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.
Many marketers rely on advance consent auto-renewal programs, particularly for online subscription sign-ups. In the wake of the booming subscription-based business model and a rise in class action filings under state automatic renewal laws, many states are enacting or updating their laws to strengthen consumer protection. California’s recently enacted Senate Bill 313 enhances what was already one of the most stringent auto-renewal laws in the nation.
President Trump will nominate Washington lawyer Joseph Simon to chair the Federal Trade Commission, replacing acting chair Maureen Ohlhausen.
Legislation enhancing law enforcement efforts and increasing penalties for crimes targeted at America’s senior citizens now awaits President Trump’s signature after passing the House of Representatives earlier this month and the Senate in early August 2017.
Andrew Lustigman Is the featured legal source of the Racked article "Brands Want Students to Sell to Each Other"
Digital Business Lawyer Publishes Article by Andy Lustigman on the FTC’s COPPA Compliance Update
Pre-fight concealment of boxer’s injury did not give consumers a cause of action
Andrew Lustigman will speak at The 2017 ANA/BAA 39th Marketing Law Conference: Breakthrough: Legal Strategies for Dynamic Businesses in Chicago on November 13-15.
Andrew Lustigman will speak at the 5th annual Caribbean & Latin American Corporate Counsel Summit to be held in Miami on November 16-17.
The New York Law Journal (subscription required) published an article authored by Andrew Lustigman titled "Everyone's a Critic: Fake E-Commerce Reviews Undercut the Marketplace"
The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (“CARU”) recently referred the maker of “My Friend Cayla Party Time” children’s doll and its related “My Friend Cayla App” owned and operated by Genesis Toys to the FTC after the company did not respond to CARU’s initial privacy inquiry.