6/9/2025 5:06:31 PM New York Court of Appeals Clarifies Taxability of Data-Driven Services in Dynamic Logic Ruling By Jonah Brill On April 17, 2025, the New York Court of Appeals ruled in Matter of Dynamic Logic, Inc. v. Tax Appeals Tribunal of the State of New...
6/9/2025 1:03:39 PM Connecticut Attorney General Settles With Lead Generator Over Solar Claims By Jeff Greenbaum Last last year, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong settled with EnergyBillCruncher.com, a lead generator for solar installers,...
6/9/2025 12:33:22 PM Come Join Us in Cannes! By Jeff Greenbaum On Tuesday, June 17th, the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance will be hosting, in Cannes, “AI, Advertising, and the Future of Creativity...
6/4/2025 11:05:19 AM Eleanor – the Ford Mustang from Gone in 60 Seconds – Not a Copyrightable Character By Brian Murphy In both the 1974 original and the 2000 remake of Gone in 60 Seconds, a gang of accomplished thieves attempts to steal dozens of classic...
6/3/2025 2:22:17 PM FINRA Obtains $1.6M Settlement Over Influencer Posts By Jeff Greenbaum In May, Webull Financial agreed to pay a $1.6 million fine to settle charges brought by the Financial lndustry Regulatory Authority that...
6/2/2025 12:13:17 AM Is "Refreshing" a Therapeutic Claim? By Jeff Greenbaum The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States has a Code of Responsible Practices for Beverage Alcohol and Advertising and Marketing...
5/31/2025 2:43:31 PM D.C. Court Allows D.C. Attorney General's Greenwashing Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Companies to Continue By Jeff Greenbaum Several years ago, D.C.'s Attorney General sued Exxon Mobil, BP, Chevron, and Shell, alleging that the oil companies violated the...
5/27/2025 10:42:02 PM Another Influencer Class Action, This Time Against ALO Yoga By Hannah Taylor As class actions increasingly target the influencer marketing space, another major brand finds itself in legal hot water. In a recent...
5/22/2025 3:06:20 PM Thinking About George Wendt - Actor and Advertising Law Icon By Jeff Greenbaum I was very sorry to hear about the death, earlier this week, of George Wendt, the actor most famous for his portrayal of the character...
5/20/2025 7:24:30 PM Taking Aim at AI-Generated Deepfakes, the President Signs "Take It Down Act" Into Law By Jeff Greenbaum On Monday, President Trump signed into law the "Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites...
5/15/2025 6:45:39 PM Junk Fees Under Fire: FTC Signals New Era of Price Transparency Enforcement By Holly Melton As previously reported, the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees—commonly referred to as the "Junk Fees...
5/12/2025 6:21:52 PM Today's the Day: The FTC's Junk Fees Rule Goes Into Effect By Hannah Taylor Kate Patton The FTC’s Rule on Unfair and Deceptive Fees takes effect today, May 12, 2025, and it’s about to shake up how businesses disclose prices...
5/12/2025 1:42:41 PM FTC Extends Deadline for Compliance With Updates to the Negative Option Rule By Jeff Greenbaum On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission voted to extend the deadline for compliance with the updated Negative Option Rule for 60 days. ...
5/9/2025 5:10:01 PM Circuit Courts Provide Contrasting Perspectives on the Enforceability of Sign-In Wrap Agreements By Regina Gerhardt In the past three months, two federal appellate courts have issued multiple decisions concerning the enforceability of arbitration...
5/8/2025 9:13:25 PM “Tester” Plaintiff Lacks Standing To Assert CIPA Claim By Caren Decter A California federal court recently held that a “tester” plaintiff lacks standing to file lawsuits for invasion of privacy under...
5/6/2025 11:53:11 PM Second Circuit Narrows VPPA’s Scope in Solomon v. Flipps Media, Inc. By Michael Salik Caren Decter In recent years, there has been a wave of lawsuits alleging violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), targeting content...