Earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act of 2013, by a vote of 254-166.

The Federal Election Commission approved a proposal earlier this week to allow contributions via text messaging in federal elections.

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on June 11, 2022, the President announced that the U.S. government will be limiting its "bilateral science and technology research cooperation with the Russian government."

One of the reasons this was so easy to get away with in the past was there was no effective way for photographers to find unlicensed uses of their work.

On February 14, 2024, Seagen requested director review of the PTAB's January 16th Final Written Decision ("FWD") in PGR2021-00030 finding antibody-drug conjugate claims in U.S. Patent No. 10,808,039...

One of the challenges presented by software patents, which are commonly asserted by so-called patent assertion entities, is determining what the patent covers.

"Gates" as scandals probably started with Watergate but many other embarrassments followed suit with a similar gating moniker.

Your opponent just served you with interrogatories, and one of them asks for the names of every person you’ve interviewed as a potential or consulting expert.

We don’t have to remind anyone who markets a food product that the number of consumer class actions has grown tremendously.

Like clockwork, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued its Adjustments to Civil Penalty Amounts for 2023. As instructed by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015...

The Boy Scouts of America failed to get their compliance badge from CARU earlier this month after the BSA ranBoyScout Photo a sweepstakes ad that lacked the appropriate odds of winning disclosures.

The FTC and the NAD require adequate substantiation for claims wherever they appear. There is typically a higher bar for when a company is required to change its trade name because it includes an allegedly unsupported claim, but it does happen.

A ban on sugary drinks in NYC that was set to take effect today was put on hold by Justice Milton A. Tingling Jr. of State Supreme Court in Manhattan yesterday.

On April 30, the Federal Trade Commission released a staff report on proposed amendments to the Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule.

Earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced that it entered into a settlement with Spokeo, Inc. for $800,000 over charges that it allegedly marketed consumer profiles to companies in the human resources, background screening, and recruiting industries without taking steps to protect consumers required under the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA").

Well, not quite live. This week we'll be providing updates from the NAD Annual Conference, which kicked off today in New York.

When making comparative claims to an unnamed generic competitor, even with humor, NAD will require you to substantiate your superiority as to all major competitors.

NAD issued an interesting case regarding the scope of its jurisdiction to review national ads that the advertiser promises were discontinued prior to the initiation of the challenge.

It is common for a seller to offer a line or a series of products to address a particular need, and sometimes to bundle these products as a set.

It’s been a tough few years for disclaimers. First the FTC came out with its revised Endorsement Guides and said that the "results not typical" disclaimer just didn’t cut it anymore.