Ad Law Access Podcast

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

Mars Sues Agency Over Breach of Exclusivity Provisions

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Negotiating exclusivity provisions in agency agreements can often be difficult. Companies want to broadly prevent agencies from working for competitors, while agencies are reluctant to cut off other sources of work. In…

Consumer Redress Amount Doesn’t Add Up

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Back in October of 2021, the FTC announced a settlement with Resident Home, LLC and its CEO, Ran Reske, for deceptively advertising its DreamCloud brand mattresses as being made with 100% USA-made materials. The…

Best Guesses for Best” Claims

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If you want to advertise that something is the “best,” do you need substantiation? Or can you rely on a puffery argument? Although the answer depends on context, one paragraph in a recent NAD decision seems to conflict…

Thank you, Commissioner Wilson

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As we count down the last days of March, we mark the end of Christine Wilson’s tenure at the Federal Trade Commission. Set to resign March 31, Commissioner Wilson will have served four and a half years at the FTC – a…

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

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Our State AG webinar series continues, this time with Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Chief of the Consumer Protection Section Melissa Wright. During our webinar, the Ohio AG’s office highlighted its consumer…