Ad Law Access

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

D.C. Circuit Upholds FTC on POM’s Advertising, Strikes Two-Study Standard

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an opinion on Friday, January 30, upholding the Federal Trade Commission’s findings that POM Wonderful’s advertising, in which it claimed that consuming POM…

Join Kelley Drye at the ABA Consumer Protection Conference - February 12 in Washington, DC

The American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law will be presenting its biennial Consumer Protection Conference on February 12, 2015 in Washington, DC. The conference will bring together federal, state, and…

Privacy Groups Ask FTC to Investigate Contest Sponsor for Alleged COPPA Violations

Last week, ten privacy groups requested that the FTC open an investigation into a Topps Co. online contest, which they allege violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Specifically, the groups…

FTC Clarifies Standard for Clear and Conspicuous Disclosures

In late September 2014, the FTC announced its “Operation Full Disclosure” initiative, during which the agency sent warning letters to more than 60 companies addressing how the companies made disclosures in their…

FTC Claims that AT&T Failed to Deliver on ‘Unlimited’ Data Promises

Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against AT&T Mobility, LLC (“AT&T”) over claims that AT&T violated Section 5 of the…