Ad Law Access

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

MrBeast Serves up a Feast of Issues for CARU

Last week, the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (or “CARU”) announced a decision involving MrBeastYouTube and its affiliate Feastables. The decision covers a range of issues that frequently come up for companies that…

Too Much Chatter? AGs Continue Criticism of AI Chatbots 

Following a multistate AG letter to AI companies relating to protecting children, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings met with OpenAI and sent a separate letter to its…

Webinar: Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office: New Regulations Applicable to Junk Fees” and Automatic Renewals

Please join us for a webinar featuring special guest speaker Yael Shavit, Chief of the Consumer Protection Division in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, as she joins Kelley Drye State Attorneys General…

FDA Announces “Crackdown on Deceptive Drug Advertising” with Important Implications for Traditional and Digital Media Advertisers 

Last week, the White House issued a memorandum directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to take “appropriate action to ensure transparency and accuracy in direct-to-consumer…

Alaska Can Ask Ya (For Documents)

On September 5, 2025, the Alaska Supreme Court upheld the Alaska Attorney General’s authority to request records in consumer protection investigations, confirming the AG’s broad powers to subpoena information from…