Ad Law Access Podcast

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

Supreme Court Defines ATDS Under The TCPA (2021 #2)

| 9 min

On April 1, 2021, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”) under the TCPA is limited by the plain grammar of the statute itself. The Court,…

FTC Blankets Companies With Warning Letters Over Endorsements and Reviews (2021 #3)

| 5 min

As we have noted in earlier posts, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s holding that Section 13(b) of the FTC Act does not allow for monetary restitution, the Federal Trade Commission has been attempting to creatively…

California Assembly Passes Voice Recognition Device Bill Headed to Senate(2021 #7)

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The California Assembly recently passed AB-1262 updating an existing law to further limit the use of personal information collected through connected TVs and smart speaker devices. Specifically, the bill prohibits: …

CPRA Update - How to Prepare for Privacy Compliance as an Employer (2021 #6)

| 15 min

In this podcast, we provide an overview of topics that employers should know as the sunset of the employer exception to CCPA approaches. Last year’s voter guide to California Proposition 24, the California Privacy…

New ESG Lawsuit Targets Aspirational Statements (2021 #5)

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The nonprofit Earth Island Institute filed a lawsuit alleging false and deceptive representations as “a sustainable and environmentally friendly company, despite being one of the largest contributors of plastic…