Article4 Ways To Combat Online Cyber-DefamationWith the ever-expanding role of social media and the Internet, negative online reviews can spread virtually unchecked.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentDavis+Gilbert LLP
ArticleAdvertising, Marketing & Promotions Alert - Collection Practices of Customer Data By California Retailers Brought To CA Supreme CourtThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has asked the California Supreme Court to decide whether California's Song-Beverly Credit Card Act prohibits retailers from asking for a customer's personal information at the point of sale after the customer already has paid with a credit cardUnited StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
ArticleAdvertising, Marketing & Promotions Alert >> FTC Brings Action Against PR Agency And Publisher For Misleading Online Endorsements And Deceptively Formatted AdvertisingThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with a public relations agency and its chief executive officer, as well as a magazine publisher and its sole owner,United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentDavis+Gilbert LLP
ArticleFTC Action Regarding Violations Of The Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act And Deceptive Commercial Practices Results In $10 Million Dollar SettlementLearning, Inc. (Age of Learning), which operates as ABCmouse, a subscription service for young children's educational content, agreed to pay $10 million dollars to settle claims by the...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentDavis+Gilbert LLP
ArticleFTC Brings First Action Alleging Deceptive Native Advertising PracticesIn early 2015, Lord & Taylor launched a comprehensive social media campaign to promote its new Design Lab collection, a private-label clothing line targeted to women between 18 and 35 years old.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentDavis+Gilbert LLP
ArticleFTC Lessons Learned: Chegg's $7.5 Million ROSCA SettlementThe FTC is reinvigorating its focus on fraudulent practices in e-commerce — and subscription services are in the spotlight. On September 15, 2025,United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentDavis+Gilbert LLP
ArticleJuly 1st Marks First Day Of School For Student-Athletes Seeking To Exploit NIL RightsThe National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has waved the white flag and surrendered on the issue of collegiate name, image and likeness (NIL) rights.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentDavis+Gilbert LLP
ArticleMarketing a High-Powered WineryWinemaking is a timeless craft—or so you might think.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentDavis+Gilbert LLP
ArticleNot Careful Enough: FTC Settles $8.5 Million Action Against Care.com For Deceptive Marketing Claims And Subscription TrapsThe FTC continues its aggressive campaign against "dark patterns" and deceptive earnings claims – especially where impressionable consumer demographics are involved.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentDavis+Gilbert LLP
ArticleThe Importance Of Including Social Distancing In Marketing CampaignsEven after the coronavirus crisis has subsided, social distancing will have left its mark, most notably on the advertisements we watch on TV and see on the Internet.Can anyone honestly...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentDavis+Gilbert LLP
ArticleTransformation Sweeping Advertising And Marketing: DataAs mentioned, I gave a presentation on the key trends and legal developments sweeping the advertising and marketing ecosystem at last week's 39th Association of National Advertisers/Brand...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentDavis+Gilbert LLP
ArticleWhose Ad Is It Anyway? NAD Finds "Sponsored" Insufficient Disclosure Of Material Connection In Social PostsThe FTC recently updated its Endorsement Guides, in part to provide clarity and guidance on sufficient disclosure of material connections (i.e., a connection between the endorser and the seller...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentDavis+Gilbert LLP
Article12 State Privacy Laws In Play – Delaware's Personal Data Privacy ActIn the absence of comprehensive federal privacy legislation, state law makers throughout the nation are enacting privacy laws, and Delaware is the latest to join the race.United StatesPrivacyDavis+Gilbert LLP
ArticleCalifornia Legislature Passes Yet More Privacy Bills – Internet Of Things & CCPA AmendmentThe California legislature continues to legislate in the privacy realm. In recent weeks, it passed two bills that would impose privacy obligations on manufacturers of "connected devices" and one bill...United StatesPrivacyDavis+Gilbert LLP
ArticleFirst CCPA Enforcement Action's $1.2 Million Fine To Sephora Is A Wakeup Call For The Ad Tech IndustryThe enforcement action focused largely on Sephora's use of third-party tracking pixels on its website. United StatesPrivacyDavis+Gilbert LLP
ArticleIowa Becomes The 6th State To Pass Comprehensive Consumer Privacy LegislationNot to be outdone by California, Virginia, Colorado, Utah and Connecticut, Iowa is the sixth U.S. state to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy law. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed...United StatesPrivacyDavis+Gilbert LLP
ArticleTwo Bills Introduced In U.S. Senate Seek To Enhance Consumer Privacy ProtectionsAs enforcement from the European Union (EU) on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) looms on the horizon, and privacy violations abound, lawmakers in the United States ..United StatesPrivacyDavis+Gilbert LLP
ArticleWhile CCPA Enforcement Looms And Regulations Are Delayed, A New Privacy Bill May Be Headed For The Ballot In CaliforniaWith the July 1, 2020 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enforcement date quickly approaching, the California Attorney General has yet to finalize the implementing regulations, leaving....United StatesPrivacyDavis+Gilbert LLP
ArticleDigital Media, Technology & Privacy Alert >> New Law Creates Data Breach Safe Harbor For Companies With Written Security ProgramsA new Ohio law – the Ohio Data Protection Act (the "Act") – has created a legal safe harbor to limit a company's litigation United StatesTechnologyDavis+Gilbert LLP
ArticleSEC Claims Kik's Kin Is A Security And Its Offering Was IllegalThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued Kik Interactive, Inc. (Kik), the owner and operator of Kik MessengerUnited StatesTechnologyDavis+Gilbert LLP