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10.15.15

FTC Removes the Gag, Takes Action Over Marketer's Confidentiality Clauses

The Federal Trade Commission filed suit against Roca Labs and Roca Labs Nutraceutical, along with their principals, alleging that they violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act by making deceptive claims about weight loss products and by threatening to sue consumers who shared their ...


10.14.15

Manatt Attorneys Take Center Stage at Leading Industry Events

Linda Goldstein, Chair of Manatt’s Advertising, Marketing and Media practice, has been invited to join an esteemed faculty at ACI’s inaugural Women Leaders in Advertising and Marketing Law Conference.


10.08.15

Volkswagen’s Legal Woes Mount as Senator Calls for FTC Action

Calling on the agency to take action, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) requested that the Federal Trade Commission investigate Volkswagen’s advertising claims for its “clean diesel” vehicles.


10.01.15

State AGs Settle Negative Option Marketing Case for $1M

Negative option marketing cost one company $1 million in a recent deal with the Attorneys General of New York, Pennsylvania and Washington.


09.25.15

Privacy Regulation Could Become Contentious

Could a battle of the privacy regulators be in the future?


09.17.15

(Virtually All) Made in the USA

Bringing the state into line with the rest of the country as well as with federal regulations, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law relaxing the labeling requirements for products carrying the "Made in America" or "Made in USA" labels in the state.


08.27.15

FTC Letter Provides Lessons in Data Security

The Federal Trade Commission offered industry some lessons in data security by way of a letter to Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC that closed an investigation into possible privacy violations at the company.


08.19.15

Ad Group to FTC: Keep Right to Be Forgotten Out of U.S.

Responding to a petition filed by Consumer Watchdog with the Federal Trade Commission seeking an expansion of the “Right to Be Forgotten” to the United States, the Association of National Advertisers asked the Commission to reject the request.


08.13.15

FDA Wants to Pour Some Sugar on the Nutrition Label

Adding to the proposed changes to the Nutrition Facts label—the first tweaks in 20 years—the Food and Drug Administration has suggested yet another: adding the percentage of "added sugars" to the daily value list on the labels of packaged foods.


08.07.15

Seventh Circuit Finds Standing In Neiman Marcus Data Breach Suit

Reversing summary judgment, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a data breach lawsuit against Neiman Marcus, and accepted the plaintiff’s contention that fear of future harm stemming from the breach was sufficient to establish standing in the case.