Ad Law Access

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

NAD Addresses When Companies may be Liable for Consumer Reviews

This is not another post about coronavirus claims, but we do need to start there. Truvani makes a dietary supplement that was formerly called “Under the Weather.” The company’s webpage devoted to that supplement…

Data Protection and National Security Concerns Meet in TikTok, WeChat Executive Orders

This summer continues to be a busy season at the intersection of data protection and national security. As we reported in July, the Schrems II decision invalidated Privacy Shield on the ground that its national…

Ancestry.com Faces $250M Auto-Renewal Suit

Subscription plans that automatically renew at the end of a term are becoming more popular with companies. They’re also getting more attention from regulators and class action attorneys. As we’ve discussed before,…

Sixth Circuit Holds That Stored-Number Systems Meet the TCPA’s Definition of an Autodialer, Deepening Circuit Split to be Addressed by the Supreme Court Next Term

It has been more than two years since the D.C. Circuit found the Federal Communications Commission’s (the “FCC”) discussion of predictive dialers and other equipment alleged to be an automatic telephone dialing system…

Ghirardelli Defeats White Baking Chips False Advertising Claims Premised On Faulty Survey Evidence

Last month, a California court, for a second time, dismissed a class action complaint asserting that Ghirardelli’s advertising for its “Classic White” “Premium Baking Chips” created the false impression that the…