Ad Law Access

Updates on advertising law and privacy law trends, issues, and developments

NAD Decision Addresses Product Comparisons

This month, NAD announced a decision involving T-Mobile’s ads for its TVision service. The service currently allows subscribers to watch TV over a wired broadband connection, though T-Mobile plans to offer wireless…

Ad Law Access Podcast: Automatic Renewal Plans

As we have discussed here on Ad Law Access, subscription plans that automatically renew at the end of a term have become more popular with companies and they’re also getting more scrutiny from regulators. On the…

BodyArmor targeted in putative class action alleging the drink’s advertising misleads consumers as to its health benefits, continuing a trend

The plaintiffs’ class action bar continues to target “healthy” advertising claims made by food and beverage companies by bringing expensive class action lawsuits against the companies. The latest company forced to…

The Eleventh Circuit Weighs In On ATDS Definition

In Glasser v. Hilton Grand Vacations Company, LLC, the Eleventh Circuit addressed a pair of appeals that presented the question of the appropriate definition of an automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”) as set…

Diet Soda Claims Go Flat in the Ninth Circuit

On December 30, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Becerra v. Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc., No. 18-16721 (9th Cir.) that may be the final nail in the coffin of a series of…