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title: Texas AG Sues Google over Misleading Endorsements
date: 2023-01-25T00:00:00-05:00
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# Texas AG Sues Google over Misleading Endorsements

 January 25, 2023 | 2 min

 

 

 

 

 

 

 [Kelley Drye Ad Law Access Podcast](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess "Kelley Drye Ad Law Access Podcast") · [Texas AG Sues Google over Misleading Endorsements](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess/texas-ag-sues-google-over "Texas AG Sues Google over Misleading Endorsements")

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When a company uses an influencer or other person to endorse the company’s products, it’s important that endorsement reflects the endorser’s honest opinions, beliefs, or experiences with the products. Of course, in order for that to happen, the endorser must have actually used the products. This week, the Texas Attorney General filed a lawsuit against Google alleging that the company engaged people to provide endorsements for its Pixel 4 phone, even though they had never used it.

 

 

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