The Advertising Law Blog provides commentary and news on developing legal issues in advertising, promotional marketing, Internet, and privacy law. This blog is sponsored by the Advertising, Marketing & Promotions group at Olshan. The practice is geared to servicing the needs of the advertising, promotional marketing, and digital industries with a commitment to providing personal, efficient and effective legal service.
Andrew Lustigman, Chair of Olshan's Advertising, Marketing & Promotions Group and Co-Chair of the firm’s Brand Management & Protection Group, will serve on a panel for an International Bar Association (IBA) webinar entitled “Sale of Goods Agreements: Relationships, Trade Wars and Their Influence on the Global Legal Practice” on September 9 at 7:00 A.M. EST.
In Steidinger v. Blackstone Medical Services (decided on July 14, 2026), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals significantly narrowed one avenue of litigation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) when it held that marketing text messages do not count as “calls” that can support the TCPA’s private right of action. For now, the precedential nature of this decision is limited to the Seventh Circuit, which consists of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Andrew Lustigman, Co-Managing Partner; Chair, Advertising, Marketing & Promotions Practice; Co-Chair, Brand Management & Protection Practice, was quoted in Bloomberg Law’s “Hochul’s Tech Safety Rules Pose Legal Questions: New York Brief.” In the article, Andrew discusses why New York’s SAFE for Kids Act and the regulations recently promulgated thereunder focus on the allegedly addictive features of social media, including algorithmically personalized feeds and nighttime notifications for minors.