Ad Law Access Podcast

Providing updates and analysis on advertising, marketing, and privacy / data security law.

Spilling the Teas on Made in USA Claims

| 4 min

We regularly cover challenges to “Made in USA” claims, particularly by the FTC, but most of the time those cases don’t rely on consumer perception evidence about what the claim means. So the recent class certification…

Texas AG, Arkansas AG, and FTC Don’t Bless Pyramid Scheme Blessings in No Time”

| 5 min

Last week, BINT Operations LLC aka “Blessings in No Time” (“BINT”) and its owners resolved two separate, but coordinated, lawsuits stemming from states’ and the FTC’s investigations alleging perpetration of an illegal…

NAD Reads Into Emojis

| 4 min

Earlier this year, Coca-Cola reformulated its Powerade beverage to include more electrolytes. In some ads, it boasted that the beverage now contained “50% more electrolytes vs. Gatorade Thirst Quencher.” One social…

State AGs and Consumer Protection- What We Learned from . . . Colorado

| 10 min

We continue our State AG webinar series traveling farther west past the Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Last week, we spoke with Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Deputy Attorney General for…

Kids’ Privacy and Safety Redux- Amended KOSA and COPPA 2.0 Advance By Voice Vote

| 8 min

Last year, the Senate Commerce Committee marked up two bipartisan bills to protect kids’ privacy and safety – the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) –…