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

Soltani Appointed as Inaugural California Privacy Protection Agency Executive Director

During last month’s California Privacy Protection Agency Board ( CPPA ) meeting, the only substantive agenda item, addressed in closed session, was a discussion of two key appointments: the first Executive Director and…

Food Industry Litigation and Regulatory Highlights, July – September 2021

If the summer slide and the start of school kept you too busy to follow what’s going on in the food scene, we hear you! Catch up on key developments below in this issue of our Food Industry Litigation and Regulatory…

NAD Decision Addresses Sustainability Claims

Last week, we posted about an NAD case involving green claims that Georgia-Pacific made for its Quilted Northern Ultra Soft & Strong Bathroom Tissue. In that post, we examined issues related to how a company…

FTC Chair Khan’s Vision for Privacy – and Some Dissents

Last week, we wrote about FTC Chair Khan’s memo describing her plans to transform the FTC’s approach to its work. This week, she followed up with a no-less-ambitious statement laying out her vision for data privacy and…

“Not Outgunned, Just Outmanned” (For Now): Senate Hearing on Privacy Law Addresses Under-resourced FTC

On September 29, 2021, the Senate Commerce Subcommittee held a hearing titled Protecting Consumer Privacy . The senators addressed the potential $1 billion earmarked to strengthen the FTC’s privacy work, the future of…