Ad Law News and Views-December 7, 2016 December 7, 2016 In this issue Recent News | Analysis | Upcoming Events and Speeches The Team | Recent Awards | Follow the Practice Recent News Avoiding the Enforcement Crosshairs of Cross-Device Tracking Don’t Lose Your DMCA Safe Harbor Protection Lessons from Adobe’s State AG Data Breach Settlement Groups Renew Call for FTC to Act on Influencer Campaigns Do You Venmo? FTC Spotlight on Peer-to-Peer Payments and Crowdfunding Analysis The Attack On Social Media Influencer Campaigns Partner Gonzalo Mon authored the Law360 article “The Attack on Social Media Influencer Campaigns.” In the article, he notes that four consumer groups have sent letters to FTC encouraging the agency to investigate the use of influencers on Instagram. The combined letters include over 150 examples of campaigns that allegedly violate the FTC’s Endorsement Guides. Read more... The NAD: A Force in Shaping Food and Dietary Supplement Advertising Partner John Villafranco co-authored the FDLI Update article “The NAD: A Force in Shaping Food and Dietary Supplement Advertising.” In this article, Mr. Villafranco describes the National Advertising Division (NAD) and its role in shaping advertising for a FDA-regulated products. Read more... Client Advisory: FDA Continues FSMA Implementation, Finalizes Guidance on Voluntary Qualified Importer Program to Expedite Food Imports The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) released last week a final version of its guidance for industry on the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP), which will provide a mechanism for eligible food importers to expedite entry of certain shipments of food into the United States. The finalization of the guidance is the most recent in a long series of steps to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the sweeping reform of U.S. food safety laws enacted in 2011. Read more... Upcoming Events and Speeches Food: Consumer Class-Actions and FDA Regulated Products December 7, 2016 |WASHINGTON, DC Food and Drug Law Institute’s Enforcement, Litigation, and Compliance Conference for the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Food, and Tobacco Industries Enforcement, Litigation, and Compliance Conference For the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Food, and Tobacco Industries December 7, 2016 |WASHINGTON, DC Food and Drug Law Institute Mitigating Risk in Advertising Supplement Claims December 8, 2016 |ALEXANDRIA, VA Dietary Supplement Regulation: Labeling and Claims Conference Kristi L. Wolff TCPA/FCC Regulatory Compliance December 8, 2016 |SALT LAKE CITY, UT Professional Association for Customer Engagement (PACE) Alysa Zeltzer Hutnik Consumer Protection November Update December 13, 2016 |WEBINAR American Bar Association's Section of Antitrust Law Christie Grymes Thompson, Donnelly L. McDowell Consumer Privacy and Data Security Developments January 23, 2017 |WEBINAR American Bar Association Dana B. Rosenfeld Doing Data Right: Legal Best Practices for Making Your Data Work March 16, 2017 |SAN JOSE, CA Strata + Hadoop World 2017 Alysa Zeltzer Hutnik Related Content