleCharitable Fundraising PlatformsJoin us as we spotlight select chapters of Venable's popular Advertising Law Tool Kit, which helps marketing teams navigate their organization's legal risk.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleComfort When You Are Gloomy ..."Vitalize Positive Saffron Complex works uplifting when you are feeling gloomy." Is this claim allowed or not? It requires great accuracy when using botanicals. United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleConar Files Ethical Complaint Against Advertising Of Alcoholic Drinks On Live Concert Of Gusttavo LimaOn April 14, 2020, the National Council for Self-Regulatory Advertising (CONAR) filed an ethical complaint against advertising of alcoholic beverages made by singer Gusttavo Lima United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleCyber Weekend Promotion On Air Travel Raises Claims Of Misleading AdvertisingOn the 9th of January 2020, the Advertising Ethics Jury of ARP (advertising self-regulation entity), decided on a case dealing with the validity of an online promotion for air travel.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleDentsu GC Launches "General Counsel Oath" To Promote Diversity, Equity, And InclusionSimon Zinger, Group General Counsel of the Dentsu Aegis Network, is leading an effort to launch an initiative called "The General Counsel Oath." ...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleDGA And AICP Reach Tentative Agreement On New Commercial ContractYesterday, the Directors Guild of America and the Association of Independent Commercial Producers reached a tentative agreement on a new Commercials Contract.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleDiscussion Over Brazilian Bill That Aims To Modify Requirements For Transgenic Components Symbol On PackagingThe bill, which removes the symbol indicating the presence of transgenic components from food labels, is currently under consideration by the Senate Commission for Transparency, Governance, Supervision and Control and Consumer Protection. United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleDo Consumers Think That Laundry Sanitizer Kills Bacteria On Clothes Better Than Just Washing Them In Hot Water?Reckitt Benckiser sells Lysol brand Laundry Sanitizer. The label on the front of the packaging says, "Kills 99.9% of bacteria." Does this claim communicate to consumers that the product kills bacteria...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleElectric Vehicles Environment Related Claim Found MisleadingConfronted with another case of possible misleading advertising, the ethic jury of the Portuguese Self-Regulation entity on Advertisement determined that...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleEmail MarketingJoin us as we spotlight select chapters of Venable's popular Advertising Law Tool Kit, which helps marketing teams navigate their organization's legal risk. Click here to download the entire Tool Kit.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleEx-President Trump Resigns From SAG-AFTRA; Union's Response: "Thank You"In a fiery letter sent to SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris (who still occupies her office), President Donald J. Trump (who was trounced from his) officially resigned from SAG-AFTRA yesterday.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleFacebook Prohibits Incentivized LikesFacebook recently updated its Platform Policy to prohibit advertisers using "incentivized likes." United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleFCC Enforcement Advisory Issued Regarding Payola And The Sponsorship Identification RequirementsThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under new chair Brendan Carr has issued an enforcement advisory addressing complaints that radio stations are coercing musical artists...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleFINRA Obtains $1.6M Settlement Over Influencer PostsIn May, Webull Financial agreed to pay a $1.6 million fine to settle charges brought by the Financial lndustry Regulatory Authority that Webull failed...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
ArticleGALA Releases Report On Global COVID-19 Advertising Law DevelopmentsThe Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance released a report today on worldwide advertising law developments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentGlobal Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)