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Attorneys General Support Social Media Warning Labels

42 state attorneys general joined forces in a bipartisan National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) letter to Congress, backing the United States Surgeon General’s recent call for Congress to require a surgeon general’s...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (December 4, 2023)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

Cozen O'Connor

FTC Doesn’t Sugarcoat Warning Letters to Social Media Influencers, Trade Associations

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The FTC sent warning letters to two trade associations and twelve online health influencers warning them that they may have violated the FTC Act by failing to adequately disclose payments for social media posts promoting the...more

Venable LLP

Influencers on Notice: FTC Issues Warning Letters for Inadequate Disclosures

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With the holiday shopping season in full swing, companies will soon begin the annual fight for every consumer dollar. But before companies can make the sale, they will face an even more daunting task: grabbing customer...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

What Would Al Stewart Think About OPDP’s Latest Untitled Letter: A Sign of More Enforcement?

In his 1973 song, “Nostradamus,” singer-songwriter Al Stewart sang, “I am the eyes of Nostradamus, all your ways are known to me.” So, we started thinking, what would Mr. Stewart think of FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug...more

Hogan Lovells

German Federal Court of Justice on Social Media Advertising for Products provided free of Charge

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Influencers who received goods or services free of charge from companies and then link to them on their social media channels, for example, by placing what is known in Germany as a "tap tag," generally have to label such...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

FTC Continues Crack Down on Unfounded COVID Claims

Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it “ordered more than 20 marketers nationwide to immediately stop making baseless claims that their products and supposed therapies can treat or prevent COVID-19.”...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Can hashtags get you in trouble?

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They can if you operate in a regulated industry, such as pharma, med devices, cannabis, dietary supplements, etc. FDA has specific labeling requirements for products and they look at hashtags related to products the same...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Recent FTC and FDA Warning Letters May Hold Lessons For Cannabis Advertisers

Last month the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent joint warning letters to four companies that manufacture and advertise flavored liquids used in vaping (“e-liquids”). While...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Client Alert: FTC and FDA Team Up to Send Warning Letters About Social Media Influencer Posts

Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued joint warning letters to four sellers of e-liquids, the nicotine “juice” used in vaping regarding their use of social media...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - June 2016

First Circuit Affirms Ruling Against Jerk.com - In a victory for the Federal Trade Commission, the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Commission ruling that website Jerk.com, a self-described reputation management...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FDA Cites Drug Company for Kim Kardashian Endorsement

This week might have been the first time that an FDA regulatory issue hit the headlines on TMZ and other “celebrity watcher” websites. In an August 7 Warning Letter sent to the drug company Duchesnay, Inc., FDA complains...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law -- Mar 08, 2013

In This Issue: Marc Roth to Lead Social Media and Mobile Marketing Discussion at PACE Association Convention; UK Court Finds Google Could be Liable for Blog Comments; TCPA Plaintiffs Victorious in Illinois, New Jersey;...more

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