Ad Law Access

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

Watch Kelley Drye's "Smartphone Revolution" Webinar On Demand

Mobile marketing, sweepstakes and services, including location-based services, are governed by an alphabet soup of statutes and regulations: TCPA, COPPA, CAN-SPAM, CPNI, etc. To complicate compliance even further,…

FTC & CFPB Announce Partnership to Warn and Investigate Mortgage Advertisers

On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced that it had, in partnership with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB"), sent warning letters to 20 real estate agents, home builders, and lead…

Papa John's Sued for $250 Million in Text Message Class Action

Plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit against Papa John’s, arguing that a text message campaign conducted by the company’s franchises violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. According to the complaint, the…

Insurance Coverage for Data Breach Claims

Data breaches caused by hackers or other forces outside the control of a business are a scary, and expensive, proposition for any organization that collects or retains personally identifiable information, or warehouses…

Mobile App Developers Targeted By The California Attorney General's Office

Yesterday, the California Attorney General announced that it has started sending notices of non-compliance to numerous mobile app developers, notifying them that their mobile apps were not compliant with California’s…