Ad Law Access

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

App Developers Settle COPPA Violations Relating to Third-Party Ad Network Practices

This week, the FTC announced settlements with two mobile app developers – LAI Systems, LLC and Retro Dreamer (including two of its principals) – concerning allegations that their apps collected childrens’ personal…

Wyndham Agrees to Settle FTC Data Security Case

After four years of litigation, this past Wednesday, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation and three of its subsidiaries (collectively, “Wyndham”) settled the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) allegations that the global…

Tommie Copper Hurts While the FTC Finds Relief

Tommie Copper advertised its copper-infused compression garments with the slogan: “Life Hurts. Find Relief.” Now, the company is itself hurting, after the FTC announced a settlement that requires it to pay over $1…

FCC and FTC Announce Consumer Protection Memorandum of Understanding

On Monday, the FCC and FTC published a Memorandum of Understanding in which the two agencies agreed to engage in greater coordination and collaboration on consumer protection issues, with greater respect for each…

The FTC Pressures Press Interactions, Defies Commercial Speech Doctrine

On Tuesday, the FTC joined the Department of Justice and several other federal agencies in announcing numerous recent and ongoing actions against dietary supplement marketers. The FTC, in its discussions, highlighted a…