8/29/2025 6:05:49 PM Washington State's New Ad Tax By Andrew Folks Starting October 1, 2025, businesses in the digital advertising and data processing sectors will need to account for a new tax. The...
8/15/2025 1:49:54 PM Texas Targets Texts By Andrew Folks Texas has overhauled its telemarketing law (Texas Business & Commerce Code § 302). Senate Bill 140, effective September 1, 2025, expands...
8/15/2025 1:20:32 PM Alert: D.C. Circuit Significantly Narrows Video Privacy Protection Act By Caren Decter Peter Devlin The D.C. Circuit just handed a far-reaching victory to companies facing claims under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) for their...
2/22/2025 8:17:14 PM FTC Releases Initial Findings On Surveillance Pricing Study By Terri Seligman As I blogged about back in August, the FTC issued orders under its Section 6(b) authority to several companies that offer “surveillance...
10/14/2024 9:58:09 PM Steam Updates Checkout Disclosures in Light of New California False Advertising Law By Emma Smizer Last month, we wrote about a new landmark California law, AB2426, that prohibits the use of words like “buy” and “purchase” in connection...
10/10/2024 11:51:28 AM FTC Examines Data and Advertising Practices of Streaming Services, Makes Key Recommendations to Address Concerns By Kate Patton A Federal Trade Commission staff report released last month and discussed during the last open meeting of the Commission examines certain...
1/13/2024 12:40:56 AM This Week In AI News: By Maria Nava With the rapid rise in the use of AI tools we are starting a regular “This Week in AI News” series where we will share recent updates in...
10/20/2023 10:52:20 PM California Court Rules Meta Advertising Lawsuit Can Continue By Maria Nava On September 21, 2023, a California appeals court ruled that a lawsuit alleging discrimination against women and older people via Meta’s...
9/15/2023 6:12:26 PM The Cat’s Out of the Bag: SEC’s Theory Impacts NFT Industry By Zach Lewis In recent weeks, the SEC announced two separate enforcement actions against creators of non-fungible token (NFT) projects, alleging that...
7/20/2023 1:43:33 PM FTC Seeking Comment on COPPA Parental Consent Mechanism By Jordyn Milewski The Federal Trade Commission announced this week that it is currently seeking public comments on a potential new method for obtaining...
6/29/2023 10:17:53 PM Publishers Clearing House Agrees to Pay $18.5 Million to Consumers and Overhaul Sweepstakes Entry Process By Kate Patton Kelly O'Donnell Another day, another "dark patterns" lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission — this time, in the sweepstakes arena. In order to settle...
6/23/2023 10:09:57 PM FTC Primes for Fight Against Amazon By Kate Patton The Federal Trade Commission announced that it filed a complaint against Amazon.com, Inc. alleging that the online retail giant used dark...
5/30/2023 5:32:54 PM FTC Takes Action Against Ed Tech Company for Alleged COPPA Violations By Emma Smizer On May 22, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) obtained an order against Edmodo Inc., an educational technology platform for...
5/12/2023 12:38:31 PM FTC Warns About "AI and the Engineering of Consumer Trust" By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission has been giving increased attention to marketers' use of artificial intelligence. In a series of blog...
4/15/2023 11:15:18 AM “Diverse” AI (Fashion) Models Take Criticism By Maria Nava Diversity, equity, and inclusion is moving into the AI (fashion) model space. The well-known denim brand, Levi’s, made waves recently by...
3/18/2023 1:41:06 PM FTC Provides Insight Into Pixel Tracking Technology By Maria Nava On March 16, 2023, the FTC published an overview of its analysis on pixel tracking technology. Referencing its recent enforcement actions...