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Comparison Pricing Victory for Ross Stores in California
On August 2, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California dismissed a putative class action lawsuit against Ross Stores that accused the discount retailer of misleading promotional pricing…
Laura Brett Named New Director of NAD
More than a month after the retirement of former NAD Director Andrea Levine, the Advertising Self-Regulatory Council (“ASRC”) has announced NAD’s new Director: Laura Brett. Laura Brett, who has served as NAD’s…
Read This Before Scanning A Driver's License In New Jersey
On October 1, 2017, a new law will take effect in New Jersey, the Personal Information and Privacy Protection Act ("PIPPA"), which will severely restrict retailers' ability to "scan" any customer's "identification…
What Will Your Social Media Influencer Letter from the FTC Look Like?
We have blogged about the FTC’s barrage of letters when they were originally released in April and again last week . Back in May, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by the National Law Journal, the FTC…
Missing Ingredient Claims Lead Food Advertising Class Actions So Far in 2017
For the first 28 weeks of 2017, the most frequently alleged claims in new food and beverage false-advertising class actions have related to featured product ingredients that allegedly are absent, or present only in…