Tyson Faces Lawsuit Over Net Zero Claims
Last week, the Environmental Working Group (“EWG”) filed a lawsuit against Tyson Foods in DC Superior Court under the DC Consumer Protection Procedures Act (“CPPA”), accusing the country’s...
View ArticleCalifornia Updates Its Automatic Renewal Law (Again)
Automatic renewals continue to be a big priority for state regulators. When companies work to develop strategies to comply with the growing patchwork of specific state laws in this area, they often...
View ArticleState AGs take Action in Class Actions
As we previously discussed, the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) requires that notice be given to state attorneys general (State AGs or AGs) about proposed class action settlements, enabling them to...
View ArticleHighlights from the 2024 National Advertising Division Conference
Last week, advertising and legal professionals, experts, regulators, and business representatives convened in New York for the annual National Advertising Division (NAD) Conference to consider hot...
View ArticleCourt Finds Target "Clean"- Washing Complaint Will Move Forward
Last week, a federal court in the District of Minnesota struck down Target’s motion to dismiss a class action complaint against the company for its “Target Clean” line of beauty products, because the...
View ArticleNAD Finds Ad Featuring Gordon Ramsay Too Harsh
Gordon Ramsay is a celebrity chef, perhaps best known for his fiery temper and the harsh criticism he levels at contestants on his cooking shows. If Ramsay judges that food isn’t cooked properly, that...
View ArticleThe SCOPE Act in Focus—What You Should Know About Texas’s Partially-Blocked...
As we’ve discussed previously, youth privacy continues to be an enforcement priority for many state attorneys general across the country, and Texas is no exception. In 2023, Texas passed the Securing...
View ArticleTexas AG Sues TikTok in First Lawsuit Brought Under SCOPE Act
Earlier this week, we described Texas’s new youth privacy law, the Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act, and previewed that the Texas Attorney General is likely to use it...
View ArticleThe California Privacy Protection Agency Advances Regulations to Reign in AI,...
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has signaled it will advance rulemaking at its upcoming November 8 board meeting to place restrictions on the use of automated decision-making...
View ArticleReflections on Fat Bear Week
Unbeknownst to me (until yesterday), Fat Bear Week has been a big event for the past ten years. As far as I can tell, it’s like a reality show in which the contestants are bears, instead of humans....
View ArticleState Attorneys General Warn of Price Gouging Enforcement in Wake of Recent...
As states across the country grapple with the impacts of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, state attorneys general are reminding businesses and constituents of price gouging laws that ban certain...
View ArticleFCC Sets Effective Date for TCPA “Reasonable” Consent Revocation Rules
The Federal Communications Commission has announced that its new Telephone Consumer Protection Act rules related to “reasonable” revocation of consent will become effective on April 11, 2025.The...
View ArticleTikTok Faces New Challenges from State AGs
No, that is not a clock you hear – it’s just TikTok in the news again, as several states filed lawsuits or other legal challenges last week against the platform, alleging harmful and exploitative...
View ArticleFTC Finalizes “Click to Cancel” Rule; Brings Vast Changes and New Risks to...
Last year, we wrote about the FTC’s proposal to massively expand the Negative Option Rule to cover any goods or services involving a negative option or automatic renewal plan, including free trials,...
View ArticleWhy Dissenting Statements by FTC Commissioners Matter
Last week, the FTC, by a 3-2 vote along party lines, adopted its click-to-cancel rule, which purports to make it easier to cancel gym memberships, streaming services, and the like. [We wrote about it...
View ArticleAmidst AI Crackdown Hype, FTC Stakes Out Aggressive New Position on...
Much has already been said and written about the FTC’s recent enforcement initiative, dubbed “Operation AI Comply.” The coordinated sweep announced last month involved five separate FTC enforcement...
View ArticleCFPB Pushes Move to an Open Banking System with the Personal Financial Data...
On Tuesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released the final version of the Personal Financial Data Rights Rule that requires many financial institutions, credit card issuers, and...
View ArticleState AGs Aim Spotlight on Robocall “Gateway” Service Provider
Combatting robocalls has been and continues to be an important area of enforcement for State Attorneys General, as we have previously reported. On October 18, 2024, the Anti-Robocall Multistate...
View ArticleKelley Drye to Attend ANA’s 2024 Masters of Advertising Law Conference
The Association of National Advertisers is hosting the nation’s leading advertising, marketing, promotions, and privacy law conference November 11-13 at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess in Scottsdale,...
View ArticleHow Elon Musk’s $1 Million Election Sweepstakes May Affect Other Sweepstakes
Earlier this week, Philadelphia’s District Attorney sued Elon Musk over his political action committee’s sweepstakes to award a $1 million daily prize to swing-state voters who pledge to support the...
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