If you follow our blog, you already know that there have been a number of significant developments in the world of advertising law over the past 12 months. In this post...

Yesterday, President-elect Trump announced his picks to round out the Federal Trade Commission for his second administration. Trump tapped current Republican Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to be elevated to chair the agency...

In a landmark settlement announced this week, Tyson Foods agreed to stop marketing its beef products as ​"climate-smart" or promising ​"net-zero by 2050" unless those claims...

A growing wave of class actions under Washington's Commercial Electronic Mail Act (CEMA) is putting email marketing practices under scrutiny — with plaintiffs alleging that misleading subject lines...

A growing wave of class actions under Washington’s Commercial Electronic Mail Act is putting marketers on notice. In this episode, we break down the surge of more than 60 lawsuits...

Last month, my colleagues posted about the FTC's proposed changes to the Endorsement Guides.

In this episode, we walk through how South Carolina Attorney General's Office — led by Alan Wilson — frames its consumer-protection approach as a ​"referee on a football field," focusing on neutrality, predictability, and transparency rather than punitive ends.

When does a marketing slogan cross the line from harmless puffery to a claim requiring substantiation? NAD's recent decision involving Howies Hockey's "World's Highest Quality" advertising demonstrates how context transforms the same statement from acceptable boasting into an objective claim that demands proof.

As we've discussed here, data brokers have been in the hot seat lately, with the enactment of new state data broker registry laws, aggressive enforcement by the FTC...

Some call the holidays data breach season. Although it is probably a coincidence, like clockwork when the holiday's roll around there seems to be a number of large data breaches.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA Rule).

In addition to announcing a new COPPA policy statement and related "crackdown" on children's privacy issues (discussed here) in its most recent open meeting...

Many stewards of the Internet's most popular websites, online services, and platforms have historically funded their products and services...

With the results of the 2024 election now in, questions loom about the future direction of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and its privacy agenda.

In the second part of our coverage of the NAAG Fall Consumer Protection Conference, we recap discussions on deceptive practices—from privacy and ultra-processed foods to e-cigarettes...

On June 14, the House E&C Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce held a hearing to consider issues and concerns raised by the "three corners" privacy "discussion draft" released...

The California Assembly recently passed AB-1262 updating an existing law to further limit the use of personal information collected through connected...

Earlier this week, we described Texas's new youth privacy law, the Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act, and previewed that the Texas Attorney...

The year ahead promises to be busy on the state privacy front. As we've covered on this blog, states are continuing...

Under Chair Lina Khan, the Federal Trade Commission has announced an aggressive privacy agenda, which is unfolding on the enforcement, regulatory, and policy fronts.