Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 6 – Mitigating Class Action Exposure
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The Briefing from the IP Law Blog: Sponsored Post Lands Beauty Influencer in Trademark Infringement Lawsuit
SHOOK SPOTLIGHTS - Shook Attorneys Discuss California ‘Junk Fee’ Amendment - On July 1, 2024, the “junk fee” amendment to the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) will take effect. Under this new provision,...more
On 15 March, a New York federal court rendered a big win, not just for Sephora, but for personal care brands and retailers that want to make “clean” claims. As the personal care industry has increasingly embraced the term...more
Listen to Episode 6 of our podcast, the Ad Law Tool Kit Show. In this episode, partner Dan Silverman talks to host Shahin Rothermel about mitigating class action exposure. Check out the episode....more
This month’s update kicks off spring with a Best in Show throwback ad comparing dog flea and tick medication, pivots to claims for survivalist ready-to-eat meals (don’t even try to act like you saw that coming), highlights...more
Welcome to our curated selection of highlights of regulatory and litigation developments in the dietary supplement and personal care product industries for March 2021. In case you were wondering what pain relief, teeth...more
Welcome to our monthly roundup of regulatory and litigation highlights impacting the dietary supplement and personal care products industries. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the read. February was a short month, with a lot...more
Just the Carefully Worded, Interminable Facts, Ma’am - FDA widens dragnet on COVID-19 drug claims - DC ‘COVID-dential’ - Let’s repeat it again in case anyone out there doesn’t know already: “Currently there are no...more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - U.S., States Aim to Regulate Cosmetics Ingredients and Research Methods - Federal and state legislatures aimed to bring more scrutiny to cosmetics in 2019 by considering measures...more
Synopsis: Unhappy with the FDA’s position on branding, Congressional representatives seek to define “natural” narrowly to limit its use in consumer advertising....more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Study Finds Sunscreen is Absorbed into Bloodstream - JAMA has published a study conducted by researchers at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug...more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - California Passes Professional-Cosmetics, Animal-Testing Laws - California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a law that will bring labeling for professional cosmetics in line with...more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Warns About Color Additives, Manufacturing Practices - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned three dietary-supplement manufacturers about their marketing and...more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - Hawaii Bans Two Sunscreen Ingredients - The Hawaii legislature has passed a law that will prohibit the sale or distribution of sunscreen containing oxybenzone and octinoxate after...more
FDA Issues Guidance on Concentrated Caffeine - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released guidance clarifying that "dietary supplements containing pure or highly concentrated caffeine in powder or liquid...more
Digitally altered images of models have been a controversial advertising issue for decades. In Great Britain, the Advertising Standards Authority Ltd., which is the governing regulatory advertising body, in 2011 banned...more
FDA Issues Draft Guidance for Homeopathic Drug Products - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance, "Drug Products Labeled as Homeopathic," that would prioritize enforcement and regulatory...more
Sen. Hatch Introduces New Bill Regulating Cosmetic Safety - Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has introduced legislation aiming to modernize cosmetics regulation, proposing amendments to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act...more
Claims for “1,944% more volume!” and accompanying “Before” and “After” photographs should be discontinued, the National Advertising Division advised Too Faced Cosmetics after reviewing the advertising for its Better Than Sex...more
The use of beauty products is “an understudied source of environmental chemical exposures” with a disparate effect on women of color, George Washington University and Occidental College researchers argue. Ami R. Zota, et al.,...more
Benefit Cosmetics advertised that its They’re Real Mascara was the “#1 best-selling Prestige Mascara in the U.S.” and the “#1 best-selling Prestige Mascara in the U.S. for 3 years.” A disclosure linked to the first claim...more
Senators Call For Removal of Dioxane from Cosmetic Products - U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer (DN. Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (DN. Y.) have petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit detectable levels of 1,4dioxane...more
Manufacturers, distributors, and retailers often tout the anti-aging effects of certain cosmetics and nutritional supplements. Of course, the term “anti-aging” is not intended to literally mean that a product prevents aging. ...more