Ad Law Access

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

New York’s Cannabis Market Sees New Advertising Rules

New York’s legal cannabis market is growing up. And it with? More regulations. The Cannabis Control Board, a subset of the Office of Cannabis Management charged with overseeing marijuana regulations statewide,…

Join Us for Webinar on Privacy, Health, and Pixels

Digital advertising, analytics, and health/wellness-related personal information are very much in the news, with increased scrutiny and enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Health and…

Safeway Faces Class Action Over BOGO Offers

Buy One, Get One – or “BOGO” offers – are popular with consumers and almost ubiquitous in grocery stores and other retailers across the country. Although retailers have a lot of flexibility in how to structure those…

FTC Sends Penalty Offense Notices to Nearly 700 Companies Regarding Product Claims Substantiation

The FTC sent out new penalty offense notices to 670 companies today, warning them that failure to substantiate product claims could result in civil penalties of more than $50,000. The companies also received copies of…

D.C. Attorney General Settles with Washington Commanders Over Misleading Deposits

Earlier this week, District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb settled one of two outstanding lawsuits against the Washington Commanders – this time over allegedly deceptive practices related to security…