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ARTICLE · 07 FEBRUARY 2022

Texas Attorney General Sues Google For Using Misleading DJ Endorsements

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company engaged in false advertising for its Pixel 4 smartphone, by using fake endorsements by radio DJs.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company engaged in false advertising for its Pixel 4 smartphone, by using fake endorsements by radio DJs.  

The Texas AG alleged that Google hired various media companies, including iHeartMedia, to record and broadcast radio commercials that promoted the new Pixed 4 smartphone.  The AG alleged that the scripts provided by Google for the commercials, which were to be read by radio DJs, included first-hand endorsements of the phone by the DJs -- even though the phone was not yet on the market and the DJs had never used the phone.  

According to the allegations in the case, a typical script read by the DJs included claims such as "It's my favorite phone camera out there, especially in low light, thanks to Night Sight Mode," "I've been taking studio-like photos of everything . . . my son's football game . . . a meteor shower . . . a rare spotted owl that landed in my backyard,"

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Originally published by the New York Legal Ethics Reporter

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