Ad Law Access Podcast

Providing updates and analysis on advertising, marketing, and privacy / data security law.

NAD Reads Into Emojis

| 4 min

Earlier this year, Coca-Cola reformulated its Powerade beverage to include more electrolytes. In some ads, it boasted that the beverage now contained “50% more electrolytes vs. Gatorade Thirst Quencher.” One social…

State AGs and Consumer Protection- What We Learned from . . . Colorado

| 10 min

We continue our State AG webinar series traveling farther west past the Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Last week, we spoke with Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Deputy Attorney General for…

Kids’ Privacy and Safety Redux- Amended KOSA and COPPA 2.0 Advance By Voice Vote

| 8 min

Last year, the Senate Commerce Committee marked up two bipartisan bills to protect kids’ privacy and safety – the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) –…

NAD Reads Into WSJ’s Cancel Anytime” Claims

| 3 min

Most NAD cases are brought by competitors, but NAD can also initiate a proceeding pursuant to its “responsibility for monitoring and reviewing national advertising for truthfulness and accuracy.” Looking at the cases…

Those AI Commitments from the Tech Companies Aren’t Just Voluntary - They’re Enforceable by the FTC

| 6 min

On July 21, 2023, the White House announced that it had secured commitments from the leading artificial intelligence companies to manage the risks posed by AI. As stressed in the press release and in news articles…