FTC’s Aggressive Enforcement of “Made in USA” Claims By Jeffrey A Greenbaum (Frankfurt Kurnit Klein Selz) and Dorian Thomas (Frankfurt Kurnit Klein Selz) The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has continued to aggressively prosecute advertisers for making “Made in USA” claims that the FTC …
Lawyers’ ads, like those from Frank Azar, promising big payoffs present dilemma for consumers By: Lance Benzel and Ellie Mulder Nearly 40 years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down bans on commercial speech by attorneys – paving the way for today’s …
FTC Sues Companies That Touted Get-Rich-Quick Scheme On Facebook By Wendy Davis The Federal Trade Commission has obtained an order against companies that allegedly ran ads on Facebook and Instagram to market a bogus get-rich-quick scheme. Digital Altitude, Aspire Processing and …
Minneapolis marketing agency to pay $2 million to settle complaint on deceptive ads By Nicole Norfleet A Minneapolis advertising agency agreed to pay $2 million to the Federal Trade Commission and Maine’s attorney general office to settle a lawsuit in which …
NY sues fentanyl drug maker for $75M By Claude Solnik New York State Attorney General’s office has filed a lawsuit charging that Insys Therapeutics used false advertising to market Subsys, a drug that includes fentanyl, a highly addictive drug. The law …
Does Checking In Mean You Check Your Privacy at the Door? By Patrick J. Kiger You might think that a “Do Not Disturb” sign on your hotel or motel room doorknob guarantees that you’ll be left alone. But since a gunman on …
Organic Consumers Association Files New Roundup Lawsuit Against Bigelow Tea Posted by Roopal Luhana The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) recently filed a deceptive advertising lawsuit against tea-maker R. C. Bigelow, Inc., in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. It claims …
A watchdog group says Gillette’s “Boston made” ad campaign is deceptive By Cale Guthrie Weissman Truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) has big problems with a recent Gillette national ad campaign. The company, in both commercials and on social media posts, highlighted its Boston headquarters, …
Vtech settles FTC lawsuit over children’s data privacy By David Lumb Two years ago, kids electronics maker Vtech suffered a data breach that exposed the personal info of five million customers (over half of whom were not adults). Naturally, the DOJ on behalf of …
Marketers Barred from Making Deceptive Claims about Products Ability to Mitigate Side Effects of Cancer Treatment By IVN CellMark Biopharma, LLC and its CEO have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false or unsupported claims regarding two …
