Ad Law Access

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

FCC Reaffirms Potential TCPA Liability for Text Message Platforms

On January 11, 2016, the FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau released an order denying a petition by a text message platform provider for a declaratory ruling that the Commission should evaluate TCPA…

Navigating Native Advertising

The FTC recently released two new guidance documents: Enforcement Policy Statement on Deceptively Formatted Advertisements and Native Advertising: A Guide for Businesses . The Policy Statement seeks to address the…

App Developers Settle COPPA Violations Relating to Third-Party Ad Network Practices

This week, the FTC announced settlements with two mobile app developers – LAI Systems, LLC and Retro Dreamer (including two of its principals) – concerning allegations that their apps collected childrens’ personal…

Wyndham Agrees to Settle FTC Data Security Case

After four years of litigation, this past Wednesday, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation and three of its subsidiaries (collectively, “Wyndham”) settled the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) allegations that the global…

Metropolitan Corporate Counsel Interviews Special Counsel Richard Cohen Regarding Innovations in Technology Affecting Big Data

Special counsel Richard Cohen was interviewed by Metropolitan Corporate Counsel in the law article “Weighing Public vs. Private Interests in the Big Data Economy: Innovations in technology continue to bring more…