Ad Law Access
NARB Agrees Advertiser Can’t Support Aspirational Net Zero Claims
JBS – the second-largest food company in the world – made several aspirational claims about its commitment “to be net zero by 2040.” Those claims were challenged by a trade association, who argued that the claims were…
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.…
State AGs and Consumer Protection: What We Learned from . . . Connecticut Part II
Our State AG webinar series continued with Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and Chief of the Privacy Consumer Protection Section Michele Lucan. In Part I, we discussed Connecticut’s rollout of their new…
Lawsuit Questions Use of Carbon Offsets to Substantiate Green Claims
Plaintiffs recently filed a class action lawsuit against Delta, alleging that the airline’s “carbon-neutral” claims, such as: “Carbon Neutral Since March 2020,” and “travel confidently knowing that we will offset the…
Update on INFORM Consumers Act (and Reminder About Our June 21 Webinar)
In May, we published a blogpost about the INFORM Consumers Act and its upcoming (now imminent) effective date of June 27, 2023. As that date grows closer, online marketplaces and sellers can learn all about the law by…