Ad Law Access

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

California Attorney General’s First CCPA Settlement Sends Strong “Signals” About Do Not Sell Enforcement

Warning that “[t]here are no more excuses,” California Attorney General on August 24, announced the first public settlement under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The settlement order, which the court…

CARU and FTC Express Concerns about Advertising to Kids in the Metaverse

Earlier this year, CARU’s new Advertising Guidelines went into effect, including various updates that were designed to apply to digital advertising. This week, CARU issued a warning to put “advertisers, brands,…

NAD Decision Holds Lessons for Developing Test Protocols

If you want to advertise that your product performs better than a competitor’s product, you’re likely going to have to run tests to substantiate that claim. In some cases, there may be industry standard tests that…

Court Holds that Website Accessibility Doesn’t Require 100% Compliance

If you’ve ever received a demand letter alleging that your company’s website isn’t accessible to the blind or visually-impaired, it’s likely that the claimant’s attorney attached a report outlining a number of…

The FTC’s Privacy Rulemaking: Broad and Far-Reaching, but Unlikely to Lead to a Rule Anytime Soon

On August 11, the FTC finally launched its “commercial surveillance and data security” rulemaking after many months of hype and speculation about the FTC’s ability to address consumer privacy through its “Mag-Moss”…