Ad Law Access

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

Watch Kelley Drye's "Smartphone Revolution" Webinar On Demand

Mobile marketing, sweepstakes and services, including location-based services, are governed by an alphabet soup of statutes and regulations: TCPA, COPPA, CAN-SPAM, CPNI, etc. To complicate compliance even further,…

Questions and Answers on Advertising Law

Over the past year, several companies have entered into high-profile settlements with the FTC over allegations that their products didn’t work as advertised. For example, Skechers agreed to pay $40 million to settle…

WOMMA Releases New Social Media Marketing Disclosure Guide

This week, the Word of Mouth Marketing Association released an updated version of its Social Media Marketing Disclosure Guide . The Guide is designed to help marketers comply with the FTC’s requirement that individuals…

NAD Determines that Pinterest Promotion Needs Disclosures

The NAD reviewed weight-loss success stories on Nutrisystem’s Pinterest board, and determined that the weight-loss claims featured atypical results. As we’ve posted before, the FTC’s Endorsement Guidelines state that…

Free Cup of coffee!* FTC Workshop on Advertising and Privacy Disclosures Explores Dot Com Updates

Last week the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held an information gathering workshop titled “ In Short: Advertising and Privacy Disclosures in a Digital World ”. The purpose of the workshop was to discuss the need for…