2/28/2020 5:27:43 PM FTC Settles With Financial Company Over Fake Rankings of Financial Products and Reviews By Jason Gordon Erika Auger This month, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it reached a settlement with the operators of a website that compares...
2/19/2020 6:10:12 PM Recent federal court decision highlights importance of effective TCPA compliance measures before sending marketing texts By Kimberly Gold Sam Cullari Alexis G. Cocco Raagini Shah +1 more... Show less A federal court in Missouri recently held that a restaurant’s promotional text messages did not violate the Telephone Consumer Protection...
2/19/2020 2:00:10 PM Proposed updates to German influencer labeling #Ad By Margarita Trukhina Ramona Kimmich Alexander Hardinghaus On February 13, 2020, the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) published a proposal to soften the regulatory...
2/12/2020 11:23:02 PM Was it all a fantasy? New York Appeals Court says fantasy sports are illegal By John Feldman Jim Barbuto Brent McDonough IntroductionOn February 6, 2020, the New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division, Third Department upheld a lower court ruling from 2018...
2/12/2020 5:48:34 PM Advertising Watchdog Says Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Is Making False Health Marketing Claims By Jason Gordon Erika Auger Last month, prominent advertising watchdog, Truth in Advertising, Inc. (“TINA”), notified the California Food, Drug and Medical Device...
2/10/2020 5:30:57 PM Former “Bachelor” Contestant Stripped of $1 million Fantasy Football Win By Jason Gordon Erika Auger Last month, a former Bachelor contestant was stripped of her $1 million prize won in a DraftKings online fantasy football contest after...
2/7/2020 5:26:00 PM Proposed Class Action Targets CBD Maker Over ADA Website Accessibility By James Rockney Erika Auger Last month, a putative class action lawsuit was filed in New York federal court against Charlotte’s Web, Inc., a Colorado-based maker of...
2/3/2020 5:52:43 PM Kendall and Kylie Jenner “Klauber-ed” for Allegedly Infringing Lace Designs By Jason Gordon Erika Auger Last month, a New York based fabric manufacturer, Klauber Brothers Inc., filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in California federal...