Ad Law Access
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…
ICYMI: State AGs Support FTC’s Amendments on Auto-Renewals – but Have Suggestions
On June 23, 2023, a bipartisan coalition of 26 state attorneys general (AGs) submitted comments in support of the FTC’s amendments to the Negative Option Rule (Rule). Though the AGs assert that the FTC’s requirements…
States Follow FTC Auto Renewal Settlement with a New $2.3 Million Settlement
In 2017, the FTC announced that Adore Me, an online lingerie company, had agreed to return more than $1.3 million to customers who enrolled in a negative-option membership program offering discounts and other benefits.…
NAD Addresses Hyperlinked Disclosures
When a disclosure is necessary to prevent an ad from being misleading, the disclosure must be presented in a “clear and conspicuous” manner. Exactly what that means depends a lot on the context, but one question we get…