Ad Law Access

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

Tennessee to Require Breach Notification within 14 Days

Last week, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed into law SB 2005, which makes two amendments to the state’s data breach notification statute – effective July 1, 2016. With these amendments, Tennessee has joined a…

No Free Passes: FTC Highlights Health Privacy in Congressional Testimony

Kelley Drye

In testimony to a Congressional subcommittee last week, FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Director, Jessica Rich, explained the Commission's efforts to protect consumers' health data and repeated the Commission's…

CPSC Maxes Out and Obtains Record $15.45 Million Civil Penalty

Good Friday was not so good for Gree Electric Appliances, Inc., because the CPSC announced that it had reached a record-setting $15.45 million settlement with the company regarding dehumidifiers it manufactured…

California Court Grants Summary Judgment in Website Accessibility Case

As we’ve noted in previous posts, there has been an increase in lawsuits alleging companies have violated the Americans with Disabilities Act because their websites aren’t accessible to the blind. This week, a…

Coca-Cola Wrings the Last Drops out of POM’s False Advertising Litigation Campaign

Seven crops of pomegranates (and other fruits) have grown, ripened, been picked, pulped and processed. A river of juice has flowed. After seven years of litigation, the last overripe fruit of the Lanham Act campaign…