Ad Law Access

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

FTC Oversight Hearing: What Ferguson's Testimony Means for AI, Pricing, and Privacy Compliance

On April 15, 2026, the Senate Commerce Committee held an oversight hearing with FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Mark Meador. The session opened with contrasting statements from Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas)…

Webinar: Minnesota Attorney General’s Office: Consumer Protection and Data Privacy in Minnesota

Please join us for a webinar featuring special guest speakers: James Canaday, Deputy Attorney General, Co-Lead Consumer Protection Section Jessica Whitney, Deputy Attorney General, Co-Lead Consumer Protection…

“Surveillance Pricing”: Key Concepts, the Current Legal and Legislative Landscape, and Mounting Scrutiny 

What Is “Surveillance Pricing?” While proposed legislation across the country offers varying definitions of surveillance pricing (see below), it is generally thought of as the practice of using consumer data,…

NYC Proposes a Click-to-Cancel Rule

Within days of taking office this year, New York City Mayor Mamdani signed an executive order entitled Fighting Subscription Tricks and Traps, which directed the City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection…

Connecticut AG Tong Announces “Abnormal Market Disruption” for Gasoline

At the end of March, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, along with the state’s Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, issued a press release regarding an…