Oct 14, 2024 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...
Oct 10, 2024 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...
Jan 13, 2024 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...
Oct 20, 2023 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...
Sep 15, 2023 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...
Jul 20, 2023 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...
Jun 29, 2023 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...
Jun 23, 2023 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...
May 30, 2023 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...
May 12, 2023 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...
Apr 15, 2023 “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...
Mar 18, 2023 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...
Mar 01, 2023 This Week In Generative AI By Maria Nava Over the past several weeks, we have seen numerous articles discussing the potential of artificial intelligence tools. AI is being used...
Feb 27, 2023 California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act Impact: Five Things Advertisers Need to Know By Emma Smizer Rick Borden In a recent blog post, we covered a new California law, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (the “AADC”), that will have...
Jan 27, 2023 Massive 'Vastflux' Adware Scam Affected Millions of Phones, Thousands of Apps, Hundreds of Publishers By Bram Schumer Imagine a billboard on Sunset Boulevard. Before anything goes up, the billboard’s owner casts about looking for the highest bidder,...
Nov 15, 2022 Google Settles Location-Tracking Probe for Record-Breaking $391.5 Million By Bram Schumer Google has agreed to pay a historic settlement of $391.5 million to end a privacy investigation brought by 40 state attorneys general...