Ad Law Access

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

FTC Announces Settlement Over Influencer Campaign for Xbox One

In January 2014, AdAge interviewed me about news reports that Machinima had hired influencers to create videos promoting Microsoft’s Xbox One gaming console and games. In a native advertising campaign, the influencers…

FTC Closes Investigation Involving a Social Media Promotion

As we've posted before, if a company provides incentives to a consumer in order to encourage the consumer to promote the company’s products, the consumer is required to disclose those incentives. It’s not just the…

FTC Closes an Investigation Involving a Social Media Campaign

As we've noted in previous posts, if a company provides incentives to a consumer in order to encourage the consumer to promote the company's products, the consumer is required to disclose those incentives. It's not…