Ad Law Access

Updates on advertising law and privacy law trends, issues, and developments

What We Learned From … NAAG’s Director of the Center for Consumer Protection

What trends are shaping consumer protection in 2024? From kids on social media to fake reviews and junk fees, state AGs are working across state (and partisan) lines on initiatives that promise to mold the consumer…

NY AG Gets Serious Over Cancellation Practices

Last month, the New York AG filed a lawsuit against Sirius XM Radio, alleging that the company “sells subscriptions that are easy to purchase, and extremely difficult to cancel.” Consumers who want to cancel their…

Top Advertising Law Developments in 2023

If you follow our blog, you already know that there have been a number of significant developments in the world of advertising law over the past 12 months. In this post, we highlight ten of those developments and…

Massachusetts Hops on the Junk Fee Bandwagon – and Online Cancellation, Too

This week, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell’s office touted the release of draft regulations to prohibit hidden “junk fees,” enhance transparency in various transactions, and make it easy for…

NAD Reads Into WSJ’s “Cancel Anytime” Claims

Most NAD cases are brought by competitors, but NAD can also initiate a proceeding pursuant to its “responsibility for monitoring and reviewing national advertising for truthfulness and accuracy.” Looking at the cases…