Ad Law Access

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

FTC Closes an Investigation Regarding Bloggers' Failure to Disclose Gifts

In previous posts, we noted that the FTC's new Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising contain numerous provisions that apply to messages in social media, such as blogs, word-of-mouth…

10 Data Protection Regulators Issue Letter to Google

This post was written by Alysa Zeltzer Hutnik . On April 19, 2010, data protection authorities from Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, and the United…

Recently Commenced California Class Action May Impact Exposure Faced By Financial Institutions Involved With Federal Student Loans

If your company is one of the many companies that participates in originating, guaranteeing or servicing student loans made under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (“FFELP”) you should be aware of a recent…

FCC Says Calls to Current Customers are not "Telephone Solicitations" under the TCPA

In the past month, we've posted two entries ( here and here ) regarding court decisions interpreting the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (the "TCPA") in the context of mobile marketing campaigns. This morning, our…

Interview with David Vladeck, Director, FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection

The American Bar Association’s The Antitrust Source published an article, “Interview with David Vladeck, Director, FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection.” The in-depth interview examines Mr. Vladeck’s career as a litigator…